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A Truly Scary List! (Reply to this comment)
by mikemelmak
The Beast With Five Fingers still gives me the creeps; and also The Night Of The Demon ( be careful of what you accept from strangers ) and The Devil Rides Out. Best, Mike
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Jun 12 '09
4:13 am PDT
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Re: Re: The List (Reply to this comment)
by krus54
Mark,
Interesting question/thought! Now, I saw Jaws the first week or two it had come out and though I had read the book first, that movie made me jump out of my seat a few times.
Also, Stephen King's first movie rendition of "Salem's Lot" which was a two part made-for-TV movie very closely followed the book so was also pretty suspenseful for me, even though I had read the book first.
So I guess it depends on the movie and the book.
I still think Poltergeist belongs on there, lol! Silence of the Lambs that someone else mentioned was also a really great movie but not sure it falls into the 'horror' genre.
Dave
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Jun 09 '09
1:27 pm PDT
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by brendan2,  in Movies
I like the variety of films you picked: some that are on every list, and some surprises. It would be difficult for me to make a "top ten horror movies" list; I like to narrow them down by category: slashers, vampire flicks, hilariously bad, etc. A Nightmare on Elm Street would definitely be in my top ten, though.
~Liz
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Jun 09 '09
11:08 am PDT
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Fear is subjective... (Reply to this comment)
by vicfar
but yours is a good list. From Hitchcock, I thought the Birds was scarier than Psycho. The Halloween series is better filed with 'Le bad cinema' than 'horror'. Also, I take exception to the statement that The Shining was better as a book...I am a huge Kubrick fan and I am sure every material he takes is vastly improved by the movie, including anything that a mediocre author like Stephen King may have written (I read the book too).
I agree with Alex that 'The Invasion of the Body Snatchers' should have made the list!
Vic
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Jun 08 '09
12:24 pm PDT
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Wisconsin Infamy... (Reply to this comment)
by driftless
Hi Mark
I like your list. I think that Ed Gein gets credit as the inspiration for Psycho as well. Especially with their equally loyal devotion to mother.
I would have Silence of the Lambs on my list.
Dave
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Jun 08 '09
10:17 am PDT
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Re: Psycho, Halloween (Reply to this comment)
by criteeker
When I was attending Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, my roommate took me to South Pasadena to see the actual Halloween house. It's still there and it's still creepy. The studios actually has a contract with the owners to keep the house scary looking.
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Jun 08 '09
7:32 am PDT
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Honorable Mention (Reply to this comment)
by criteeker
The very first horror film ever made has been copied often and has a big influence over today's filmmakers... I'm talkin' about the classic German silent film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari."
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Jun 08 '09
7:30 am PDT
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Psycho, Halloween (Reply to this comment)
by mql1208, in Movies
Certainly make my top 10! They left such an impressionon me. Pyscho --- that to this day, I can not take a shower unless it's glass enclosed. (yes thankfully ours is...) Halloween --- I still get freaked out when a kid appears at our door wearing the Michael Myers mask (particularly if it's NOT Halloween), and just a few notes of the theme sends chills up my spine.
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Jun 08 '09
7:02 am PDT
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Re: The List (Reply to this comment)
by mrkstvns
Krus54 wrote:
But I had read the Exorcist and also had taken great interest in reading about the special effects for the movie and how they were done. So by the time I saw the movie, it wasn't scary to me at all, and I felt it was NO where near as scary as the book. I think the same could be said of The Shining. The book was SO much scarier and better than the movie.
The subject of whether the book or better is constantly coming up with respect to movies. This comment raises an interesting question in mind though: do viewers who read the book before they see the movie diminish their "horror" experience? Does knowing the plot or who dies lessent the impact when the scene comes?
Thanks for the comment!
M
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Jun 08 '09
5:50 am PDT
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Re: Re: good list (Reply to this comment)
by mrkstvns
Macresarf wrote:
My Melinda was saying this afternoon, most aptly, that horror in recent decades tends to show us too much of that which can only be registered properly in the imagination.
This is very true. Especially when it comes to the slasher style, lots of blood but not always a strong buildup. It's often the THREAT that's what tingles the spine...
Thanks for the comment!
M
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Jun 08 '09
5:47 am PDT
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The List (Reply to this comment)
by krus54
I like your list Mark. I'm not sure if your title should be the scariest horror movies ever made or the best horror movies ever made. And personally I'd base it on today's standards, not how people felt 40 to 50 years ago before special effects were that great. People may have been scared of the original Frankenstein and Dracula but are they really considered scary?
I would have also added Poltergeist to the list. To me that was much scarier than the Exorcist.
But I had read the Exorcist and also had taken great interest in reading about the special effects for the movie and how they were done. So by the time I saw the movie, it wasn't scary to me at all, and I felt it was NO where near as scary as the book. I think the same could be said of The Shining. The book was SO much scarier and better than the movie.
Just my 2 cents!
Dave
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Jun 08 '09
5:10 am PDT
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Re: good list (Reply to this comment)
by macresarf1
Indeed!
And I would certainly leave out some here as I moved up others.
My Melinda was saying this afternoon, most aptly, that horror in recent decades tends to show us too much of that which can only be registered properly in the imagination.
try THE BODY SNATCHER or DON'T LOOK NOW.
[Macresarf1]
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Jun 08 '09
3:29 am PDT
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good list (Reply to this comment)
by jankp
But how about Vincent Price? I can think of some more and may put together a list.
Jan
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Jun 07 '09
10:25 pm PDT
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Wow (Reply to this comment)
by George_Chabot, in Movies
the Wolf Man, Invisible Man, Dr Terror's House of Horrors, are others I can think of for pretty dang good horror flicks, not that your list is incomplete, bud, but just sayin. ;>
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Jun 07 '09
4:20 pm PDT
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