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Cheshire Cat · 10-25-2009, 11:52 PM

If you could choose only 2 movies to watch on Halloween night to scare yourself silly with, what would they be? I would check out the classic "Halloween" directed by John Carpenter and the Japanese version of "Ringu"! <shudders> I have yet to find any multimillion dollar remakes that could ever best the 'cheaper' originals.

aggie · 10-26-2009, 12:12 AM

original halloween definitely....i like the new version of the mist, also.

hugofortin · 10-26-2009, 09:31 PM

I'm not scare of any horror movies. lol

Hugo

AtomicAnt · 10-26-2009, 09:40 PM

I don't like horror flicks because they scare me and throw off my inner self.

But the ones that scared the daylights out of me when I first saw them were Psycho and the The Exorcist. I was young when the Exorcist came out and that's when I stopped watching horror movies, except for the Silence of the Lambs series, which I watched, which scared me and grossed me out.

Cheshire Cat · 10-27-2009, 01:17 AM

I thought it was considered a good thing to confront our fears? I wouldn't want to be as scared in real life like what happens in the movies, but can't horror movies help prepare us to better know how to deal with hatchet-wielding maniacs in hockey masks?

Seriously though, I realize that most of these sorts of movies are exploitative, but can't they teach us something more about ourselves too? Are we brave enough to want to do something about our deepest fears? I haven't been able to watch a really good horror movie alone at night for a long time, but creepy ghost stories still fascinate me for some reason.

aggie · 10-27-2009, 02:48 AM

i like certain types of horror stories but there are certain ones that i almost can't bear to watch....like the saw series. and there is an old one with the guy who was ''rifleman" who smothers a girl slowly with a kind of cement paste while he tells her what he is doing and what she is going to feel....auggghhhh

slow painful torture is unbearable for me....give me a well placed quick slash of the machete, the whack of a hatchet or the stab of the knife and i am good to go

Cheshire Cat · 10-27-2009, 05:04 PM

Ooooh, I agree with you about the "Saw" series. After squirming through the first one, I couldn't make myself try the sequel. One of my co-workers bragged that she and her friend watched the entire marathon non-stop! Of course, she also admitted that she had to cover her eyes and ears at certain moments, hehe.

I don't know how anyone with a decent conscience could ever torture another human being and not be emotionally affected by it.

Wax Frog · 10-27-2009, 08:40 PM

NYers call it "Harrah", right?

Gene · 10-28-2009, 04:05 PM

Jeepers Creepers is the one horror that really had me on the edge of my seat. I don't know why as I usually do not react with fear when I watch horror movies.

Cheshire Cat · 10-30-2009, 02:12 AM

I know this isn't usually considered a horror classic, but it'll always be a Halloween classic to me: "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"! I think I'll watch it after the 'scary' stuff so I can give my fluttering heart a break, hehe.

Engle · 10-30-2009, 02:33 PM

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a cult classic (original version)
The Fog

10-25-2009, 11:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
Cheshire Cat Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: USA Posts: 59	For Halloween Horror Fans :) If you could choose only 2 movies to watch on Halloween night to scare yourself silly with, what would they be? I would check out the classic "Halloween" directed by John Carpenter and the Japanese version of "Ringu"! <shudders> I have yet to find any multimillion dollar remakes that could ever best the 'cheaper' originals.

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10-26-2009, 12:12 AM	#2 (permalink)
aggie Family Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,235	original halloween definitely....i like the new version of the mist, also.

10-26-2009, 09:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
hugofortin Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ottawa Posts: 245	I'm not scare of any horror movies. lol Hugo

10-26-2009, 09:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
AtomicAnt Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 73	I don't like horror flicks because they scare me and throw off my inner self. But the ones that scared the daylights out of me when I first saw them were Psycho and the The Exorcist. I was young when the Exorcist came out and that's when I stopped watching horror movies, except for the Silence of the Lambs series, which I watched, which scared me and grossed me out.

10-27-2009, 01:17 AM	#5 (permalink)
Cheshire Cat Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: USA Posts: 59	I thought it was considered a good thing to confront our fears? I wouldn't want to be as scared in real life like what happens in the movies, but can't horror movies help prepare us to better know how to deal with hatchet-wielding maniacs in hockey masks? Seriously though, I realize that most of these sorts of movies are exploitative, but can't they teach us something more about ourselves too? Are we brave enough to want to do something about our deepest fears? I haven't been able to watch a really good horror movie alone at night for a long time, but creepy ghost stories still fascinate me for some reason.

10-27-2009, 02:48 AM	#6 (permalink)
aggie Family Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,235	i like certain types of horror stories but there are certain ones that i almost can't bear to watch....like the saw series. and there is an old one with the guy who was ''rifleman" who smothers a girl slowly with a kind of cement paste while he tells her what he is doing and what she is going to feel....auggghhhh slow painful torture is unbearable for me....give me a well placed quick slash of the machete, the whack of a hatchet or the stab of the knife and i am good to go

10-27-2009, 05:04 PM	#7 (permalink)
Cheshire Cat Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: USA Posts: 59	Ooooh, I agree with you about the "Saw" series. After squirming through the first one, I couldn't make myself try the sequel. One of my co-workers bragged that she and her friend watched the entire marathon non-stop! Of course, she also admitted that she had to cover her eyes and ears at certain moments, hehe. I don't know how anyone with a decent conscience could ever torture another human being and not be emotionally affected by it.

10-27-2009, 08:40 PM	#8 (permalink)
Wax Frog Legendary Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Going from Somewhere to Elsewhere Posts: 10,374	NYers call it "Harrah", right?

10-28-2009, 04:05 PM	#9 (permalink)
Gene Family Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oblong, Illinois Posts: 3,335	Jeepers Creepers is the one horror that really had me on the edge of my seat. I don't know why as I usually do not react with fear when I watch horror movies.

10-30-2009, 02:12 AM	#10 (permalink)
Cheshire Cat Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: USA Posts: 59	I know this isn't usually considered a horror classic, but it'll always be a Halloween classic to me: "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"! I think I'll watch it after the 'scary' stuff so I can give my fluttering heart a break, hehe.

10-30-2009, 02:33 PM	#11 (permalink)
Engle Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 114	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a cult classic (original version) The Fog

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