AHHHHH!!!!

case you didn't know, Tuesday nights movie night at my house (don't ask me how that came up) And tonight was a scary movie. Well, I'm a little wimp so my dad agreed not to do "Silence of the Lambs" and instead went for "Misery," which I think is actually classified as suspense, but, as I said before, I'm a wimp.

So we're watching it now and we just got to the part where she crushes his ankles and... :scared: Man, am I pussy or what? (One thing I did think was funny: the crazy evil lady has a Nixon flag in her little memory book :evilgrin:)

So, for my fellow wimps out in DUland, what movies have creeped you out?

(and for those of you insensitive people who aren't affected by horror movies, well, then just come and laugh at me)

I was watching it at home and saw the scene where the lady first watches that video and gets the phone call.

Then my phone rings right after that. I couldn't finish watching the movie.

Not quite as bad, but still.

It midnight and me and my friend Angie had just finished watching that movie. (She loves scary movies, as do I. I enjoy being majorly creeped out :)) Now, Angie has looooong brown hair and she hung it all down in her face like the girl in the movie and ...:scared: Jeepers creepers, I didn't sleep a wink after that.

When I read that book..that part was the first time I read something so chilling it made me shiver. I saw the movie later.

And now I must, now that you said that. I recently read another King novel "Salems' Lot" by the urging of my horror-loving friend (see post #2) It was actually ok. But i couldn't get to the library tonite. Curses on you, my lack of mobility! :P

Another creepy movie. Especially the part where the kid is hovering outside the 2nd floor window. Yuck...

I should rent it now, since you recommend it...

Salem's Lot was pretty darned scary as well. I still rate the exorcist as the #1 though. I read the book since first seeing it. The book points out that every Catholic Archdiocese still has at least one priest they designate as an "exorcist." I verified this with friends of mine "in the know" and the practice is still maintained today. C R E E P Y.

You'd think they'd let people on their own team in on these things.

n/t

Actual story.

In the fall of 1984, I was working as a page at my local library and my pal, Alan finally convinced me to read a Stephen King novel. So I chose Salem's Lot and was reading it during the late shift at the library just before closing.

Alan called me and said the gang was going to meet at the high school marching band field for some serious drinking (yeah, I know...weird place to hang out, but it worked for us and the cops never looked for hooliganism so close to the source).

The library was quiet, it was dark and the wind was picking up in a creepy way. Long story short, before I left the library, I had taken a card from the index file and cut the shape of a cross out of it and walked to the band field with this faux-crucifix clutched next to my chest the entire way.

I *still* get grief about that from the guys when we see each other...lol

edited for spelling "grief" like a second grader...

The Exorcist. Scared the bejeebers out of me as a kid. Still does as a (sort of) adult.
Linda Blair>>>:puke:

Never saw that one, but my friends are always describing it to me.

Don't watch it alone though. Seriously scary stuff.

The stupidest thing I've ever done in my life, apart from seeing what marshmallows'll do in the toaster.

:scared:

But if you watched the exorcist alone at 12, you'ld still be in therapy.

That's when they spray the tree in the jungle and it takes minutes for all the creepy crawly creatures to fall out of it into the net. I itched and scratched for days. John Goodman was funny though as the exterminator.

I am not the only one. I saw Arachnaphobia in the theatres when I was like ten, when it came out. My dad took me.

I actually found out recently that it was supposed to be a comedy.

COMEDY?????!!!!!!!!!?????

It scared the fuck out of me!!!!!!!!

When I first saw Helter Skelter on TV in the mid 70's...I was about 10 and knowing it was real, it was pretty scarey. It left an impression on me.

That is a creepy thing as well.

I read the book years later... Bizzare stuff...

What's that movie/book about? It sounds familiar, but I've never seen it.

And the whole crime spree.

I felt like I was IN that coffin!

:scared:

Richard Simmons or Bob Saget. :cry:

I remember being in 4th grade when Ventura was elected and, you know, he was pretty scary. To a nine year old. :evilgrin:

Ventura is still a freaky man.

I love love love Martin Scorsese; however, if you watch his films while in an "altered" state, you get the impression that nothing matters in this world besides a macho need for revenge killing. The guy is such a skilled filmaker, but his films always creep me out and leave me feeling all hollow and despairing beause of the themes involved...I'd like to think that there's more to life than killing those who wrong you.

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Where's my goddamn gun?! I'm gonna shoot that punk who bagged my groceries today and stacked the canned goods on top of the bread!!!

Coz you KNOW, somewhere in the remote south or some other Godforsaken part of this country ... there IS a family like that...


:hippie:

GIRLFRIEND!

Way underrated horror movie. Dennis Hopper at his coked out best.

Creepiest horror film ever made, BAR NONE!!!

There was a collective gasp in the theater when I saw it the first time. I don't think *anyone* could look at that scene and not wince. Yeah...that was truly a twisted dame, and I should know- I dated her red-headed sister last year....

not the awful remake with Jeff Bridges. And I can't tell you one reason why it creeped me out, but I can tell you the the village was played as a very average man, who you wouldn't notice if he walked past you. For some reason, that creeped me out a lot.

and I am pretty much unscarable, but occasionally a movie gets under my skin and won't leave. Usually these are not jump out and boo scares, I mean long term simmering scares that just sit there and fester in your psyche.

In no particular order:

Men Behind the Sun, Dir: T.F. Mou, docudrama about the Imperial Japanese Medical Corps development of biological weapons during WW2. Horrible, almost impossible to watch as the imagery is so incredibly intense and relentless. The horror, of course, is the overall horror of war, specifically, biological war, and the consciensless manner in which men treat each other. I love the film though, I think it's one of the most important films of the 20th century. The director is nice too. I interviewed him.

The Man Who Fell To Earth Dir: Nick Roeg. The scene when they throw Buck Henry and his lover out the windows as the denoument approaches has bothered me since I FIRST SAW IT in the mid 1970s. Incredible film about the loss of self.

M Dir: Fritz Lang. The first true crime film. Peter Lorre is a child killer rampaging through Dusseldorf in 1931. He can't be caught and the city is gripped by growing panic. So many horrible images in this film, but nothing exploitative. It has stuck with me since I first saw it. The end too, is like a kick in the nuts.

Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer Dir: hell, I can't remember. Henry is such an emotionless man as played by Michael Rooker. The scene where they watch the tape of their rape and murder of a family over and over and over again is just impossible to watch.

Shoulda chose Lambs....favorite movie. I saw it when I was ten and suprisingly it didn't scare me. I loved it. Those kinda movies just don't scare me.

I've had recurring nightmares about zombies ever since i saw night of the living dead when i was 5 or 6... but i can't stop watching zombie flicks!

night of the living dead
return of the living dead
dawn of the dead
evil dead 1 and 2 (sorta)
army of darkness
resident evil
28 days later

i'm also a sucker for vampire and ghost movies.

The only movie I have ever walked out on. When some ghoul was shown ripping off some guys head, I said ewww, time to go.

Neither can I stand the gratuitously grotesque and violent movies Seven or Fight Club. Although I love Gladiator and other violent movies where it is warranted.