I still think The Others has the weirdest happy ending ever. I found it more uplifting than scary on the whole.
The Changling is still the scariest movie I've ever seen, but I can't pin down one scene that made it so.
Angel: Eve. So, I guess we should, I don't know, talk? Eve: About what? Angel: About what happened back there with us. Eve: Angel, it's not like this is the first time I've had sex under a mystical influence. I went to U.C. Santa Cruz.
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P.M. Marc - Oct 24, 2005 12:08:16 pm PDT #8199 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Nutty - Oct 24, 2005 12:12:00 pm PDT #8200 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I did not see The Thing till I was much too old to be affected the way Sean was. Mostly, I thought the movie was hilarious. (In a certain creepifying way, especially the dog, but I cannot but laugh at Wilford Brimley going bananas.)
I liked The Others, but was never frightened in it, only sad.
Sean K - Oct 24, 2005 12:18:48 pm PDT #8201 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Mostly, I thought the movie was hilarious. (In a certain creepifying way, especially the dog, but I cannot but laugh at Wilford Brimley going bananas.)
Yeah, I laugh my fool head off when watch it now. It's cheesetastic fun.
Kathy A - Oct 24, 2005 1:31:58 pm PDT #8202 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Oh, another truly creepifying moment is the end of The Haunting of Julia with Mia Farrow.
Is that the one where Mia's blind, and she fills up the tub, not knowing there's a dead body in it? That freaked me out when I saw it on TV as a kid.
Oh, I also remember some color version of Frankenstein (I'm guessing a Hammer version?) that had a pretty woman in Regency garb with her head sewed back on, and a very gross scar hidden under her velvet choker. Seeing that before age 10 left a mark on my brain, even though I have no clue what the name of the movie was.
askye - Oct 24, 2005 2:04:41 pm PDT #8203 of 10002
Thrive to spite them
I saw parts of Psycho when I was really young. I think I was at a church thing where we were being "babysat" by older kids and it came on. Not all of it, not the stabbing scene, the one where "mother" turns around. I had nightmares about that for years, decades even. I've never seen Psycho, I know it's not as scary as what I built up in my mind, but I still don't want to see it.
Strega - Oct 24, 2005 2:29:56 pm PDT #8204 of 10002
"Jump a mile" moments (different from "freak my shit right out!" moments)Yeah, and I normally hate those because you always know they're coming. I mean, they work on me, but even if I don't know if it'll be a cat-scare or something actually scary, they're usually preceded by several minutes of build-up and spooky music so everyone knows that something's coming. I tend to sort of disconnect when that's happening, because I'm busy preparing myself to be scared, which makes the reveal less effective. In ISOYG, I thought it was over and was finally starting to relax and then -- geeeaaah!
If I remember right, I had to pause the movie for a minute until I could calm down.
§ ita § - Oct 24, 2005 2:35:09 pm PDT #8205 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My favourite "Oh, fuck I did not see that coming!" moment was when the shark got Samuel L Jackson in that shark movie. It was beautiful. I squealed, jumped, and howled with laughter.
Gandalfe - Oct 24, 2005 2:52:41 pm PDT #8206 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Speaking of Vincent Price, you must all see House of the Long Shadows. Well, if you're up for cheese (think Desi Arnaz Jr.). I can't tell you more, but the ending is fantastic. Particularly 1 word from Vincent Price.
beekaytee - Oct 24, 2005 3:05:26 pm PDT #8207 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
My favourite "Oh, fuck I did not see that coming!"
Double ditto. I was slack-jawed when Samuel L. bit it...or rather...was bit. Absolutely howled.
A favorite squeamy moment was in Carpenter's The Thing, which I loved in general.
The moment when they put the hot needle into the petri dish o blood. That sound!
I'm not sure how they produced the effect, but it freaked my shit all the way out. Single most effective sound effect ever...in my universe.
Kalshane - Oct 24, 2005 3:07:05 pm PDT #8208 of 10002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I don't watch many horror movies. I don't enjoy being scared and (for slasher flicks and the like) I find gore very disturbing. However, I do remember making the mistake of watching the original (I think) Amityville movie late at night on TV when the spending that night at a friend's house as a kid and it freaking me the hell out.
Most recent "horror" movie I've seen would probably be "Fallen", which I found creepy and disturbing, but didn't actually freak me out.