Favorite Horror Movie

Did anyone see the movie "The Cell"?

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Originally posted by UnderContract:
Since we are closing in on Halloween, what horror movies have scared the beejeebies out of you? Why?


I think Silence of the Lambs was one of the most frightening movies I've ever seen because that could - and does - really happen. I can't get into slasher flicks and things like Saw and Hostel. I like psychological thrillers much better.

So, what movies make you wanna leave the closet door open at night???

I'm Shock, an person that will probably turn into a ghost (by your involvement in ghost stories) being frighten.

LOL 210 - I ain't skerred o' no ghost.

some people enjoy being scared

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what horror movies have scared the beejeebies out of you? Why?

The original War of the World's was one of the creepiest movies ever when I was a little guy. When I became a big boy a few years ago, the new War of the World scared me just as bad.

I just can't wait for the new movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still" with Keanu Reeves. That guy can act about as good as a cardboard box but that is exactly the right character for this remake of another movie that scared the piss out of me as a kid.

Why? I suppose the remakes speak directly to that little boy that lurks just under the skin of any man. That little boy no like space aliums.

We had to read a story in freshman english called "Incident At Owls Creek Bridge". Does anybody remember it? The movie "Jacob's Ladder" is a direct take on that theme. Spooky! "Sixth Sense" with Bruce Willis and "Ghost Story" with Fred Aistire are two good ones!

An Occurrence at Owls Creek Bridge is a chiller and was written by Ambrose Bierce. He based several of his Civil War set short stories on his own experiences as a Union soldier. I believe the setting was based somewhere around where the Battle of Shiloh was fought.

Read his memoirs of the war sometime - which are equally creepy and horrific. His account of what happened to the 9th Illinois at Shiloh will send a shiver up your spine.

The 20th Tennessee under (then) Lieutentant Thomas Benton Smith chased them into a ravine and kept going. Cannon and musket fire set the woods around the ravine on fire and the 9th was trapped in it to burn alive.

Ambrose Bierce was among those who discovered the charred remains the next day.

They say, if you are at Shiloh, you can walk a short distance through the woods to the ravine where you will hear no sounds of any living creatures. No bird song. No squirrels scurrying about.

Only the eerie popping and crackling of wood burning. If you listen closely, you might hear the screams of the men of the 9th Illinois.

There was a great horror picture called "The Democratic National Convention" and i couldnt sleep for days i was so disturbed. Go rent a copy today. 37 DAYS TILL HALLOWEEN!!!!

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Originally posted by chillindamost:
"Ghost Story" with Fred Aistire are two good ones!

I saw that when I was a teenager and that scene at the end where the ghost comes up on Fred.... chills! That was a creepy movie.

Remember the X-Files episodes with Mr. Toombs? (shudder) He could maneuver through peoples' air conditioning systems and then he'd eat their livers! He was scary.

One of my faves was the Fluke episode. He later went on to write some of the episodes. Stephen King wrote one about an evil doll a man dragged out of the sea. It was spooky.

What was that show on Fox about 15 years ago where the brother and sister owned an antique store and had to exorcise evil spirits from possessed antiques? I loved that show. (Incidentally, Billy Bob Thornton has a phobia of antiques!)

What was that show on Fox about 15 years ago where the brother and sister owned an antique store and had to exorcise evil spirits from possessed antiques? I loved that show. (Incidentally, Billy Bob Thornton has a phobia of antiques!)[/QUOTE]

That would be Friday the 13th, The Series. It's on a gazillion times a day on ChillerTV, channel 257 on DirectTV. I can recite the dialogue of every episode.

Oops, and they weren't brother/sister. They were cousins who had never met until they inherited the store from the evil Uncle Louis. They jumped the shark when the male cousin, Ryan, regressed to childhood, reunited with his estranged mother, and was replaced by some guy named Johnny who used way too much hair gel. It was so 80s.

That's right - cousins.

Jumped the shark!! I love that expression.

