I think the conclusion I drew from that list was that 70% of scary horror movies are titled The {Noun}.
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Volans - Apr 18, 2006 6:06:27 am PDT #1357 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 18, 2006 6:07:07 am PDT #1358 of 10001
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The Others was well-made, but didn't strike me as all that frightening. Likewise The Haunting, while a great movie, wasn't just heart poundingly frightening to me.
To that list I'd add Ju-on which was a lot scarier than The Ring IMHO, The Haunting of Julia, and the creeptastic gold medal winner, The Exorcist. I've never seen Audition but I'd guess it deserves a slot too based on the reactions all those horror directors had to it.
IAmNotReallyASpring - Apr 18, 2006 6:42:06 am PDT #1359 of 10001
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel
Also, that film has lesbian subtext like whoa now that I think back on it.
Doesn't it become text at some point in the middle? With Julie Harris telling Claire Bloom she wasn't "a dirty lesbian"? I may be cracked in my remembering.
askye - Apr 18, 2006 6:58:15 am PDT #1360 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
The Haunting totally creeped me out, I had to go turn on the lights. the handholding was creepy, but als when they are all locked in one of the rooms (the library?) and they hear the dragging sounds and the wall start to bulge inwards.
The only parts of The Audition were the clips from Bravo's to scary movies and that was enough to totally creep me out.
Aims - Apr 18, 2006 7:09:46 am PDT #1361 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
The Ring still freaks me out. Enough so that I haven't watched Lilo & Stitch or Spirited Away since I found out it's the same little girl.
shudder
Volans - Apr 18, 2006 7:27:05 am PDT #1362 of 10001
move out and draw fire
To that list I'd add Ju-on which was a lot scarier than The Ring
So totally wrod.
and the creeptastic gold medal winner, The Exorcist.
And again.
Jessica - Apr 18, 2006 7:31:23 am PDT #1363 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
and the creeptastic gold medal winner, The Exorcist.
I've never seen it, but I have run drills up and down those steps (my crew team rowed less than a mile away). That was horrifying.
lisah - Apr 18, 2006 7:31:50 am PDT #1364 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
The Ring and the BWP scared the bejesus out of me. I think BWP because the setting was so familiar.
The Ring scaring me PISSED me off because I didn't think it was that great of a movie. But I couldn't sleep for three nights afterwards and couldn't bear to watch even the ads for the DVD when it was released.
The Others didn't scare me at all because of the resolution.
The Shining I think I saw too late. So many of the really scary images had been parodied and recreated out the waz.
I remember liking Carnival of Souls but not getting as creeped out by it as I thought I would. Does it have a happy ending?
Aims - Apr 18, 2006 7:32:17 am PDT #1365 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
See, I went to see The Exorcist to get over my fear of scary movies and it did nothing for me. There were some "OW OW OW!!" parts, but nothing that made me jump or hide. I was sorely disappointed.
lisah - Apr 18, 2006 7:34:53 am PDT #1366 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I think I had the same thing with The Excorcist as the Shining. I knew it too well before I ever saw it. (Also I saw the Excorcist at someone's house while I was staying in N. Ireland as a teenager. I couldn't concentrate on gettin' scared because I was mostly concerned with what cute Irish boy I'd be snogging that night. )