Good scare flicks?

Jakerooni · 10-25-09, 05:52

In the tradition of Holloween the wife and I were looking through our DVD collection and realized we really don't have much in the way of quality scare flicks.... Aside from some Micheal Moore Documentaries name some good scare flicks you guys have all seen. We need to get some more

yakky · 10-25-09, 06:15

Depends, what do you like? Blood and gore or stuff that messes with your head?

Jakerooni · 10-25-09, 06:24

I like the stuff that messes with your head (like seven did) but good blood and gore is great as long as it's not cheesy. (like hellraiser and every nightmare on elmstreet past the first one)

Setec Astronomy · 10-25-09, 06:45

Hard to beat the original Halloween.

nosbusa1700 · 10-26-09, 09:57

You know back when the original Frankenstein came I believe people ran from the theater terrified.

Now days seeing people hacked to death and other gory scenes in movies is no big deal, It's much like real life in the city near me.

The Halloween movies are still one of the best imo. Young Frankenstein is one of my favs. lol

I like breaking out the old VHS Dracula, Wolfman, Invisible man and Frankenstein movies. The one's with Bela Lagosi, Lon Chaney Jr, Claude Rains, and Boris Karloff.

Yeah, I still have a VCR.. but it's combined with a HD/DVD player. lol

I tell ya some other movies that are a good watch around this time of the year.. Exorcist, Amityville horror, The Shining, Hellraiser,Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Salem's Lot.

Salem's Lot scared the crap out of me when I was a kid because my room looked a lot like the room in the movie, where the vampire tapped on the window.

It's no fun when people are tapping on your window when you're a kid and after watching this movie.

LOL

camaroDan · 10-27-09, 02:30

The shining...Nicholson still makes me laugh in that movie..."Honey I'm Home"

MSOsr · 10-27-09, 05:45

The Creature from the Black Lagoon Legacy collection is very interesting. Obviously, compared to today's CG special effects, these films are not scary. However, watch the original films and then watch the documentary commentary on the same DVDs...huge insight to what was going on at the time of filming, including bloopers.

As an old guy, I find them very entertaining.

Mike

MSOsr · 10-27-09, 05:48

See what I mean? My pumpkin last year....

nosbusa1700 · 10-28-09, 09:27

That's pretty cool.

Jakerooni · 10-28-09, 09:34

good ideas guys.. Thanks.

yakky · 10-28-09, 09:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by nosbusa1700

Exorcist, Amityville horror, The Shining, Hellraiser,Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Salem's Lot.

Some good ones, I also think Poltergeist is super creepy, especially is you read about the crazy stuff that happened while making the movie. I also really like the Blair Witch in the theater, but it isn't the same at home.

A pretty decent list:

Amazon.com: THE ESSENTIAL HORROR FILMS

LoiG37 · 10-28-09, 02:14

I just watched" Drag me to hell". It's one of those creepy old lady ghost witch sort of movie. check it out.