Best Horror Movie Ever Seen?

Sneer · 03-19-2009, 08:13 PM

The thing with the Blair Witch Project for me is the lack of a boundary between film and viewer. I saw it at the cinema and was totally caught up in the chilling atmosphere - i mean seriously, can you get any scarier than being stalked through deep woodland by an unknown entity in the dead of night?! It was so realistic it completely threw me. I still love it to this day.

A shout out to the following:

The Haunting of Hell House
Rec
The Exorcist
Suspiria
Nosferatu
Original Texas Chainsaw
The Strangers (that film really shocked me)

sweet_nothing · 03-19-2009, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Great movie! Your link is broken though.

god damn it, anyway it was Jacob's Ladder

Terrible Lizard · 03-19-2009, 09:40 PM

Mine is Don't Look Now, but that might change when I watch Carnival of Souls.

jackhammer · 03-20-2009, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Terrible Lizard

Mine is Don't Look Now, but that might change when I watch Carnival of Souls.

Carnival of Souls has a great atmosphere and is a cult gem but nowhere near as good as Don't Look Down.

pahuuuta · 03-20-2009, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Stu

The thing with the Blair Witch Project for me is the lack of a boundary between film and viewer. I saw it at the cinema and was totally caught up in the chilling atmosphere - i mean seriously, can you get any scarier than being stalked through deep woodland by an unknown entity in the dead of night?! It was so realistic it completely threw me. I still love it to this day.

A shout out to the following:

The Haunting of Hell House
Rec
The Exorcist
Suspiria
Nosferatu
Original Texas Chainsaw
The Strangers (that film really shocked me)

about time somebody actually agrees with me on the blair witch. . .

Guybrush · 03-20-2009, 08:26 AM

I think movies like Blair Witch, Scream, I know what you did last summer and so on rely even more than usual on the audience's ability to connect with the characters. If that connection works, the movies become very spooky, but if it doesn't work, the movies get much less spooky.

I mean - I didn't really connect with the characters in Blair Witch. I didn't connect with the characters in the Evil Dead either, but that movie scared me more than Blair Witch because the connection with the characters is less important.

pahuuuta · 03-20-2009, 08:38 AM

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I think movies like Blair Witch, Scream, I know what you did last summer and so on rely even more than usual on the audience's ability to connect with the characters. If that connection works, the movies become very spooky, but if it doesn't work, the movies get much less spooky.

I mean - I didn't really connect with the characters in Blair Witch. I didn't connect with the characters in the Evil Dead either, but that movie scared me more than Blair Witch because the connection with the characters is less important.

i agree with what your saying about connection between the characters and the person watching it, i can see how it would scare some people than, so you are saying that i must of connected really good with them huh lol

Terrible Lizard · 03-20-2009, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

Don't Look Down.

Hopefully that's just a misspelling.

pahuuuta · 03-20-2009, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Terrible Lizard

Hopefully that's just a misspelling.

spelling looks fine, ha

Terrible Lizard · 03-20-2009, 08:54 AM

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spelling looks fine, ha

Then that's bull****, Don't Look Down sucked ebola-infested monkey ****.

03-19-2009, 08:13 PM	#51 (permalink)
Sneer Let it drip Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,430	The thing with the Blair Witch Project for me is the lack of a boundary between film and viewer. I saw it at the cinema and was totally caught up in the chilling atmosphere - i mean seriously, can you get any scarier than being stalked through deep woodland by an unknown entity in the dead of night?! It was so realistic it completely threw me. I still love it to this day. A shout out to the following: The Haunting of Hell House Rec The Exorcist Suspiria Nosferatu Original Texas Chainsaw The Strangers (that film really shocked me) __________________ LastFM Sneer's Emporium of Sound Fright Team radio show

03-19-2009, 09:40 PM	#53 (permalink)
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03-20-2009, 08:26 AM	#56 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	I think movies like Blair Witch, Scream, I know what you did last summer and so on rely even more than usual on the audience's ability to connect with the characters. If that connection works, the movies become very spooky, but if it doesn't work, the movies get much less spooky. I mean - I didn't really connect with the characters in Blair Witch. I didn't connect with the characters in the Evil Dead either, but that movie scared me more than Blair Witch because the connection with the characters is less important. __________________ Something Completely Different