What Scary Movies Really Shook You and Stayed With You?

[CrystalClaire]

Jaws. That movie still scares the hell out of me.

 

[Turnip]

Jaws. That movie still scares the hell out of me.

Me as well.
now decided I dont have the stomach to deal with horror movies -
the old ones seen in the past have enough bad memories without adding to the list.

 

[sidetrack]

When I was a wee lass the babysitter let me stay up and watch my first horror movie...now mind you this was in the black & white days and WAY before CGI and the like....."The creature from the black lagoon..." Had nightmares for months. To this day, If I can't see the bottom I ain't goin' in!

 

[Turnip]

"To this day, If I can't see the bottom I ain't goin' in! "

There's wisdom in that quote Sidetrack.. could be applied to many situations, from buying shares to getting married!!
Love it lol.

 

[Taintedhalo]

I have to agree with psycho ...I still have a see through shower curtain...lol

 

[underice]

Open Water: lost at sea...surrounded by sharks in just a wet suit. Yikes...the ending sticks with you.

 

[Ladypixel]

What turned me off of the idea of watching horror movies was the time that I, my little brother, and a neighborhood kid watched Poltergeist.

My older brother had a clown doll. We had walk-in closets.

Until we moved out of that house, that clown doll was literally in a locked box at the back of my brother's closet, because both he and I were absolutely SURE it was going to attack... and I had nightmares of being sucked into my own walk-in closet, so I used to keep a pile of dirty laundry on the floor in front of the closet door so it couldn't open without me moving the laundry out of the way.

Never really had a taste for horror movies after all of that...

 

[Deblym]

Salem's lot still creeps me out. Then the exorcist, amityville horror, and ghostbusters. Lol ok j/k about the last one...although the stay puffed marshmallow man was pretty creepy.

 

[DaveP]

The Exorcist and the Nightmare on Elm Street series. Freddie was just plain scary.

 

[Off Topic]

I see most horror movies as poorly made comedies. I want the story to drag me in and scare me, not some cartoonish boogyman.

This did it for me:

Pictures & Photos from Angel Heart - IMDb

If you have not seen it yet, don't read anything about it. Walk in totally blind, and enjoy the ride.

 

[VaporPhreak]

Invaders from Mars (1986 - remake) - ok the whole dang movie creeped me out and it was on tv like every other day in the late 80's early 90's.

Also the Skater/Wheel Men from Return to Oz (1985), though other than them I loved this movie.

 

[Gabe1291]

As a kid the movies that scared the daylights out of me were IT, the old Hitchcock movie The Birds, and the TV mini-series/movie of Stephen King's Storm of the Century.....Andre Linoge was a scary as crap to a kid Now that I'm older though, I want his cane

 

[Off Topic]

Storm of the century was great. King can make a great screenplay.

It's his novels that suck. He has an uncanny skill for squeezing a short story into a 10,000 page novel.

 

[McDougal]

Hands down, Burnt Offerings. That chauffeur ghost is about the creepiest character that will haunt your childhood, lol.





And especially at 1:35 in this one:

Burnt Offerings - My tribute to the movie - YouTube

 

[Religion]

I love scary movies. Some are creepy, some are funny, some are weird. But "Paranormal Activity" gave me nightmares for weeks. It has zero shock factor and no creepiness, but like The Exorcist of years ago, it WILL have you reasserting yourself with your beliefs.
I dare you to watch it alone in the dark. Or better yet, with your spouse/lover/partner in the dark.

 

[FantWriter]

The movie I find really scary is not a classic horror film -- it's Anita Liberty.

Anita Liberty: Short film (part 1) - YouTube

It should make you shiver if your ex-girlfriend said: "I have devoted my entire career to humiliating him in public."

 

[HollieGolightly]

What got me was Night of the Living Dead. I think its the way its filmed. Oh so creepy.

 

[Bozzlite]

The ones that have given me nightmares for days afterward are, in this order:

The Exorcist
Poltergeist
Jaws
Invasion of the Body Snatchers

 

[gheebee]

Hands down, Burnt Offerings.

Definitely.

Another good one to mention is The Brood, those things are pretty damn creepy! I also recently saw The Pyx and although I didn't find the movie to be very scary, I think my friend described it best when he referred to it as "a very haunting film".

 

[Bwilly]

Made for TV Movie "The Haunted 1991" Had nightmares for 3 days. Scared the ___ out of me . And I was an adult. lol