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What's your list of the top 10 scariest movies ever

posted 18 years ago by SandNinjaTemari
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10.A Nightmare on Elm Street
"Elm Street" was one of the greatest horror movies ever made, yet, one of the scariest. Freddy Krueger delivers thrills and chills in this exceptional horror flick.

9. Carrie
"Carrie" was a classic academy-award winning Stephen King movie. Not because it was scary, but because it was an outstanding movie. Not only did I find it as an outstanding film, but I also found it as a horrorfest.

8. Wes Craven's New Nightmare
"New Nightmare" was the 7th film in the "Elm Street" series. I found it more shocking, jaw-dropping, and intense than the other "Elm Street" flicks.

7. Final Destination
Even though FD1 wasn't as scary as FD3, it still delivered jaw-dropping intensity that's sure to make you scream during the airplane crash scene. (It seems so real!)

6. Pet Sematary
Most people find this movie as "okay" and "incomplete," but I found it as "terrifying" and "some gruesome goodness."

5. Final Destination 3
I've been haunted by this movie ever since I watched it. It's so scary...I can now barely ride a rollercoaster at all.

4. Misery
It's jaw-dropping, it's freaky, it's based on a true story-ish, it's "Misery." This is another very good Stephen King movie, and it sure delivered a bag of surprises. (Wait till you get to the hobbling scene :P)

3. Halloween
There's rarely a successful horror movie that isn't intense and is still a horrormania, and "Halloween" was one of those movies. It was another one of John Carpenter's astonishing movies, and this time it's sure to freak out viewers.

2. The Shining
THIS STEPHEN KING FLICK WAS SCARY!!!! It delivered some horrifying goodness as well as some famous quotes like "Heeeeere's Johnny!" and "Redrum!"

1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Oh. My. God. THIS CLASSIC HORROR FLICK FREAKED ME OUT. Every time I hear people use "Leather", "Face," and "Chainsaw" in one sentence, I just flip.

[–] Stacehoney72 18 years ago

10) Nightmare on Elm Street
9) Pet Sematary
8) Poltergeist (the scary clown doll and the tree eating Robbie)
7) Halloween
6) Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003 ( i never saw the original movie but there were some scary scenes in the remake for example the sadistic sheriff Hoyt!)
5) Hellraiser
4) Exorcist
3) Psycho
2) Phantasm (the tall man was scary as hell)
1) The Shining (the old lady in the bathtub, ahhhhh! scary as hell!)

[–] bluangels85053 18 years ago

10)Carrie
9)Poltergeist
8)Hellraiser
7)The Audition
6)The Exorcist
5)A Clockwork Orange
4)Saw Movies
3)The Shining
2)Hills Have Eyes
1)Texas Chainsaw Massacre('74)

For an added bonus, House of Wax with Vincent Price.

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[–] gooliegooboo 18 years ago

Okay, I'll put in my 2 cents, or 10.

10. Freaks- Could not make a movie like that nowadays.

9. Wait Until Dark- Audrey Hepburne is great, and Alan Arkin is just plain scary.

8. Black Christmas- The orignal When A Stranger Calls. Margot Kidder is just plain nuts.

7. Carnival Of Souls- Just a great movie. Makes you think.

6. Night Of The Living Dead- A Classic Zombie Movie.

5. Don't Look Now- A Strange movie, but the ending good.

4. The Shining- What's there to be said about this. REDRUM!!!!!

3. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre- Almost like watching a snuff film. Raw and gritty, but not one drop of blood.

2. Halloween- The mother of all slasher films.

1. The Exorcist- This film distubed me, for weeks. I just plain love it.

Honorable mentions: Seven, All universal Monster movies, The Thing from another world.

[–] Groovy_ 18 years ago

10. Jaws
9. An American Werewolf In London
8. The Exorcist
7. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
6. The Shining
5. Evil Dead
4. Alien
3. The Blair Witch Project
2. Halloween
1. Black Christmas

Groovy

[–] yadda1 18 years ago

Yup. googlie, I forgot about Carnival of Souls! Good one! That one was so before its time. I think they remade it, didn't they? Took away all of the stuff that your mind filled in on the old one. I think it's much scarier when they leave you to imagine something horrible yourself. An example is Texas Chainsaw Massacre '74. There really wasn't any gore so you were left to create the ghastly dismemberment imagery yourself. Much scarier impact on me than a lot of today's horror. Lots of gory things made it on my list, but I hate when they remake something and give us nothing to imagine ourselves.

