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What is the scariest movie ever made?

Repulsion and Psycho are the best English language horror movies of the 60s.
 
myDeaconmyhand said:
There's definitely a desensitization factor in watching horror films. If you rarely watch them you're more likely to be entertained by the milder ones. The old horror films that rely on shadows and creaking doors are boring to me. I still don't like torture porn movies though, most of it is exploitative garbage.
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I think this is a little lazy too. I think what you may be getting at is that a lot of "jumpy" horror movies tend to be pretty formulaic (really horror movies in general can be). If you see a lot of them then you learn the cues. Occasionally, filmakers use that against you like the absence of music in the "found footage" movies (Blair Witch, Paranormal Activity, etc.) that makes the abrupt noises and movements seemingly more spontaneous and jarring. Unfortunately that franchise has gotten formulaic in its own way.

What is unsettling to me is showing me something I haven't seen or wouldn't consider. Wes Craven deserves a lot of credit with this. With Nightmare, Scream, and New Nightmare, he took the concepts of dreaming about scary movies, watching scary movies, and making scary movies and added something else to think about and/or fear. New Nightmare is one of my favorite horror films because it flips its own stale formula. Now that I think about it, it's probably the least gory edition of the franchise.
 
Anyone for The Bird with Crystal Plumage?

Dunno if the giallo genre is horror enough but I was always terrified in Argento films.
 
TownieDeac said:
DeacFreak wrecking dudes in this thread.
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I just really love the genre, and the arguments about its decline are overblown. They have been since the beginning of film. The only thing I dislike more than this trite argument is the way every time a truly great horror film comes around people try to explain it out of the genre (ie. more of a thriller, supernatural thriller, etc.).

The one thing that I do hate about the contemporary genre is the weak reboots. I love the ones that try to add something innovative even if they fail in the attempt (the reboot of Nightmare on Elm Street is a good example). My Senior year at Wake, I did a directed reading with Lynn Neal on religion and horror film. For my big research project, I compared the original Wicker Man to the reboot (which may be one of the worst films ever made). The new film completely misses the point of the original in terms of its critique on religion. I find it unsurprisingly dumb that folks in Hollywood would throw millions at a project rebooting a film that the new producers obviously didn't understand.
 
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Deacfreak07 said:
I just really love the genre, and the arguments about its decline are overblown. They have been since the beginning of film. The only thing I dislike more than this trite argument is the way every time a truly great horror film comes around people try to explain it out of the genre (ie. more of a thriller, supernatural thriller, etc.).

The one thing that I do hate about the contemporary genre is the weak reboots. I love the ones that try to add something innovative even if they fail in the attempt (the reboot of Nightmare on Elm Street is a good example). My Senior year at Wake, I did a directed reading with Lynn Neal on religion and horror film. For my big research project, I compared the original Wicker Man to the reboot (which may be one of the worst films ever made). The new film completely misses the point of the original in terms of its critique on religion. I find it unsurprisingly dumb that folks in Hollywood would throw millions at a project rebooting a film that the new producers obviously didn't understand.
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I don't think there's a decline. Most of the old horror movies I love are horrible films, but something about them is endearing.

As I said before, my favorite horror film might be Drag Me to Hell, which is a very recent movie. I will say that for whatever reasons, there aren't series like the ones I loved as a kid. I'd love a good old fashioned slasher series (that isn't a reboot).

Also, the new Wicker Man has Nicholas Cage, which inherently ruins it.
 
Has anyone seen Troll Hunter (or did I miss the disucssion?) I heard it's pretty intense, but haven't watched it yet.
 
I liked Trollhunter, but it wasn't particularly scary. It was pretty funny at times, though.
 
Deacfreak07 said:
I think this is a little lazy too. I think what you may be getting at is that a lot of "jumpy" horror movies tend to be pretty formulaic (really horror movies in general can be). If you see a lot of them then you learn the cues. Occasionally, filmakers use that against you like the absence of music in the "found footage" movies (Blair Witch, Paranormal Activity, etc.) that makes the abrupt noises and movements seemingly more spontaneous and jarring. Unfortunately that franchise has gotten formulaic in its own way.

What is unsettling to me is showing me something I haven't seen or wouldn't consider. Wes Craven deserves a lot of credit with this. With Nightmare, Scream, and New Nightmare, he took the concepts of dreaming about scary movies, watching scary movies, and making scary movies and added something else to think about and/or fear. New Nightmare is one of my favorite horror films because it flips its own stale formula. Now that I think about it, it's probably the least gory edition of the franchise.
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Agreed. New Nightmare is very underrated. It is actually really, really good.
 
Deacfreak07 said:
I just really love the genre, and the arguments about its decline are overblown. They have been since the beginning of film. The only thing I dislike more than this trite argument is the way every time a truly great horror film comes around people try to explain it out of the genre (ie. more of a thriller, supernatural thriller, etc.).

The one thing that I do hate about the contemporary genre is the weak reboots. I love the ones that try to add something innovative even if they fail in the attempt (the reboot of Nightmare on Elm Street is a good example). My Senior year at Wake, I did a directed reading with Lynn Neal on religion and horror film. For my big research project, I compared the original Wicker Man to the reboot (which may be one of the worst films ever made). The new film completely misses the point of the original in terms of its critique on religion. I find it unsurprisingly dumb that folks in Hollywood would throw millions at a project rebooting a film that the new producers obviously didn't understand.
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But we got Nick Cage running around decking broads in a bear costume, and for that we should all be grateful.
 
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