The only movie that has ever scared me is The Serpent and the Rainbow :::shudder:::
seen it oncce, never again.

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Originally posted by *PuckerupFrog*:
The only movie that has ever scared me is The Serpent and the Rainbow :::shudder:::
seen it oncce, never again.

LOL A friend of mine went to see that at the theater with a guy named Enoch Lavender who had rasta braids at the time. That was a spooky movie.

Remember Phantasm?

Exorcist has got to be the scariest movie of all time.Also the Ghost and Mr.Chicken!

"Thirty days of Night" Scariest vampires ever!! I will probably never go to Alaska! This is also going in the Vampire thread.

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Originally posted by UnderContract:
That's right - cousins.

Jumped the shark!! I love that expression.

............I need edumicated here,,,what in the world does that expression mean?? I have never heard it>

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Originally posted by Justasking:

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Originally posted by UnderContract:
That's right - cousins.

Jumped the shark!! I love that expression.

............I need edumicated here,,,what in the world does that expression mean?? I have never heard it>

Sorry about that.

Remember the Happy Days episode that had the Fonz jumping over sharks on water skis? I guess it's become a generic phrase to represent a rather sad attempt to restore popularity. An act of desperation, you could say.

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Oops, the Fonz was on water skis, not the sharks. More coffee, please. :-)

I don't remember the exact name of the old movie, but it was "Pod People from the Planet Mars" or "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" or something along those lines. Big pods grew into emotionless people and killed the real people when they fell asleep. CREEPY......

Not the scariest but, very good. "From Hell" with Johnny Depp, it's about Jack the Ripper. The original "Mummy" still great. My favorite is "Them", giant ants. Loved the sound effects.

Remember waaay back...."The Birds" and "Village of the ****ed" Really scary ...............BOO!!!!!!

When I was a kid our local TV Channel had "Shock Theater" late at night. We would stay up late to watch all the real old ones and scream a lot!!!! Did any of you watch it ? Seems like it came on around midnight on channel 15..WOWL. My memory could be wrong,,,,let me know.

I just remembered another one...."The 50 foot Woman"

"Last House on the Left" and "Exorcist" couldn't sleep for weeks.

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Originally posted by autumn1964:
I don't remember the exact name of the old movie, but it was "Pod People from the Planet Mars" or "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" or something along those lines. Big pods grew into emotionless people and killed the real people when they fell asleep. CREEPY......

It was Invasion of the Body Snatchers....and the original was scarier than the remake.

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Originally posted by Justasking:
When I was a kid our local TV Channel had "Shock Theater" late at night. We would stay up late to watch all the real old ones and scream a lot!!!! Did any of you watch it ? Seems like it came on around midnight on channel 15..WOWL. My memory could be wrong,,,,let me know.

If your memory is wrong then so is mine because i remember it, too.

Another classic and one of my all time favorites....The Day The Earth Stood Still.

and don't forget
"Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"

Puf,,The killer tomatoes? I missed that one, don't remember it, but it had to be good. I love me some tomatoes. I could eat enough of em to kill me!!!

Here ya go justasking Link

Geddon,,,thanks a lot buddy. You know I said how much I like tomatoes. And now......I am CRUSHED !!! Good one geddon...LMAO !!!!

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Originally posted by Sue Real:

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Originally posted by Justasking:

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Originally posted by UnderContract:
That's right - cousins.

Jumped the shark!! I love that expression.

............I need edumicated here,,,what in the world does that expression mean?? I have never heard it>

Sorry about that.

Remember the Happy Days episode that had the Fonz jumping over sharks on water skis? I guess it's become a generic phrase to represent a rather sad attempt to restore popularity. An act of desperation, you could say.

Link

Link

Oops, the Fonz was on water skis, not the sharks. More coffee, please. :-)

.....Haha I missed that one,,,Thanks Sue

Was there one called "Bride of Frankenstein" ?? I think I remember her scary hair......on second thought it could have been me and my former monster mate. (my X)