I'm not going to put up a poll as there are too many choices widely available for selection.

So which do you think is the horror film, that has made you nearly crap your pants in fear- if there is one?

I'm looking towards building up my horror DVD collection and I'm looking for the best ones to add to it.

Thanks

The Shining
Alien
Ring

I'd say Saw

That film did freak me out quite badly when I first watched it, and there ain't many that do that.

House of blood (Vincent Price):suspect:
That triology with the the stupid african carving(affectionly known as taka taka man):shakes:
Various Hammer house especially the one where they took over peoples bodies and the only way you could tell was cos they had really bad teeth.
I know they all sound stupid,but as a child they ******me up and havn`t watched a horror film since
except The Shining but thats because Jack is soooooooooooooooo sexy :blush:
red rum red rum :D

Really? With his balding head, manic eyes and dribbling face?

Originally posted by Agent Gypo
Really? With his balding head, manic eyes and dribbling face?

It all adds to his character
you forgot those eyebrows :suspect:

Rosemary's Baby.

Originally posted by jayjay
It all adds to his character
you forgot those eyebrows :suspect:

Nice.

The "Scary Movie" trilogy... the clue's in the title... :hihi:

the evil dead
ring0
carrie
exorcist
night gallery

I love Evil Dead. And Evil Dead 2.

Hopefully Raimi wont screw up Evil Dead 4, or the planned remake of Evil Dead.

Saw
Wishmaster

Originally posted by spyro2000
Saw
Wishmaster

Wishmaster???!!!!!

Yes, Wishmaster by Wes Craven. A class film.

That film is terrible! Sorry

Many many years ago when.... (how can i put this??)
:D i was having a day off school:D, i was in town with a few mates and i saw my Parents walking towards us, the only quick place to make a exit was to walk in to the old picture house on pond st, we paid and went it.... they were showing...THE EVIL DEAD:o and i have to admit it scared the pants off me:D id never seen a film like it b4....

:hihi:

The Evil Dead was so scary when I first saw it (around the time of its release (mid 80's?)) but I saw it again recently and laughed mostly. The Ring and Saw are both good, also Creep. Went to see The Devil's Rejects last night, not particularly scary, but very very violent.:twisted:

When I was about 12 I went to a mates house because there was no school - due to a teacher training day or something . . . We found 'An American Werewolf in London' in his dads room and put it on.

We had the curtains shut and never said a word through it!!! It was so ^%$&("£"!£$ frightening . . . from the first scene on the moors to the subway station in London!! Great film.

Also, I must mention another great horror film I saw when I was young. . . . I know what you're going to say . . . 'DID YOU HAVE ANY PARENT'S!'.

It was called 'Salems Lot' and scared me stiff for years! The best horror films all came out during the late 70's - early 80's. This was the time for great horrors, not the rubbish we see nowadays like 'Scream' and 'I know what you did last summer' or even 'Jeepers Creepers' which started off with a scene that was copied from Spielbergs classic 'Duel'.

Pretty much anything to be honest! I am easily scared out of my mind it seems and watching a horror film usually means nightmares for days. :suspect:

Its ''Candyman'' all the way for me folks...... the original one not no2, as that is crap. I can still now only get up to where she realises she is in the tenniment block and climbs through the gap in her bathroom.

That guys voice freeks me out everytime I see him ..... even when he was in 'Final Destination' ... spooky

I think it is all in the suspense and not the gore ..... although that is great too.

Unfortunately I dont scare easily, (only time I did is when I looked in the mirror) (thought I would get that in before anyone else did)

so I have yet to find a film that has made me scared.

I love horror films and seen that many as well.

exorcist is one truly sacry movie (arent they supposed to be making a seqeul to it?

then the shining comes second for me. that is one disturbing movie

Originally posted by smelley_cat1
exorcist is one truly sacry movie (arent they supposed to be making a seqeul to it?

They've done the sequel - Exorcist the beginning but it's no way as sacry as the first. ;)

definitely Kairo. gives me the shivers every time I see it.

also Ringu, Kujo, Dracula prince of Darkness, Alien,

Originally posted by robbie
Dracula prince of Darkness,

Was this one of the Hammer Horror films?... as they were never scary.

yep first saw it after my first drinking experience at the age of 10/11 at about 2 in the morning and it scared the life out of me

I remember going to see The Exorist front row at Rotherham cinema 1983 when I was 16. I had my jacket over my head & fingers in ears. Watched it again 2003 and couldnt understand why I was scared of pea soup & silly voices.
My husband had a nightmare after watching The Grudge last week. My daughter watched it and fell about laughing.

