Scary Movies

[ChillerVapes]

Ok, I find myself actually nervous to go to sleep after watching a scary movie... something which hasn't happened to me in a long time.

I love scary movies and normally I'm the one laughing at the end but this one has actually freaked me out a bit.

It's called Sinister. I won't tell you a thing about it other than, if you're interested, go on youtube and watch the trailer or if you have netflix or something similar watch it if you dare!

I watched Mama last week, that starts off good but has a stupid ending so any sort of freaked outness you might have felt at the beginning is quickly replaced by disappointment.

The week before we watched The Conjuring. That one freaked mrs chiller out and had me on edge but all in all was a good movie.

I think my next move will be Dark Sky's which is also meant to be quite good.


So... what movies have freaked you out in the past? Have you got any recommendations for any others I may like?

[kurotoshiro]

Aug 31, 2013 22:55:51 GMT ChillerVapes said:

So... what movies have freaked you out in the past?

As far as eerie / spooky films go, I have to say that the only ones that tend to freak me out are East Asian. Probably the best examples I can think of are The Eye and Ju-on: The Grudge. And also Ju-on: The Grudge 2. Another film that sticks in my mind is a low budget German one called Tears of Kali, but I think the reason it affected me so much was because (a) I saw it as the final film in a horror all-nighter and I'd been guzzling strong coffee all night in order to stay awake; and (b) it screened immediately after a Ju-on film and then Calvaire, and my nerves were well and truly jangled by that point. I suspect that if I saw it again, it might just look cheap and ineffective. Certainly from what I can recall, the acting was terrible, and the subs were badly done. But it did have some extremely disturbing ideas and images in it.

In terms of purely disturbing / gruelling (non-supernatural) horror films, I'd have to say I've been the most freaked out by Martyrs and Audition. There's also a Spanish home invasion horror called Kidnapped which I thought was really full-on in terms of pure pants-filling tension; and it was also very well made (for example, it's really well choreographed - the whole thing consists in just 12 long shots).

That's all I can think of. I know there are many films that I haven't seen that are supposed to be extremely disturbing (eg, Salò, A Serbian Film, the original Guinea Pig series), but I can only go off what I've actually seen.

{EDIT to add: I haven't seen the US remakes of The Eye or The Grudge 2, so I can't comment on whether they're any better or worse than the originals. However, I have seen the US version of The Grudge, starring Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and it was pretty terrible.}

{Another EDIT to add: I've just remembered Eden Lake. Not a very original horror film, overall, but one hell of a freak out ending. One of those that stays with you for a while.}

[kibbster]

The last film that freaked me out was the US remake of the Grudge.
I had goosebumps watching it and adrenaline... first time in a long time
EDIT: Oh and I forgot Blair witch... that freaked me out so much first time I watched it because it was in the very early days before the hype and I didn't know what to expect.
Tiny section of some films put me on edge but it's almost impossible for me to find a film that "scares" me all the way through.
The wife on the other hand... she hates horrors for that reason lol