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In reply to the discussion: What is your pick for Scariest Horror Movie ever? [View all]nuxvomica
(12,769 posts)45. It's between "The Exorcist", "Night of the Living Dead", and "The Tingler"
I didn't swear for three days after seeing The Exorcist.
I was afraid to walk back to my dorm room after a screening of Night of the Living Dead on a tiny screen in the school cafeteria, where Romero himself had just given a talk about how they made the movie -- the guy who made the movie is like ten feet away revealing how all the scary gags were done and the movie still scares the hell out of me.
I saw The Tingler on TV when I was a kid at a sleepover at my cousins' and none of use slept that night.
Honorable mention to The Black Sleep (1956), which gave me nightmares.
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Yup, that's it for me as well, she turning her head completely around just freaked me out for a long time....
a kennedy
Apr 2024
#50
The Shining scared me, but I saw The Omen in a theater and damn if someone didn't brush by me on the aisle
hlthe2b
Apr 2024
#11
Prince of Darkness. It was kind of hokey but it scared the bejeebers out of me.
Ocelot II
Apr 2024
#13
dopleganger , or conversly journey to the far side of the sun. geery anderson film.
AllaN01Bear
Apr 2024
#18
The one that I remember from childhood was The Tingler. It scared hell out of me.
Chainfire
Apr 2024
#34
I'm sustained by horror movies. I always have been, it must be the way I'm wired.
Niagara
Apr 2024
#40
Yeah, the Exorcist is regularly voted the best/scariest movie of all time.
Elessar Zappa
Apr 2024
#68
I was a zombie in the Night of the Living Dead. It was shot in the Pittsburgh area.
debm55
Apr 2024
#58
The Changling. The movie with George C Scott. Very scary in places but overall it was a very good story.
beaglelover
Apr 2024
#47
Ju-On, the original Japanese movie released in 200, not the US remakes - The Grudge series
The Polack MSgt
Apr 2024
#70
A seldom mentioned movie I think from Disney "Something Wicked This Way Comes"
rurallib
Apr 2024
#73