[–] Cheers_for_Beers 18 years ago

My top ten scariest movies with the scenes: SPOILERS:
10. Scream- "Can you handle that blondie?"
09. Psycho- "The shower scene"
08. When a Stranger Calls-"The return of Curt Duncan"
07. Night of the Living Dead-"Daughter kills Mother"
06. Carrie-"Death of Carrie's Mother"
05. The Shining-"All work and no play..."
04. The Exorcist-"Doing the crucifix"
03. Day of the Dead-"Hands shoot out of the wall"
02. Halloween-"A wire poker and knife don't stop Michael"
01. Black Christmas-"The final phone call"

No, please don't kill me Mr. Ghostface, I wanna be in the sequel.

[–] Edinboro 15 years ago

1. The Shining
2. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (74)
3. Carrie (doesnt scare me now but did as a kid)

[–] maverick_2713 18 years ago

LMAO at 1 scariest movies 1. Sandlot 2

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[–] Chupauk 18 years ago

1 - A Tale of Two Sisters

2 - Candyman

3 - The Eye

4 - Ring (Japanese version)

5 - Phone

6 - Ju-on (Japanese Version)

7 - Halloween

8 - Audition

9 - Blair Witch project (Not scary as such, just really freaked my head out)

10 - The Signalman (Scared the sense out of me when I was a kid and caught it on late night BBC)

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[–] Jewel102791 18 years ago

I just have a few

1.Rosemary's Baby
omg that movie freaked me out so much!!!

2.The Ring
I saw this movie in the 7th grade and after that I was afraid to fall asleep thinking my tv would turn on

3.The Shining
This movie is so good and just that music scares me!

4.Suspiria
The scene when those maggots are falling from the ceiling and the dog kills the blind man and hes chewing his flesh eww!

5.When a Stranger Calls (original)
when she finds out the calls are coming from inside the house!

[–] Finn200 17 years ago

10.IT (Pennywise rules!!)
9.Saw
8.Hellraiser
7.Creepshow (the thing in the crate)
6.Mother's Day
5.Nightmare on Elm Street
4.Friday the 13th
3.Halloween
2.Black Christmas
1.The Shining

[–] kubrickbuff-1 18 years ago

A top 20 list:

1. Halloween(1978)
2. Rosemary's Baby(1968)
3. Scream(1996)
4. The Thing(1982)
5. The Shining(1980)
6. The Exorcist(1973)
7. Ghostbusters(1984)
8. Legend (1985)
9. The Terminatior(1984)
10.A Clockwork Orange(1971)
11.Night of the Living Dead(1968)
12.Prince of Darkness(1987)
13.Eyes Wide Shut(1999)
14.The Faculty(1998)
15.Mars Attacks(1996)
16.Halloween:The Curse of Michael Myers(1995)
17.Videodrome(1983)
18.Alien(1979)
19.Hocus Pocus(1993)
20.Fargo(1996)

[–] woodliff-1 18 years ago

Here goes my list:

10)Sleepaway Camp - the end is very chilling. perfect slasher shocker ending. the movie is not that scary though.
9)Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me - Bob popping up in Laura Palmers room in that super creepy scene. The ending was messed up too.
8)House of 1000 Corpses - The scene in the underground lair when the girl gets her bunny suit ripped off by those creepy looking dudes. That whole part of the movie is so unpredictable. its like a bad acid trip. Also the Run, Rabbit Run scene is pretty brutal.
7)Cabin Fever - The dream sequence of the guy and the girl making out and then it cuts to the girls rotted away face. Also the girl shaving the skin off her legs.
6)The Evil Dead - One of the greatest and bloodiest horror movies of all time. The possessed teens looks so disgusting. The movies has the constant feeling of helplessness like Texas Chainsaw Massacre. "Look at her eyes!" that scene is pretty freaky.
5)High Tension - the mother gets her throat slit and hand severed and was still alive.
4)Blair Witch Project - just creepy as hell, especially the ending
3)The Shining - The old lady in the bathtub. And the shot of frozen Jack Nicholson in the end is very creepy
2)Muholland Drive - the hobo that comes out of nowhere in the alley and gives the guy a heart attack. I seriously have nightmares like that. And the creepy old people chasing the girl around the house in the end. David Lynch's movies are creepier than most horror movies.
1)Texas Chainsaw Massacre(original) - near the end when the girl is trapped in the house of the Cannibal family. The scene is so hysterical and nightmarish. Another scene that is the closest thing to a bad acid trip.

