Top 30 scariest movie ever
#1
Posted 14 December 2006 - 12:57 AM
Whew! At least" Poltergeist" and "Exorcist" was a part of it.
Here's the list: http://www.stuffmaga...e...&src=gtf123
#2
Posted 15 December 2006 - 02:35 PM
the Final Destination movies were absent from the list.
As well the I Know What You Did Last Summer flims.
I'm not so sure The Grudge deserves
to be on the list but i guess i can accept that.
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#3
Posted 15 December 2006 - 02:49 PM
Ranks five to two... Jaws... Halloween... The Shining... Rosemary's Baby...
... and number one... The Exorcist?
Alrighty, I've seen enough. This is not a list of horrorfilms, this is a list of über-hyped merchandise "somewhat supposed to be shocking" movies. I've seen all of them and they were suprisingly all equal in terms of boringness.
Edit: Well, except for "The Shining". Not scary, but "Herrrrrrrrrre's Johnny!" always makes me giggle.
This post has been edited by Gobbler: 15 December 2006 - 02:50 PM
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#4
Posted 16 December 2006 - 03:02 AM
The Sixth Sense? C'mon, that wasn't scary at all!
Gremlins?! You've gone too far! Why not just put "Muppet Treasure Island?"
Evil Dead? ...I know a lot of people like this film, but it was not scary. It was a comedy.
Planet of the Apes?! Is this even horror? It was a science fiction.
Only film that got me bothered and I was 11 when I saw it was Candyman. I laughed through the Exorcist. I laugh through The Shining. Now, the book of The Shining is something else! That's crazy! And 28 Days Later was just awesome!
I'd say a real decent scary movie that wasn't up there was "Requiem for a Dream!" That's frikin' horror!
As for "The Grudge," ....I don't think it belongs on that list at all because that film is only a re-make of a Japanese film called "Ju-On" It's pretty much the same movie. That's why I was glad not to see "The Ring" up there, because it's not an original concept.
And why wasn't The Serpent and the Rainbow up there?!
This post has been edited by Vesuvius: 16 December 2006 - 03:07 AM
#5
Posted 26 January 2007 - 06:31 PM
gremlins??..pleeease
poltergiest?,...well,.ok,.ill admit,.the maggots eating that guys face in the bathroom was a bit freakish,..but only when i was 8 yrs old.
the exorcist is a tad bit overrated,.and the film's stronghold seems to be getting dated.
there's different things that scare different people, and when the people coin the phrase "the most scariest movies", it tends to become misconstrued..and here's why....
first you have "scary" movies, that really arent scary at all,..more of what i call "surprise films",.that being that they scare by unexpectedly surprising the audience, and usually the surprise in question has no gore element to it all,..it could be something as simple as someone hiding behind a tree and then jumping out from behind it..simple as that.
GORE...this is the more traditional type of horror film. films of this nature dwell on showing the viewer a gruesome visual depiction of the fright. in this instance, there doesnt need to be any type of surprise element at all,.although it usually would intensify the moment. in gore films, the camera seems to stay focused on the object of gore,.and the gore intensifies, whether it be someone getting slowly decapitated, or a knife slowly going into the flesh....(yeah, yeah...i know,..i need to stop)
the third type of scary film, can scare the viewer by sheer words,..just as i may have done with my last ending statement in my previous paragraph. however, usually, films of these type tend to utilize suspense, in that the main actor is unaware of the danger that lies ahead,.but the viewer is aware because of witnessing what the attacker plans to mentally concoct then perform on their prey. in these type of films, the viewer is usually trying to warn the victim, almost forgetting that it is just a film, and the victim already knows what lies ahead, because they read the film's script before they starting shooting. idiots.
and lastly, you have films that are eery..not really scary,..just eccentric, odd, and weird. a perfect example of this film would be a film such as "child's play", "nightmare on elm street", or "friday the 13th" for example. not really scary in the sense,.but almost to a point that its entertaining, and even to the point that some may cheer on the bad guy, just cause they think he is cool.
now, of course..there are many films that use pretty much all 4 types of scare tactics,.in fact,.most do,.but its a matter of what films use what tactics the most that would categorize them individually from the next.
This post has been edited by mireaux7: 26 January 2007 - 06:35 PM
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#6
Posted 30 January 2007 - 02:00 PM
#9
Posted 14 February 2007 - 08:52 PM
The list is woefully inaccurate.
Woefully.
EDIT: 42nd post! So I'm a bit of a geek. Aren't we all?
This post has been edited by TheOrator: 14 February 2007 - 08:52 PM
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#10
Posted 20 February 2007 - 08:11 PM
Go get a crew and do better. I'd love to see you try. The Exorcist is legendary in its scariness. It's just become so normal to be terrified by it that people deny that it ever scared them to begin with now. I'm more than willing to admit that I was scared shitless the first time I saw it at age 17. It was terrifying to me. The concept of a presence so disparingly evil and wretched taking possession of a little girl is disturbing, and a lot of the imagery resulted in a few weeks worth of nightmares. I do, however disagree with the following representations:
Gremlins (Isn't this a kids movie?)
The Sixth Sense (M Knight Shalamalamala or whatever is a horrible film maker)
Sleepaway Camp (Too cheesy to be frightening)
Planet of the Apes (How in God's name is that a horror movie?)