Scariest film you’ve seen

[Downunderduchess]

What has been the scariest movie you’ve ever seen, one that freaks you out, even years later?

I still remember seeing the original When a Stranger Calls & Sleeping With The Enemy. Psychological thrillers scare me more than horror or gore. The building of suspense.

Wolf Creek (the Australian one about three backpackers)

The one that has stayed with me is Event Horizon - the end gets a bit hokey but the build up of tension and the slow realisation of what happened to the ship is horrifying. I still have nightmares about the ships log and the captain speaking Latin aaaaaaaaargh

Also The Descent fucked me up

Sinister is the only film I have really found scary.

Is wolf creek a slow starter, I put it on one day and ended up going to bed bored.

Eden Lake I have watched but don't remember anything too scary about it. I can't recall the specifics of it now though.

John Carpenter's

I saw it when I was 10/11 and couldn't sleep, our hall light was always left on and there was a ring of light round my bedroom door. Plus it was a windy night and the wind was "woooooo" ing round the corner of the house, where my bedroom was. It was about a fortnight until I could sleep properly, I was like a zombie!

In my adulthood:
The Orphanage (Spanish)
The Devil's Backbone (Spanish)
Dark Water (Japanese)
The Woman in Black (1989s version)

Nothing else has got under my skin like them.

I thought I could watch any horror film. Then I watched 13 Ghosts. Well, I say watched...couldn't get to the end. Literally gave me nightmares. Tried watching it again years later, saw even less of it.

Three Men and a Baby.

No, really.

The "ghost" child in the background of the apartment.

I was about 9 when I first saw it and slept with my light on for weeks.

Needless to say, I'm a wuss and don't tend to watch scary films.

Gore doesn't bother me at all.

Suspense, I just can't deal with it. I do have an anxiety disorder though, so probably not my strong point 😂

The Haunting of Hill House (1964) was terrifying to 14 yo me.

The Exorcist - terrified me. Again I was early teen.

Pet Semetary - I was nearly sick, I couldn't watch it. Aged 13.

My mum is a huge film fanatic and was quite liberal with what we were allowed to watch. My younger brother loved all the films, I was left traumatised!

Halloween is the only film that has truly scared me, although I was 12 when I saw it. The Japanese version of the grudge is creepy

The Ring (Japanese verison) when I was sleep deprived when ds was a baby.

This was when I was actually hallucinating through lack of sleep and getting up to do endless night feeds in the dark.

If I watched it now it wouldn’t be bad but back then - bad idea.

There was a Japanese film - something about a block of flats with a demon or something inside and the clock was locked down.

Ah - Rec.

Wolf creek

Sinister. Tried to watch while pregnant with DD, and ended up crying in fear 30 minutes in. Have watched it since and yep, its still scared me shitless.

@Lordfrontpaw isnt Rec spanish? Or that another version of it? It's one of my favourites

Also in shock that someone has sat and watched A Serbian film

God that’s right of course it’s Spanish! Why did I say Japanese? Duh. I didn’t see the sequels though. I’m more of a martial arts film fan myself.

@Surly - so zombie bug or alien bug? We have a difference of opinion here!

The grudge! Watched when i was 12 think that didnt help haha

But no the noises the crawling. So scary!

The Grudge. I watched it must have been close on 16 years ago and I still worry that a dead Japanese boy is under my bed.

Arachnophobia

Paranormal activity 3 hands down was the scariest film I’ve ever seen. Followed by The Grudge and Sinister.

Midsomer is fantastic. Not really scary but so good.

The Thing (1980s version) when I first saw it.

No horror films really scare me - Blair Witch was pants - but The Conjuring films are a good, creepy watch. Scared the life out of DH.

Rosemary's Baby terrified me.
Also Deliver us from Evil - apparently based on true events.
Last good horror I saw was Veronica (Spanish)
Midsommar was stunning to watch but left me slightly cold tbh. More style than substance imo.

A Serbian Film is vile - couldn't watch it to the end. Highly disturbing.

Oh Jesus. I just read the premise of A Serbian Film. How did that get made, let alone released?!

I agree with the Spanish version of Rec.. that really creeped me out!