Wolfen scared me back in the day. the other one I remember was "The 6th Sense". so damned slow, and soft spoken, and understated. ended up scaring the crap out of me.
Another good one. Only problem with it is that you can only really watch it once. Once you know Bruce Willis is a ghost, the plot is ruined for a rewatch.
9 yrs old. Parents didnt allow horror movies. Went to a friends and watched Salems Lot. Done! Never saw a true horror movie again besides a few clips here and there. Couple yrs ago moved woman in, she got some movies together, I grabbed some grub. Sit down and Saw was coming on. Screw that! Psycho bitch! She moved on quick like.
I remember the mini-series "Salem's Lot" being pretty intense.
For me "Jaws" was pretty bad because I had seen it as a teen and never been to the ocean. My older sister dug her nails into my BIL's arm when he was trying to scare her during the movie. That was funny.
Alien was pretty intense too. I was stationed at Ft. Benning in 1979 and a buddy of mine and I went in to Columbus to watch it. The movie theatre was pretty empty but there was a guy sitting in front of us. Everytime something happened he would jump and almost come over the seat.
Back when our son was little he used to relish sneaking back to his older sister's bedrooms a few minutes after they had turned the lights off and were in bed and play the Michael Myers entry theme notes from the Halloween movie on his little battery powered keyboard outside their closed doors. ...
Back when our son was little he used to relish sneaking back to his older sister's bedrooms a few minutes after they had turned the lights off and were in bed and play the Michael Myers entry theme notes from the Halloween movie on his little battery powered keyboard outside their closed doors. ...
"Frankenstein's Army", a 2013 Czech movie about a squad of Russian infantrymen who, in 1945 east Germany, happen upon the lab of a deranged German scientist re-animating the dead with special 'powers'. Super gory and creepy, and kind of shocking when you consider that it is entirely plausible that it could have been. Well worth watching.
Another one I like is "The Bunker" German soldiers taking refuge in an abandoned bunker and war fatigue starts taking its toll on them thinking the bunker is haunted and it really isnt
Not a fan of this genre but for me, Psycho, specifically the shower scene. Hitchcock set the scene and provided all the components for the viewer to construct his own most terrifying scene.
What scared me most was Invaders from Mars, 1953. A bad indie film. I was probably 7 and watched it on TV with the older kids. Young David was awakened by a thunderstorm just in time to see a UFO land in a nearby field. Every adult that investigates is taken over by an alien (of course). Finally David is being chased down a tunnel screaming his head off when his parents wake him from the nightmare. Reassured he settles down and goes to sleep just in time (you guessed it) to be awakened by a thunderstorm... Is it live or is it Memorex? That little twist got me thinking.
I forgot all about that one. It's the one with the ALIEN leaded under a bell jar or something right? And the big goonie/goofy guys that didn't run like normal things do.
Scared the bejeesus out of me that night.
Geno
PS it's not a bad indie film, it's wonderful and I watch it every time I notice it's on!
PPS Beaver's mom was in that movie too!
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The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
9 yrs old. Parents didnt allow horror movies. Went to a friends and watched Salems Lot. Done! Never saw a true horror movie again besides a few clips here and there. Couple yrs ago moved woman in, she got some movies together, I grabbed some grub. Sit down and Saw was coming on. Screw that! Psycho bitch! She moved on quick like.
I remember the mini-series "Salem's Lot" being pretty intense.
For me "Jaws" was pretty bad because I had seen it as a teen and never been to the ocean. My older sister dug her nails into my BIL's arm when he was trying to scare her during the movie. That was funny.
9 yrs old. Parents didnt allow horror movies. Went to a friends and watched Salems Lot. Done! Never saw a true horror movie again besides a few clips here and there. Couple yrs ago moved woman in, she got some movies together, I grabbed some grub. Sit down and Saw was coming on. Screw that! Psycho bitch! She moved on quick like.
I remember the mini-series "Salem's Lot" being pretty intense.
For me "Jaws" was pretty bad because I had seen it as a teen and never been to the ocean. My older sister dug her nails into my BIL's arm when he was trying to scare her during the movie. That was funny.
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