Most scared you've ever been watching a film.

[Cheeky Monkey]

Another one scarred by Salems Lot. I couldn't sleep for WEEKS after seeing this thing.
I can remember a scene when its in someones kitchen, bold as brass. It just seemed so shockingly real and jarring to see that horrific thing in such a normal "domestic" place as a well-lit kitchen, rather than a crypt or graveyard or something. Freaked me right out that did.

It was exactly that - the juxtaposition of him in a domestic setting sitting round for a cup of rosie and a pack of Peak Freams Trotsky Assortment (copyright Alexi Sayle) biscuits that did my head in, although I still say the boy scratching at the window tops that one in terms of terror value in Salem's Lot. Classic film. Looks a bit dated now but still the daddy imho.

 

[Surf's Up]

Repulsion by Roman Polanski when I was about 16, nearly shat meself!!

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

never been scared of any film,can't get the image of camera crews out of my head to detach me into a world of being scared shitless

however went into brighton to see the exorcist when it came out,really enjoyed it,stayed at a mates house in peacehaven,caught the bus back and took a short cut through some corn fields,with that a f***ing almighty high pitched female scream went up and youv'e never seen 4 strapping young lads run so f***ing quick in your whole life!

 

[Meade's Ball]

I remember watching this when i was about 9 and being a bit bothered.
Android. 1982.

 

[Meade's Ball]

This scamp gave me the chills at times in my early teens too.
Troll.

 

[robbyford182]

This scared the crap out of me when I was a nipper.
Had to do a 5 min check of the toilet and surrounding area before sitting down, for fear of getting my bum bit by a poisonous spider

 

[kevo]

The Blair Witch Project - Crock of shit or intense psychological horror? I'm not sure.

That was going to be my suggestion. I think it was rather over-hyped by the time a lot of people got round to seeing it, so people knew what to expect and it lost some of it's effectiveness. But saw it again recently, having largely forgotten about it - genuinely scary.

 

[Questions]

I watched this film on BBC 2 on a saturday night (anyone remember the midnight movie then) and I was scared shitless.
The sight of Bela Lugosi still creeps me out.

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[Pumba04]

Carrie... (aged 12)

Mate had a "video party' and invited the fittest birds from our year...

Didn't think this supposed 'horror film' was too bad until the last scene which then made me jump out the sofa and catch the girl who I had been snuggling up too, flush on the nose with my elbow!!

 

[throbinson]

An Amercian werewolf in London, scared me shitless

 

[sams dad]

For me it was Physco -the shower scene. I used to always check the bathroom door was locked before getting in the shower.

This. I can remember watching Psycho while my parents were away on holiday. I let the dog sleep in my bedroom that night.

 

[Durlston]

Asylum when I was 12 or 13, couldn't sleep for ages and still had nightmares about that feckin' breathing brown paper covered head years later...... If I saw it now I'd probably wonder what the fuss was all about.

Great horror film that. Watched it quite recently after a few years.

"Darling, I've got a lovely surprise for you! THIS!" An axe to hack her to death. Gruesome. Why the f*** he goes down to the cellar again after cutting up all the dead pieces and the evil witch-craft bracelet with it, I don't know and that freezer with the hand that strangles Richard Todd. The music was very creepy in Asylum.

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

I forgot Jacobs Ladder. It's basically a documentary on how to shit yourself.

 

[bobby smith]

Mary Poppins

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

The original Alien had some good scares. The whole thing with Ash being a robot was pretty freaky. Setting the movie at the arse end of the galaxy added to the sense of isolation and horror.

They recently ran Masters of Horror back to back on one of the channels out here and there were a few good episodes.

 

[pastafarian]

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ......no contest!

 

[chrissyboy01]

Rev Kane from Poltergeist II - 'orrible. That and the seance scene from The Changeling, 1980 film with George C Scott. Proper pant browning stuff

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Then there's that caving film where a group of potholing girls get lost underground and there are some nasties after them. I think the scary bit comes from them being stuck underground with no way yout and no one who'll save them.

 

[Crackpot]

Night Of The Demon when I was about 10 years old.

Then Tenebrae fifteen years later....was horrified at a couple of scenes.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Then there's that caving film where a group of potholing girls get lost underground and there are some nasties after them. I think the scary bit comes from them being stuck underground with no way yout and no one who'll save them.

The Descent. Watched it on DVD last year. The combination of claustrophobia and scary foes did it for me. Truly scary movie.