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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.

[–] Maccfan 14 years ago

1) IT
2) The Descent
3) Paranormal Activity
4) The Grudge
5) The Exorcism of Emily Rose
6) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
7) Rec
8) The Ring
9) The Hills Have Eyes (sickened more than scared)
10) Signs

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[–] MargoChanning 14 years ago

1. Black Christmas - the original
2. The Exorcist
3. Rosemary's Baby
4. It
5. The Shining - Movie version, not the TV version
6. The Strangers
7. How Awful About Allan
8. The Exorcism of Emily Rose
9. The Sentinel
10.The Others

[–] more-cowbell12 12 years ago

In no order
1. The Shining
2. The Wicker Man (original, of course)
3. The Sixth Sense
4. The Silence of the Lambs
5. Night of the Living Dead
6. Poltergeist
7. Carrie
9. Halloween
10. Psycho

[–] CannibalCraig 12 years ago

10. Mark of the Devil
I found this to be one of the most disturbing films I have ever seen.

9. Tombs of the Blind Dead
Although not necessarily terrifying, the mood of the film creates a dread I have not seen in anything else.

8. Messiah of Death
A truly creepy film. Kind of reminds me of an HP Lovecraft story.

7. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
One of the most terrifying movies ever made. Particularly the last 15 minutes of the film.

6. Neighbor
Yeah, a lot of people don't like this film, but it severally disturbed me.

5. Hellraiser
Need I say more?

4. The Keep
The atmosphere created by Michael Mann is very dreadful in this forgotten film.

3. The Entity
One of the most bothering films ever.

2. I Spit on Your Grave
The original. The rape scenes had me turning my head and making me ask, "Why I am watching this?"

1. Hellraiser 2
The Doctor Cenebyte still gives me nightmares to this day. Greatest horror film I have ever seen.

I'm just a guy that likes horror flicks.