Hell Raiser & the 2nd Hannable Lecter films are two films that I would not like to sit threw again.

The only scene that ever freaked me out was in Cape Fear, where Robert De Niro bit a chunk out of a womans cheek then spat it out :gag: Took me weeks to get that image out of my head *shudder

Tremors
Razorback
My Bloody Valentine
Night of the Hunter
The Dead Zone
The Wicker Man
Scanners (only one good scene but worth it)

Hokie but good!

The biggest horror of all time.........

The Sound of Music :suspect:

the shining - "litle pig little pig let me come in"

nightmare on elm st - when it was first released was a new style.

saw

the grudge

( i tend to prefer more psychological horror than gore)

the burning,last house on the left,.

For origionality I would have to say the Blair Witch Project was one of the scariest films I have ever seen. I remember watching it in my hotel room in Florida before it was released over here. I was totally sucked into the whole nightmare they were living - Top class stuff!

I'm really getting into Asia Extreme stuff like The Eye, Phone, Ring Trilogy, Audition, Tale of Two Sisters, The Grudge, etc. If you don't mind having to read subtitles then there's some twisted stuff going on.

I really can't watch horror films that are set round a house for some reason, they really get to me.

couple of old 1s,,
haunted house of horror,, (frankie Avalon)
shuttered room(oliver reed) both from the 60s

I've just got hold of Cannibal Holocaust the directors cut after watching the perfect scary movie on CH4 the other night- anyone seen this film?

It has been banned for ages, but I dont see what all the fuss was about really.

There is 2 bits that could disturb I admit- the main one being where the pregnant woman had a novel approach to abortion- lets put it that way- other than that, I found it pretty tame.

Originally posted by ickle
I'm really getting into Asia Extreme stuff like The Eye, Phone, Ring Trilogy, Audition, Tale of Two Sisters, The Grudge, etc. If you don't mind having to read subtitles then there's some twisted stuff going on.

I really can't watch horror films that are set round a house for some reason, they really get to me.

go onto a sight like dddhouse.com and buy kairo for about 4 quid including postage. scariest asian film EVER

Originally posted by ANGELUS
I've just got hold of Cannibal Holocaust the directors cut after watching the perfect scary movie on CH4 the other night- anyone seen this film?

It has been banned for ages, but I dont see what all the fuss was about really.

There is 2 bits that could disturb I admit- the main one being where the pregnant woman had a novel approach to abortion- lets put it that way- other than that, I found it pretty tame.

Nowadays it not meant to scare you, its just cheese like a lot of films from 20/30 years ago. Really scary then but tame now.

I did enjoy it when i first watched it. Prefer it to Blair Witch which is really just a copy

The Grudge was quite good, and Darkness Falls, but films don't realy scare me any more, it's more they make me jump or go "Eeeeeugghh".

I also liked The Fog, Hellraiser, IT, Alien, The Thing (both versions), Invasion Of The Body Snatchers.

As a great Horro fan I am, I do agree with Nick2 Horror films don't scare me,

but here's my current fave 3, they do alter you see depends on my mood sometimes:

3: The Last House on the Left
2: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1: Dawn of the Dead (original)

Please allow me to plug a website run by a friend of mine http://www.realmofhorror.com http://www.realmofhorror.co.uk

I think the best films of any kind are the ones which can leave you with am emotion of their choosing, not of yours.

In the case of horror films, it's not the ones which suddenly make you jump which are the best. It's more the ones which make you too scared to go out of the movie theatre and walk back to your car.

Candyman is one of the best horror films ever. Do you know anyone who dare say it? I don't!

The Blair Witch Project is also quite clever. Particularly good if you happen to be watching it on a dark night in Maryland though!

So what's the WORST horror film ever? Well, for my money The Exorcist has to be a contender. Lots of hype about nothing. I sat alone in a matinee performance. Just me in a 800 seat cinema when it was re-released a few years ago and I have to say it was about as scary as Play School:P

i thought the grudge was laughable, i was doin the 'scary' noises for weeks after, where he sounds like hes choking...

just seen saw 2 and i cried the whole way thru, totally traumatising, how disturbing must these movie writers be to think of deaths like that! sick!

all the chuckie films freak me out, ive had nightmares bout that bloody doll since i saw it when i was a kid - bout 7 i think! and remember seeing gremlins too, god that was terrifying as a kid!

have never been able to watch all of the shining as its just too bloody weird! jack nicholson is brilliant in it!

ring and ring 2 are scary, tho i havent seen the scarier jap versions, would miss half the film if its subtitled as i'll be behind my cushion!

for worst horrors grudge is in my fianl three, along with texas chainsaw massacre the new generation and scream three :)

Nothing scares me no more in horra films since my dad told me it not real when i was younger and to listen out for the music is a good sign that something going to happen.

