Let me just start out by saying I love being scared, especially with friends. However, I can't seem to find a truly scary movie to watch with my mates.

Last night we watched REC, which I heard was terrifying. It was a good movie, but it wasn't really scary. In fact, I can't remember the last time a movie scared me. Paranormal Activity 1+2 were good, but not that scary. The Shining is one of my favorites, but it's not scary anymore. Movies like The Grudge aren't scary in the least. We watched Sybil a few months ago, and that shook us up pretty well.

So what I need is a scare the [censored] out of you movie. Any truly terrifying suggestions CD?

There is no movie that comes close to the Shining.

You might like Rosemary's Baby. Also, The Descent was kind of scary during a midnight screening at a film festival. Open Water is pretty good.

Alternately, try reading the Shining novel, or The Dark Half (another Stephen King novel).

I'll recommend what I always recommend: Eraserhead.
David Lynch is... not quite right in the head. Let me just put it that way.

I would also recommend anything by Takashi Miike- Audition, in particular, squicked me right the hell out. And I do not squick easily.
If you haven't seen A Clockwork Orange, go do so. It's scary in quite an unconventional way; plus you get to see a young Malcolm McDowell ham it up for the camera. And who doesn't love that?

EDIT: Oh yes, also? Se7en. One of the best suspense movies I've seen in recent history.

And The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, which is one of my favorite movies of all time. Contains the most messed-up set design in anything ever, plus a psychotic, sleepwalking Conrad Veidt.

I second the Audition recommendation.

A Clockwork Orange is one of the best films, Seven is great as well, but these are not really scary.

Phantasm is a film that scared the crap out of me when I was a little kid, but I imagine it would feel quite dated at this point.

Looks like you've been around the block and then some. Guess i'll just throw some stuff at you as i gaze upon my shelves and shelves of HORROR MOVIES! MOVIES! MOVIES!


FIEND- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVYfo0vErBA
CHILDREN SHOULDNT PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm8elaYH7c4
BEYOND THE DOOR- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bow2_YqL4yY
ANTHROPOPHAGOUS- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzBLIS1rRTI
BURIAL GROUND- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOOwXX-uuso
SCALPS- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCQRaBxeXb4
THE STRANGENESS- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHLQ-v8BkA0
RUBY- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De7es8HMevw
LEMORA A CHILDS TALE OF THE SUPERNATURAL-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpbOOkGd1tY
GARGOYLES- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3C28zdK9ME&feature=related
THE DEVILS RAIN- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBBN97vG3UM
THE BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48EkVoukDZs&playnext=1&list=PLB3F4694B421A2D9D
PLANET TERROR- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBi00ZiqIv4
ITS ALIVE- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD9wL0ffxqY&feature=related
NIGHT OF THE DEMONS 3- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT8ylR6DZaQ&feature=related

Aw, I wanted to recommend Eraserhead.
But, yeah. Watch Eraserhead. Its not scary, per se, but it will make you ask "What the hell just happened?" throughout the whole movie.

Yeah, not quite scary, but it WILL screw with your mind and give you werid dreams/nightmares.

I just saw it for the first time in December as a christmas gift and yes its not in your face fright scary but more psychological surreal and creepy and sad . My niece thought it should haved ended after the secret was revealed and everything after that just didnt make sense. Me i could have stayed lost in its bizarre euphoric daze for another two hours easily.

Here are a few more horror movie suggestions-


BLACK SABBATH- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwPF-sfNvOo
HELL NIGHT- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK89XlOUWms
NIGHT TRAIN TO TERROR- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O79ORq7CP2E
LETS SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX4eZD3GiL0
STREET TRASH- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jYpiGgqT5Q
SCREAM OF THE WOLF- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ0fZEyhD2M

Cannibal Holocaust horrified me to no end, so I'd recommend that. It contains real animal cruelty, though, so it depends if you can stomach that stuff.

Can't think of anything else, TBH. Most of my other suggestions have either been mentioned already or are too mainstream to miss.

All such goodies. Not necessarily scary though, except maybs The Shining. A Clockwork Orange is just ~awesome~


Oh yea, but the movie's preeettttaayy prettay pretty lame.

Pandorum. I don't know why it got such lackluster reviews - I thought it was pretty darn good. Very suspenseful (and gruesome at times) with a good twist at the end.

My favourites are:
1408
Noroi

I think at a later age we need mind thrillers to please our horror addictions.

There was a movie produced based on Dark Half?

The Haunting in Conneticuit
The Last Exorsisim (more of creepy, not exactly scary)

edit : The Strangers.

whats your address ill send you the video of my birth XD

Buried, unlike all of the terrible contemporary horror movies, this one actually does scare you.

Scary movie 1, 2, 3, or 4 28 weeks later.

Seriously, you found the Scary Movie franchise to be scary? They were developed as a joke.

It depends on what your definition of a scary movie is..

Is it one with many thrills? (Complete silence... then killer jumps out of nowhere!)

Or is it blood and gore? (body parts laying everywhere, where you can actually see the ripped flesh, and oozing blood)

Or is it disturbing mental images? (the thought of killing innocent little bunnies for pleasure)

Or deep chilling thoughts? (we are not alone, the end is near)

The classics? (Werewolves, Dracula, Frankenstien...)

Or a combination of them all?

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If it's thrills... then movies like Friday the 13th, Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, and other slashers in general are pretty good.

For blood and gore, the above slashers are pretty good, but I'd like to add movies like Final Destination, Saw, and AVP.

For disturbing mental images; Seven (or 7 or Se7en), and Night of the Living Dead (1968 one, not the remakes)

And for deep chilling thoughts; Sixth Sense, Signs, War of the Worlds.

Classics; House On Haunted Hill, The Exorcist, Wolfman, Van Helsing
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It also depends on what scares you. Zombies? Aliens? Ghosts? Classic monsters?

Cannibal Holocaust might be a little hard to find. It's not sold anywhere because of it's cruelty.

Also, if you really want to be scared, watch Blair With Project. It's some scary stuff.

Human Centipede anyone?

It is a joke. The OP needs scary movies, so this bloke sums them up. Get it?

That movie is grossly disturbing :tongue:

One of my all time favorites from the past few years is HIGH TENSION-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J0yc4ndZ3s

I saw the trailer. I wish i didn't :cold: (and i'm not talking anout high tension thing).