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I love horror movies, but the ones I've watched lately felt rather lacking in terms of scariness (from the top of my mind, the last one that genuinely gave me shivers was the 2023 movie "Talk to me"). I should mention I prefer movies that take the time to set up a creepy atmosphere rather than jumpscarefest. I'm also not really looking for gore or brutal realism (things like "Eden Lake" or "Threads").
Since "scary" is very subjective, can you recommend the movie that scared you the most recently?
The Ring
This☝️ Just the thought of it scared the crap me for tears and years 📼; lights on or off, daylight or nighttime
My tv is 4 ft from the ground. Does that mean I’m safe?
People that mount their tvs practically to their ceiling only do it to ensure Samara breaks her neck when she tries to crawl out.
Mine is 4ft up and over a turtle tank, she’d probably smash the glass and cut herself but also spill 500l of water on my floors. I’d be so mad.
We recently re-watched this as adults (17 when it came out) and I was surprised, but it's held up well.
Yeah, I'm a huge horror movie fan, and that one messed with me for a while...eta...I think it was because it was so open ended...what "fixed" it for me was watching the sequel...it's like it closed a book and I was able to go back to horror
same here. No idea why my mom thought it was a good idea to show me it when i was around 7.
Exorcism of Emily rose, maybe I was too young
When she sees other people on the campus & their faces turn demon like. That freaked me out & never watched it again!
After watching this I woke up multiple times a week at 3am for monthssss. I was scared shitless right down to my subconscious 😭
I watched this movie alone in the living room in the dark and was the only person awake in the apartment. Soon as the movie ended I looked up at the clock and it was 3am on the dot. I was maybe 23-24 years old, never ran to my room so fast in my life lmao. Now picture a young adult in bed with the sheets even covering his head and a small air hole to breathe through 😂
Saw it as a grown ass man and didn't sleep for a week.
Omg this, when she’s on the floor and turns her head right round to look!
This is such a good one. I remember when Erin is in her kitchen at 3am, I could barely breathe I was so scared. It's a haunting movie.
A cult classic!
My poor mother who doesn’t mind watching a good horror once in a blue moon watched this in her 60s. She said she was scared for weeks afterwards. I have studiously avoided watching it😅
Omg. Literally could not sleep after watching. lol I was definitely too young to be watching.
About halfway through the descent, I made a sound I had never and have never since made.
The Grudge [2004] gave me scary flashbacks when trying to fall asleep for years.
For years I was so scared that when showering I would start to pull black hair out of my blonde head
And it ruined hiding under the covers lol
Yeah, you’re supposed to be safe once you’re under the covers! Not cool, Movie.
The fact that most of the scary scenes happen in broad day light or well lit rooms scared me more. It's not about "is the ghost hiding in the shadow?", it's all about "if I am gonna haunt you, I am going to haunt you in your face"
Yeah, those ghosts had 0 chill. On the topic of the grudge, highly recommend Sadako vs Kayako - more funny than scary, but well done and quite a ride.
The newer one too. I don’t know why but every time i watch any grudge movies i have this horrible sense of dread fall over me. Almost like the movie is carrying bad energy with it. Or maybe I’m just paranoid lol.
I saw this one in theatres sitting in the front row. Great seating for the end of the movie. I woke up at 3am needing to turn on all the lights and open all the closets and cabinets just in case.
Same. Couldn’t sleep for nights, had to stay at someone else’s place.
Are you my sister? She had recurring nightmares for years lol
That scene early on in the attic……….
Drag me to hell
It’s so silly though lol
It is a Raimi movie after all
My favorite part is when she sees an anvil hanging by a rope in her tool shed and also just so happens to have her ice skates in reach to cut the rope. Like who tf hangs anvils up like that. Then it squishes the demon with a looney toons style animation. Lol Raimi.
Yes and it was also incredibly fun to watch
As a kid old yeller
As an adult hereditary
Hereditary stuck with me for a while. Would even catch myself looking at the dark corners of my rooms
Oh god I agree, made me thankful for small ceilings.
Yh hereditary was a jus wrong. In a good way.
The writers/producers need to be investigated for the attic scene
God Hereditary is a good movie. That's one I keep thinking about even between watches. So impeccably crafted.
Also it gave us one of the most iconic horror movie deaths with the whole electrical pole and all.
Every time I wake in the middle of the night to go the restroom, I think of a certain scene. That movie WRECKED me in a way no other ever has.
