Not much for horror movies, but I’ve seen a few. Saw the top two in AIT at the rec center and of course, who hasn’t seen Jaws and Alien. Anyway, I ran across this and thought it would make for interesting conversation. All Time Scariest Movies Thoughts? 7mm
The movies that really scared the heck out of me were the original House on Haunted Hill, Jaws, Alien, And Predator. The first one I saw at home when I was a little kid . The last three I saw in the theater.
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
Saw Jaws at 7 years old...I live on the ocean and still won’t go in it because of that damn shark movie. 😎
My cousin, two years younger than me, was so scared by that movie that he wouldn't go into a swimming pool for a year, and then when he would, if you shouted SHARK, he'd get out as fast as he could, terrified.
Not really scary but the end of The Mist was terrible. If you have kids, and seen it, you will agree.
"...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.
The Birds scared the heck out of me as a kid watching it at home. So did Cujo, watched at home, but I was 20 when I watched that. These are both honorable mentions for me in this category.
Night of the Living Dead (original black and white)
I grew up across the road from a cemetery. The next day I was thinking how to board up our windows.
"...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.
Night of the Living Dead (original black and white)
I grew up across the road from a cemetery. The next day I was thinking how to board up our windows.
That didn't scare me, because I stayed up late with my older brother and his friends to watch it on TV, and he and his friends were having so much fun with it, I couldn't be afraid. Maybe if I were alone when I first watched it.
Fatal Attraction. Glenn Close is scary As-F! Stalker scary! Ok, not your “horror movie” scary, but that movie will make even the most unfaithful among us think twice before cheating.
The Exorcist, The Omen, Rosemary’s Baby (originals, not ANY bs “re-makes”). There were also a few, early 80s, lesser know horror movies that rode the wave of the Halloween, Friday the 13th and Freddy Kruger franchises, like Happy Birthday to me and Mother’s Day, that (in my memory) were scary, but that was 40 years ago :-).
I would like to include the “Living Dead” movies, by George Romero, but they’ve become more “humorous”/campy in my mind over the years.
Lastly (honorable mention), Ishtar, with Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty. It’s been over 30 years, I’m sure, but that movie was SCARY! ..... at least scary BAD 😁
Fatal Attraction is the ONE that got me. Probably 14-15 years old watched it by myself in the basement when the rest of the the family was asleep upstairs. It was so scary because it could really happen! Can't remember ever truly feeling "Scared" from a movie since.
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