Honorable mentions:
*Open Water - (spoiler) The school of sharks at the end and the girl realizes there is no hope.
*The Omen II - A woman gets her eyes pecked out by a crow and then wanders a highway, blind, until she is hit by an 18 wheeler. This scene freaked me out as a kid.
*Saw - Guy jumping out of the closet. Guy under the bedsheets in the little girls room.
*Saw II - the wrist slicing device. That scene is disgusting

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[–] stewieglock 17 years ago

this list is not in any particular order

suspiria
deep red
the last house on the left
halloween
black christmas(1974)
the exorcist
carrie
hellraiser
a clockwork orange
and anything paris hilton( a shiver runs up spine) now that acting is scary

" i will eat your heart"

[–] movie_luver09 17 years ago

well here's mine

1.Urban Legend-it scares me so much to think that those things could actually happen.
2.Texas Chainsaw Massacre-new-based on actual events...*shudders*
3.Darkness Falls-didn't want to go to the bathroom after that scene where Matilda is over the doorway
4.Pet Semetary-couldn't sleep for days, i was like 9 when i saw this
5.Cry Baby Lane-this was on Nickelodeon when i was like 7 and it scared me and my brother so bad. really good movie too.
6.Signs-yeah living next to corn fields didn't help much
7.The Skeleton Key-i loved the ending of this movie. never will mess with hoodoo.
8.Wrong Turn-those inbreds scare me half to death.
9.Deep Blue Sea-i HATE sharks
10.Hide And Seek-freaks me out.

"This is our most desperate hour. Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope."

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[–] lil_b_597 17 years ago

some ppl dont know a gd horror movie, i mean, BOOGEYMAN????? it was the worst ive ever seen, neway.. no order.. and i got 13

new nightmare
nightmare 1
friday 13th
alien
psycho
hills have eyes
childs play
texas chainsaw massacre
saw
the thing
shining
final destination 1,2,3
the OC

[–] jpotter-23 17 years ago

i can't believe nobody's mentioned "the others" yet. that movie totally took me by surprise...

along with "the shining," "the exorcist," and "the ring," it's a movie that i was still scared by after watching it.

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[–] corpsegrinder47 17 years ago

1. Halloween
2. The Shining
3. Psycho
4. The Exorcist
5. The Descent
6. The Others
7. Saw
8. Audition
9. Signs
10. High Tension

Sorry Marge, this gets my worst review yet-SEVEN THUMBS UP

RIP Bam Bam Bigelow

[–] lil_b_597 17 years ago

hey, im not sayin boogeyman was bad, its just not scary.. its a pretty gd movie, but they needed 2 make it a bit scarier, maybe get someone like Alexandre Aja 2 do it, or Wes Craven

"wats the rifle 4?" "thats 4 *beep* - cabin fever

[–] corpsegrinder47 17 years ago

Alexadre Aja doing Boogeyman? That just may work. The ending will probably be that the boogeyman and the kid he terrorizes are one in the same.

Sorry Marge, this gets my worst review yet-SEVEN THUMBS UP

RIP Bam Bam Bigelow

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[–] spr303 17 years ago

10. Pet Semetary - Never having kids or pets.

9. What Lies Beneath - creepy

8. The Ring - just scary overall

7. Bubba Ho-Tep - When Bubba Ho-Tep appears before the final showdown.

6. Silence of the Lambs - Anything to do with Buffalo Bob.

5. The Shining - Bathtub, nuff said.

4. Jaws - really freaked me out the first time.

3. War of The Worlds (remake) - The scene where they drive through the crowd, and mob mentality takes over as people fight for the car.

2. Hocus Pocus - I was really young when I first saw it, and I didn't finish it. I was absolutely terrified of witches until I watched it the whole way through.

1. Dawn of the Dead (Remake) - Not really the movie itself, but the concept of outrageous amounts of zombies coming after me is the scariest possible thing I can think of. Some images of this movie stick with me and remind me of my biggest fear: Zombies.

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[–] TheExitScene 16 years ago

i think it's funny someone said dead alive!! If you think that movies scary you havn't seen scary. How can you even take that movie seriously? It was hilarious!! Very gorey, but not scary
"To Know Death, Otto, You Have To *beep* LIfe In The Gall Bladder"

[–] celrate 17 years ago

Can't believe somebody hasn't said Magic

I'll See you again in the Spring - Hurry go Round by hide

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[–] Gabbaghoul 17 years ago

1.suspiria

2.The Fly Remake

3.Original Texas Chainsaw Massacre

4.Halloween

5.Nightmare On Elm St

6.Zombie

7.Demoni

8.Beyond The Door

9.Ju on

10.The Exorcist

The fear of blood tends to create fear for the flesh...

[–] marcus_stokes2000 17 years ago

Scream

Final Destination

HalloweeN

Nightmare On Elm Street

The Fog

The Brood

Black Christmas (1974)

Deep Red

Night Of The Living Dead

Suspiria

Doug Roberts: What do they call it when you kill people?
The Towering Inferno