What's your favorite scary movie?
11 years ago
During the Halloween season, I like to curl up to a viewing of "Drag Me To Hell" Sam Raimi brings back some of that Evil Dead magic. From the beginning this movie lets you know that it's not going to spare you because you're a girl or even a child. It's got moments of slapstick but it also has moments of deadly seriousness like when the Lamia pays Christine a visit in broad daylight and smacks her all around the room (literally!). It doesn't matter if you're a good person and you do honorable deeds. Evil will come for you at the appointed time and claim its due.
Plus it has a talking goat.
What's YOUR favorite scary movie? Discuss.
Plus it has a talking goat.
What's YOUR favorite scary movie? Discuss.
I know it's not technically a scary movie, but I try to watch it every Halloween. :)
I'd say the Friday The 13th series would be my favorite, because Jason Voorhees is my first love. :P
Its Aliens.
The Birds
The Jaws series
House on Haunted Hill, with Vincent Price
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, with Jeff Goldblum
Cloverfield
The Howling
Bad Moon
The Mummy (Brendan Frasier)
That's why I never scratch my bellybutton with the barrel of a gun.
Honorable mentions: The original 1963 'the Haunting', 'American Werewolf in London', 'Poltergeist', 'Pumpkinhead' and 1988 'the Blob'
I am probably forgetting a few but these come to mind right away.
American Werewolf in London
Silence of the Lambs
That's about it really. But if you see just one movie, see Dawn of the Dead.
Once rented Moon Trap as the moon buggy from the movie was displayed at the Michigan Space Museum back in the 80s. Starred Walter Koenig and Bruce Campbell. I think the scenes with topless women kept it off television, or maybe it was just plain awful. Perhaps a rebooted MST3K could make sport of it the way they did for Marooned/Space Travellers.
"How many boobs are in this scene, Servo?"
"Four!"
For a creepy, could happen in real life kind of thing, Pacific Heights is quite scary. Cape Fear as well.
Already mentioned faves: Poltergeist, Alien, Aliens, Event Horizon, and AWIL.
Unmentioned: the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. That movie creeped me the hell out. Also, the original Amityville Horror with Margot Kidder and James Brolin. Remember that this story was supposed to be real waaaay back in the day when I saw it. Obviously now that it's a confirmed hoax, it loses some sting. And lastly, not really a horror movie per set, but the 1980's The Day After, with Jason Robards. The whole movie is the countdown to nuclear wad basically. Seeing it when I was little made me thankful I lived in Russia's 3rd or 4th strategic target. I want a bomb to land on me...I don't want to survive the aftermath.