Ok. I am a horror movie ADDICT. I LOVE em. But heres the problem....I rarely get scared by any of them.
The Strangers scared me, The Last Exorcism and Insidious scared me too. Thats about it. When A Stranger Calls scared me but I was 9 when I saw it
I love slasher flicks, because those are the most realistic. Ghosts/supernatural **** doesnt usually scare me, because I dont believe in it. I really would love to watch a good horror movie, but Ive seen almost everything. Can anyone reccommend a TRUE terrifying horror movie for me to watch?
To get an idea:
The Grudge, The Ring, The Shining, Paranormal Activity, Scream all did not scare me.
yeah a lot of foreign horror movies seem to be really ****in scary i.e. 'audition' 'wolf creek' (or whatever the original was called) 'high tension' and also the texas chainsaw massacre scared the **** outta me when I first saw it
If realism scares you more than supernatural, watch The Silence of the Lambs, Seven & Copycat.
Also, the movie Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is very good, very realistic and very scary. Misery isn't scary per se, but it's sooo much fun. It's a must-see.
If Emily Rose scared you, you should watch The Exorcist, The Omen &The Shining. Oldies but goodies
If realism scares you more than supernatural, watch The Silence of the Lambs, Seven & Copycat.
Also, the movie Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is very good, very realistic and very scary. Misery isn't scary per se, but it's sooo much fun. It's a must-see.
If Emily Rose scared you, you should watch The Exorcist, The Omen &The Shining. Oldies but goodies
+ Rosemary's Baby - not that scary, but has great suspense.
This is freaky... I am not usually into horror movies, but last night 3 of my friends and I suddenly decided to watch horror movies, and we watched Shutter and Mirrors. It was scary --- but we had fun, we kept making fun of it --- until I got home.
If realism scares you more than supernatural, watch The Silence of the Lambs, Seven & Copycat.
Also, the movie Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is very good, very realistic and very scary. Misery isn't scary per se, but it's sooo much fun. It's a must-see.
If Emily Rose scared you, you should watch The Exorcist, The Omen &The Shining. Oldies but goodies
The best horror movies aren't American made. However, I LOVE the old 60's/70's one's where they didn't use "shock" to scare you.. (i.e. explicit violence and huge amounts of gore.)
Movies like the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween actually don't have the high amounts of blood that their remakes / sequels drew. Hell even the original Friday the 13th wasn't that gory.
Anyways.... I'd love some good recommendations on some good horror movies ya'll have seen (American or foreign.)
After watching all the American horror movies (over exaggerating, but I went from watching horror movies to straight to DVD horrors, low budget, etc) I went to the Asian horror cinema and DAMN You need to get into that.
The first one that was really terrifying is SHUTTER.
And I'm not sure if these would be classified as horror (like ghost, monsters, etc), maybe thriller, but here it is..
Battle Royale was suspenseful. About a Japanese class taken to an island, and only one person can leave the island. How? Well, they all have to kill each other. Everyone gets a weapon, from a knife, gun, to a wooden ass stick. What people will do to live and leave the island is terrifying. There's a sequel to, a little bit the same except a new class of students are on the island... And they're not looking out for themselves, but their partners as well. If their partner dies, they die. They have this machine on them, and they can't be too far from each other or it will explode on them.
Oldboy. This movie was really popular in America from critics and festivals. Quentin Tarantino highly praised the film as well.
Plot:
The film follows the story of one Oh Dae-Su, who is locked in a hotel room for 15 years without knowing his captor's motives. When he is finally released, Dae-su finds himself still trapped in a web of conspiracy and violence. His own quest for vengeance becomes tied in with romance when he falls for an attractive sushi chef.
There was a remake in talks, not sure if it's happening. Last I heard Will Smith was suppose to play the lead. The film had a lot of memorable scene, but one everyone talks about is the actor eating the octopus. Alive.