Best Horror Film

[MissyA369]

What is your favourite and most scary horror film. Thanks

[tali122]

difficult one- salems lot is pretty scary as was the omen on first viewings
night of lepus for its giant killer rabbits(!) is close to being a favourite
of modern day horror only coppolla's dracula seems to stands out.
there arnt in my experience any truly scary ones i can remember apart from salems lot
i much prefer horror from the 50s to 70s and ive whittled it down to night of the demon (1959) and my fave which is the mummy (christopher lee) which makes stephen sommers the mummy look like tripe( in which incidentally the mummy of the title isnt actually a mummy when he is reincarnated)

[Dark Angel]

""The Shining" with Jack Nicholson & Psycho - the first one with Anthony Perkins. 

[Alan2]

I'm with Dark Angel on this, definately The Shining

[jno]

Didn't think much of the Shining, Jack Nicholson was so obviously barking the whole way through that it was no surprise when he picked up the axe. For me, probably something like the original Cat People, which was really eerie while showing nothing at all. Could say the same for Blair Witch Project, too. Funniest one, so it wasn't exactly scary, definitely Peter Jackson's Brain Dead.

[nicola_red]

House Of 1000 Corpses.  Not disturbing like The Shining, but brilliantly gory and funny. 

[Rabelais]

For paranoia, good special effects (even stands the test of time) and for simplicity of story, The Thing by John Carpenter takes some beating.

[Hermia]

The Ring (original Japanese version, not the Hollywood one) - I was jumpy all day after watching that.

[johntheplamf]

Either the japanese film Dark Water or Tha American version of The Grudge.

[Pootle]

Find yourself a copy of the Woman in Black and watch this late one night. It is a classic ghost story, commissioned by the BBC, full of suspense and features one of the scariest moments in film history. Those who have seen it will know exactly which bit I mean! I watched this with my brother about 10 or so years ago when it was on shown on Christmas Eve. There is also a stage version which I am told is as scary.

[Artful]

Difficult, but here goes.

1. Those that frightened me in their day: "Shining";  "The Wicker Man" (Robin Hardy, 1973); another but I can't remember the title, it was about a babysitter - the phone keeps ringing telling her to check on the kids and in fact the guy is upstairs and he's already killed them.
2. Those that still 'worry' me when watched: "The Haunting" (the original by Robert Wise, 1963); "Wait until dark" (Terence Young, 1967); plus one whose title I can't remember unless it was "The Honeymoon Killers" made in B&W, based on a true story - not to be confused with a remake by Arturo Ripstein circa 1998 which was good but not half as chilling as the original.
3. And THE one which I still haven't been able to see all the way through - "The Shuttered Room" with Oliver Reed (David Greene, 1969).

[Tommy G.]

The original " Amtiville Horror " was a clasic film. I never trusted my family again after watching that film.

[babyshambles]

the shining is an excellent film, but i wouldn't say it scared me too much - apart from the old granny in the bath!  for me blair witch project was the scariest - the fact the viewer never actually gets to see the witch is a great touch.  silence of the lambs is class too, the ending scenes with the killer are great! tis on telly this week i think

[evenstar]

the ring (japanese version) has been one of the scariest films i've ever seen. also stephen kings 'It' scared me but the end was disappointing

[ann_h]

Saw the Ring a couple of days ago - very good!

When I was a kid I saw Don't be afraid of the dark - and I was very very afraid of the dark for quite some time... probably would seem silly if I watched it again now, with its little goblins.

I don't like slasher-type films at all, prefer the ones that play on your imagination. 

[littleoldme]

I agree ann_h - blood and guts is no substitute for real suspense.

The problem with The Shining for me was that I read the book before I ever saw the film - which spoiled the film for me. The original version of The Haunting was scary, as was the Blair Witch Project - I watched it alone with all the lights out because I'm so hardcore :O)

I first saw Salem's Lot when I was about nine or ten. I know - too young, but I was a fan of Starsky & Hutch and it had David Soul in it, so...anyway, that scene where the guy is (I think) lying on a bed in a jail cell, the camera pans to the end of the bed, and the hideous vampire leaps up out of nowhere scared the living bejabers out of me.

[tali122]

i find the scariest thing about the shining is actually its music.
a werewolf hammer house of horror tv series with diana dors was pretty scary
didnt find the shuttered room scary but it is an underrated film
for me true scary films need supernatural monsters not metaphorical ones

[Artful]

No, tali122 I don't think it is the supernatural monsters but the atmosphere with a capital 'A'. Then everything you don't see or, maybe worse still, do see but you haven't the foggiest why and you're too frightened to take time off to think about it!

The film "have you seen the children" or whatever it was called, had me scared of cupboards for years after whether the cupboard door was open or closed. It was only when I saw it again a few years ago on TV that I was able to sleep in a room on my own with cupboards - that's not easy when it's a bedroom!

[tali122]

also scary- the haunted(smurl poltergiest)- very scary
amityville2
the entity

[PEATBOG]

TRILOGY OF TERROR - with Karen Black - excellant film...

[GucciGal]

I remember watching Candyman as a kid and being scared silly ...It's that silly, say his name 5 times thing! Was the same with Nightmare on Elm St..... Blair Witch tho .... got proper sucked in there.....