I haven’t even seen Hereditary but my friends were trying to decide on a scary movie and just showed the trailer. The trailer had me scared enough…. My response “um…. Yeah. I think I’m good.”
I've laughed out loud at movies and I have gasped out loud but never have I screamed out WTF which I did during Hereditary.
The Strangers messed me up. My mom and her husband lived in the Rocky mountains in Colorado at the time and it just hit way too close to home.
Blair witch project
The descent
Signs, not sure how that one holds up today (not gonna talk about the ending...) but the video of the birthday party really got me back then : )
The quiet place was also pretty good/well timed
I personally think Signs holds up remarkably well, particularly that scene where Joaquin and Mel discussing what kind of person they are and whether they see miracles or coincidences.
Holds up extremely well. Fantastic movie. And a good example of a horror film that scares the crap out of you with honestly very minimal scary graphics and scenes.
All great movies!
The Descent is great but barely makes it into horror for me. It’s thrilling and maybe scary to some though.
First time I saw jeepers creepers. Had to finish it in broad day light with the lights on the next Day bahaha
Yes, Jeepers Creepers got to me. And I will never again view old barns as being quaint.
The Thing (1982), I was 11 years old, knew nothing about the movie and was just tagging along with my brother and older cousins to the drive-in. At first it was kinda boring, then it got kinda sci-fi-ish, then oh god. Yeah I had nightmares.
The “body horror” from the practical special effects made this movie terrifying for me. The Thing was also a “psychological horror” for me as well.
I watched this as an ADULT and it still stuck with me!
The Thing is one of these horror classics that I spoiled for myself thanks to TVtropes and youtube, and now I hesitate to watch it... wish I could forget the plot and go into it blind 😭
I was a close to the same age and my older sister had told me it was true story and was filmed in the mountains just north of us in Anchorage, AK...
She also told me Jaws was filmed in Seward which made me terrified to go fishing on the ocean.
I used to be cool with spiders until I saw Arachnophobia. Took about 15 years and a mutual interest in killing mosquitos for us to reunite, but we're mostly good now.
That’s one is the movies I’d watch anytime it was on TV while growing up! :)
When I was 19 I saw "Event Horizon" and it had me fucked up. I had to watch "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" to feel calm enough to go to bed.
This is still my first thought. That movie fucked me up. I really think it is the reason I don't really mess with horror movies now lol.
I think it got me even harder because I did not expect it to be the movie that it was.
One of the most notable things about this movie is that the main character (the captain, played by Laurence Fishburne) takes good and reasonable decisions, which is rare in horror movies, and still they get pwned.
His reaction to seeing the horrifying recovered captain's log, was to announce "we're leaving" and then plan to take his ship to a safe distance and bombard the Event Horizon with missiles till there's nothing left. This is the most sane response to such a situation. Yet it didn't save him nor the crew.
Man, the end of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” gave me nightmares for a long time. The screaming!! Then the creepiness of the cartoon ending…messed me up.
Had a real hard time with “The Brave Little Toaster” too. Made the mistake of trying to watch it on a dissociative to prove I was over that movie years later. Yea, I’ll never attempt to watch that movie again. I can’t even really tell you why it bothers me honestly. Something uncanny valley i think. My first taste of that while growing up I suppose.
Sorry for the ramble but your comment brought back dark memories.
I still love that Roger Rabbit film though.
Lights out scared me more than it should’ve 😂
After seeing Lights out, at least 1 week lights only on
There's a couple minutes long short called Lights Out that came out well before the movie. No matter how many times I watch it, it creeps me the hell out.
The original IT-I was far too young and couldn’t sleep for months. I watched it at a friends house and my parents were furious!
Yep, the original Pennywise character (Tim Curry) , I found pretty creepy, when I was younger, as well. His voice, especially....yikes!
I watched it at a slumber party when I was 12 and it was definitely one of the few movies that scared me
Candyman. I was 12. I refused to close my eyes when I showered for a week. Even with shampoo burning my eyes. I wasn't going to get a hook in the back.. nope. not me.
This one holds up, too, over the years. I even thought the remake wasn't half bad.
And I used to have my internal monologue say candyman in my head 3 times as an intrusive thought then would worry I summoned him 🙄
REC made me scared to go downstairs (I was alone in the house at the time) and my friend didn’t make it past the DVD menu.