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Post by StevePulaski on Jan 24, 2010 10:34:33 GMT -5
I think it's the cult film of 1980, Hellraiser, that wins my scariest movie award. That film had some of the scariest and yet creepiest kills, killer, and some good synths. What about you guys?
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Post by briggs on Jan 24, 2010 21:18:14 GMT -5
I've said it before and I'll say it again; for me it's either the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre or The Evil Dead. Both are near constantly intense
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Post by nopersonality on Jan 25, 2010 13:23:57 GMT -5
Hellraiser, scary? I don't think so... It's too selective about its' victims. Like the Lottery, only if you picked a ticket. And- who on Earth would pick a ticket to be captured by demons and taken to a pain-pleasure purgatory-hell from wence there is almost no escape? As for the men the evil wife murdered, well, this isn't the first movie about bad things happening to folks who get picked up in bars.
I still say: Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Anyone could be a victim. The clowns are terrifying! The invade everything pretty much in their path (the paths they want to go on). They have a HUGE arsenal of tricks to fool you. And weapons to kill and torture you with. They smile at you while they hurt you. They're super-intelligent aliens with no souls. They're like vicious serial killers in costumes! Only, they're genocidal!
After that, probably Dead Dudes in the House again. Think about it: you're trapped in a haunted house that's alive and won't let you out. Unless, it's a trick and it wants to kill you. Think that's bad? Let's add in a vicious murdering old woman who kills your friends one by one and enjoys torturing her victims. Only, she's already dead! You know you're going to die, and you know it's going to hurt worse than anything else you've ever been through. Think it can't get any worse? How about: after they're dead, now your friends are coming back as zombies but they're not the same. They look the same but they're not. They're insane and hide it well - they want to trick you and make you trust them so they can torture and kill you violently. Think: Saw in the 80's, only... there's no novelty or twist to your demise or the devices used to hurt you. You're just going to be tortured until you scream like an animal, die, and live your afterlife as a murdering slave with no soul.
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Post by drblood on Jan 25, 2010 18:27:30 GMT -5
I think it's the cult film of 1980, Hellraiser, that wins my scariest movie award. That film had some of the scariest and yet creepiest kills, killer, and some good synths. What about you guys? Actually, a few years ago now, I remember reading in one of Barry Norman's "Film" books that he too voted Hellraiser as the number one scariest horror movie. (Info: Barry Norman was the BBC's most famous film critic and the weekly series was called "Film" plus the year in question - so for Hellraiser it would have been in "Film '87". He gave up when he finally had enough of all the behind the scenes politics and was replaced by sycophant Jonathan Ross whose opinions are worthless anyway.) The scariest horror film for me for ages was "The Omen" and then I replaced it with "The Exorcist". I don't think either of them are scary now though. In fact, I don't find any horror movie scary but I still prefer the genre over any other. |
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Post by StevePulaski on Jan 26, 2010 19:11:30 GMT -5
The Omen, to me, wasnt as scary as I thought it would be. The sequel though, was a perfect example of a worthy sequel.
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Post by patface1979 on Jan 29, 2010 21:26:01 GMT -5
I have to say The Fly by David Croneingburg: I saw that movie when I was seven and for three months whever a fly landed on me I thought I would turn into the monster!
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Post by StevePulaski on Jan 30, 2010 16:42:44 GMT -5
Hellraiser, scary? I don't think so... It's too selective about its' victims. Like the Lottery, only if you picked a ticket. And- who on Earth would pick a ticket to be captured by demons and taken to a pain-pleasure purgatory-hell from wence there is almost no escape? As for the men the evil wife murdered, well, this isn't the first movie about bad things happening to folks who get picked up in bars. I still say: Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Anyone could be a victim. The clowns are terrifying! The invade everything pretty much in their path (the paths they want to go on). They have a HUGE arsenal of tricks to fool you. And weapons to kill and torture you with. They smile at you while they hurt you. They're super-intelligent aliens with no souls. They're like vicious serial killers in costumes! Only, they're genocidal! After that, probably Dead Dudes in the House again. Think about it: you're trapped in a haunted house that's alive and won't let you out. Unless, it's a trick and it wants to kill you. Think that's bad? Let's add in a vicious murdering old woman who kills your friends one by one and enjoys torturing her victims. Only, she's already dead! You know you're going to die, and you know it's going to hurt worse than anything else you've ever been through. Think it can't get any worse? How about: after they're dead, now your friends are coming back as zombies but they're not the same. They look the same but they're not. They're insane and hide it well - they want to trick you and make you trust them so they can torture and kill you violently. Think: Saw in the 80's, only... there's no novelty or twist to your demise or the devices used to hurt you. You're just going to be tortured until you scream like an animal, die, and live your afterlife as a murdering slave with no soul. I agree to a certain extent. Killer Klowns was great B movie fun. I loved it. The scare factor wasnt huge. The opening sequence was pretty scary. But in the long run, the clowns (or klowns for that matter) dont do anything scary beside smile with a devious grin or just shoot you with some unexplained ray gun of some sort that is pretty strange. Its not entirely scary, but it is creepy. I think Hellraiser is scary because of its unexplained nature. Its a weird and fun film that really does scare you. I just dont get how you can say Killer Klowns is the scariest movie when only earning a PG rating. |
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Post by nopersonality on Jan 30, 2010 18:57:25 GMT -5
PG-13.
It's like you're saying Hellraiser is scarier because it's more violent. I'm sure that's not what you meant to say, but who cares what these movies are rated? Life doesn't have a rating. And if these scenarios were real... all you have to do to avoid being put in harms' way in Hellraiser is - don't go to bars (check) and don't play with puzzle boxes (who even has one of those?). Easy. In Killer Klowns - you are totally fucked! Unless you have a gun, are a REALLY good shooter, and know where all the klowns are. They invade the entire town. And when they (were to) leave... how do you know they won't come back? Or, when they will come back? They might come back every month to a new town. You have to live your entire life in fear of when they're going to strike. And they have a ton of different ways to get you.
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Post by StevePulaski on Jan 30, 2010 21:40:23 GMT -5
I will say that Killer Klowns definitely has a scary nostalgia factor and I would without a doubt say it ranks up with one of the scariest. Clowns are freaky, and I will admit that. But I just think Hellraiser was better. But was it a better movie? No. Just scarier.
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Post by nopersonality on Jan 31, 2010 8:55:42 GMT -5
How? Maybe I missed something.  |
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Post by StevePulaski on Jan 31, 2010 9:10:27 GMT -5
It was creepier, and had more shock scenes than Killer Klowns. Hellraiser was the kinda torture film that entertained me. But I will agree with you that Saw series is garbage.
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Post by nopersonality on Jan 31, 2010 9:16:38 GMT -5
More shock scenes? That doesn't make it scarier, that makes it more violent.
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Post by StevePulaski on Jan 31, 2010 10:41:04 GMT -5
But the shock scenes were scary.
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Post by nopersonality on Jan 31, 2010 20:06:23 GMT -5
How so?
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Post by patface1979 on Jan 31, 2010 21:09:08 GMT -5
I always thought Saw was more than a soft core snuff movie!
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