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[Pilgrimzero]

Answer the question, Claire!... wait wrong film and genre.

But yeah, fave scary movie?

 

[EverydayBeast]

Halloween psychology it feels like people doubt Michael’s killing abilities and yet every movie he has success in doing so, there’s girls running, kids crying all that good stuff and they care about flashbacks, music etc. in the movies.

 

[Star-Lord]

The Conjuring series.

 

[belmarduk]

Candyman (1992) is my all-time favorite horror movie with Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors a close second.

 

[Daniel Jackson]

Not super scary by any means, but I just love how meta and conscious the movie is about horror:
The Cabin in the Woods

 

[SpiceRacz]

Probably between the original Nightmare on Elm Street and The Shining.

 

[DKehoe]

Probably The Shining

 

[Cyberpunkd]

When I watched it Vidocq made really an impression, especially towards the end when the main character infiltrated that part of Paris.

 

[belmarduk]

Also, not really because its scary but Sleepaway Camp deserves a mention in this thread. Probably the best comedy movie of all time.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

 

[RAÏSanÏa]

The Masque of the Red Death(1964)

 

[Putonahappyface]

Event Horizon.

 

[T8SC]

More than just my favourite scary movie, it's the GOAT.

 

[Pilgrimzero]

More than just my favourite scary movie, it's the GOAT.

Alien is a horror film, but isn't Aliens more in line with action?

 

[T8SC]

Alien is a horror film, but isn't Aliens more in line with action?

The topic just asks which is your favourite scary movie, not specifically horror movie. Aliens has scared people, just look at first watch videos on Youtube (If you have time to waste).

 

[YCoCg]

Yo! Slim Shady *woman screams* Royce 5-9! You wanna make a movie? What? We got the film right here!

 

[Impotaku]

Kazam the one where you know like shaq plays a genie.

 

[Pilgrimzero]

To answer my own question: It's: The Thing.

 

[Artoris]

It Follows

 

[AlteredForms]

Probably between the original Nightmare on Elm Street and The Shining.

 

[SpiceRacz]

?

 

[bitbydeath]

Probably Elm Street 3.
Nom nom!

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

?

You like elm street but.... You have jason avatar

 

[SpiceRacz]

You like elm street but.... You have jason avatar

It's the cover of the game for NES and I like both franchises. Elm Street is still better though.

 

[Artoris]

It's the cover of the game for NES and I like both franchises. Elm Street is still better though.

And they are both better than Halloween

 

[Diddy X]

What a coincidence I was just watching SM

And my favourite scary movie is The Blair Witch Project, I didn't wanna finish it as a kid I would close my eyes and pretend I was asleep.

 

[German Hops]

 

[poppabk]

Kazam the one where shaq plays a genie.

Beat me to it

 

[teezzy]

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Without a doubt

 

[Doom85]

The original Halloween.

Nothing to me is more frightening than some stranger wanting to murder you, and unlike Jason or Leatherface or such, you didn’t walk into his turf, he walked into YOURS.

 

[Brian Fellows]

Friday the 13th part 2

 

[20cent]

Too many... maybe Rosemary's Baby?

As the scariest, Kairo.

 

[Cutty Flam]

Scream if we’re talking overall favorite horror, but if we’re only talking scary movies then The Blair Witch Project

 

[DragoonKain]

I don’t know if I have a favorite but I absolutely love The Witch.

 

[Kaachan]

The Witch because that film feels evil to the core
I loved everything from the phenomenal directing and acting to the absolutely horrifying atmosphere and tension

 

[Vagswarm]

If Aliens counts then definitely that one. I don't do a lot of scary movies.

 

[KrakenIPA]

Kinda funny, kinda scary, so quotable! Great movie all around!

 

[Toots]

Alien is a horror film, but isn't Aliens more in line with action?

It's the James-Cameron-directing-the-sequel effect !
Same with Terminator and Terminator 2

I think the best horror movies are not necessarily those well made or with the most gore, or the best story and acting, but the ones you can meta the shit out of, alone or with your friends.
Being 10 and daring your pal to say "candyman" five times in front of a mirror at night during sleepover. Watching Nightmare on helm's street one day, then trying to stay awake all night every night the following week cause you never know when Freddy's going to strike.
I had to sleep under my blankets without moving or making a noise for most of my childhood so that Jason wouldn't notice me, if he were to come... Good times

 

[Sidney Prescott]

Funnily enough, Scream.

The meta script was super well-done and breathed some new life in to the horror genre. It desperately needed it at the time.

 

[YoshiMadness]

I really love this movie so much!

 

[Soodanim]

My favourite Scary Movie? Probably the first one. The second one did have people being rolled up and smoked though, plus freaky man nipples and “Let me use my strong hand”.
I didn’t watch any past that one. We’re the Wayans brothers in the later ones?

 

[AV]

The GOAT.

 

[SJRB]

The Blair Witch Project


Fucked me up back in the day. Incredible movie.

 

[Dark Star]

The Exorcist (original). Easily the most genuinely evil film I've seen and still haunts me to this day.

The Shining is a close #2 but it's obviously the better film. There are so many creepy hidden gems, double meanings, metaphors, and conspiracy theory details in each and every scene. Kubrick was a genius.




In terms of general, casual enjoyment I like SLASHERS! Halloween (original), Friday the 13th Jason Lives, A Nightmare on Elm Street (original), Child's Play 1 and 2. I know none of those movies are actually "scary" but I could watch them any time, any day.

 

[clarky]

The omen for me, scared me shitless as a kid, not religious in any way. Had me checking for 666 on my brothers scalp (I still reckon it's there somewhere).

 

[AJUMP23]

The Ring is the only suspenseful movie I watched that made me second guess driving home alone.

 

[Pilgrimzero]

The Exorcist (original). Easily the most genuinely evil film I've seen and still haunts me to this day.

The Shining is a close #2 but it's obviously the better film. There are so many creepy hidden gems, double meanings, metaphors, and conspiracy theory details in each and every scene. Kubrick was a genius.




In terms of general, casual enjoyment I like SLASHERS! Halloween (original), Friday the 13th Jason Lives, A Nightmare on Elm Street (original), Child's Play 1 and 2. I know none of those movies are actually "scary" but I could watch them any time, any day.

I had been watching Freddy and Jason etc for years and my mom (Late 80s/early 90s i think) said "Want to see a really scary movie?" and popped on Exorcist. Laughed my ass off. I appreciate the film much more now though.

 

[Excess]

Hellraiser for me.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Without a doubt

The original, I hope!

 

[mekes]

Like some others in here, mine is also Carpenters The Thing. I prefer my horrors with a strong Sci Fi edge to them. Other favourites are The Fly and Alien.

 

[undrtakr900]

Kazam the one where you know like shaq plays a genie.