But i have to say when i was younger it had to be werewolf in london,and to this day it still give me the creeps.

But ive not seen a horra film for ages that is scarie till i seen white noise,now that is a bit skin tingling of a film.

Just watched The Exorcism of Emily Rose and I can say it's a decent horror movie.

The Descent, just out on DVD is an excellent British horror film, with a brilliant but simple plot, and some of the best "jumps" in years.

I saw it twice at the cinema, the second time with a full house, and actually felt the place shake at some of these moments. Even better when you know whats coming and can enjoy everyone else's reactions! One woman threw popcorn all over my wife at the best shock moment. Classic.

Others, well, I'd agree with Saw, most Asian horror movies, the original Evil Dead, Poltergeist, the original The Haunting, Alien, the first Nightmare on Elm Street (before Freddy became a comedy hero), and loads more I can't think of at the moment.

Wolf Creek is pretty disturbing too, in that "Well it could happen- couldn't it?" sort of way.

my vote goes to: Spiceworld.

had me screaming!!!:gag:

The Evil Dead and Carrie.

The Exorcist and Carrie scared the living daylights out of me when I was younger. I watched Carrie again when it was on TV a few months ago and I still jumped when the hand comes out of the ground at the end!!

shuttered room..
haunted house of horror . (when younger )

Originally posted by deffield
shuttered room..
haunted house of horror . (when younger )

I remember The Shuttered Room... aint seen that for years!

I think Grudge, Hide and Seek, and both Saw films are all very good recent horror films. Saw 2 is a rare example of a very good sequel... possibly better than the original.

The Shinning is brilliant.
Manitou is another good one.

Originally posted by Albatross
The Shinning is brilliant.


Is so !

Tends to be the supernatural that gets to me...

The stuff you cannot see :o

Originally posted by dieselbabe

But i have to say when i was younger it had to be werewolf in london,and to this day it still give me the creeps.

That my friend is a classic film:thumbsup:

Hmm, i'm going to change my signature...watch this space!

Originally posted by Albatross
Manitou is another good one.

Spot on mate!

I've been waiting for like 15 years to watch this again and they just released it last month on DVD.

I could kiss the person who sent this back out again I really could.

The Manitou is just one of the most classic horrors I've ever seen and when Misquimaqas comes out the womans back on the hospital bed- brilliant stuff :thumbsup:

i cant remember the title of the scariest film i saw it was in the 80s n it was about a haunted house. the bit that freaked me out for weeks was a girl goes in2 the bathroom n looks in the mirror n summit appears behind her....n rips her apart. i coulnt go in the bathroom in the dark for ages and certainly WOULDNT look in the mirror. any1 got any ideas what it could have been???? phantasm was pretty freaky 2.

Originally posted by Agent Gypo
The Shining
Alien
Ring

the ring (jap and us version) and the shinning in not sarry at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally posted by redrobbo
Rosemary's Baby.


I'll second that.

remember seeing a drama made for television type film (i think in the 80's) called 'the woman in black' - thats the scariest thing i ever seen.

elephant man scared the living hell out of me when i was a kid like nothing else as well

the scariest film ive seen in a very long time was called the descent, it really freaked me out! had to sleep with the light on for weeks! sounds sad i know, but i get scared at even the stupidest non-scarey films

Dont Look Now

That with the little kid in the raincoat that had drowned, but the parents kept seeing it running around corners and stuff, and a really scary blind woman!!! Probably wouldnt be as scary now, but I was freaked out at the time:o

I think that The Shinning is one of the best horror films ever made. However, I regret that I could not see it on the big screen (because I was a kid). I rented the movie later and saw it on a 13in TV, but I didn't find it that scary then, of course . However, I bet that on widescreen, and at that time, it should have been really scary.
I remember that my mum allowed me to see "The exorcist" when I was a kid and I couldn't sleep for two days!!! I also remember being scared with "Jaws" when I was like 6. :loopy: