10.The Exorcist.

9.Evil Dead 2.

8.Psycho.

7.The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

6.Halloween.

5.An American Werewolf In London.

4.Fallen.

3.The Mothman Prophycies.

2.The Changeling.

1.In The Mouth Of Madness.

Though An American Werewolf In London is my personal favorite, and btw, chilling to the bone when I saw it as a kid, that awsome transformation scene, lol

REC is also very creepy.

Most others have already been suggested, so I'll be quiet now.

That said, there are a couple of freakishly good scares during the first two acts I admit to not even remotely see coming. For that reason alone the film is definitely worthy of a look. But one of the scariest films of all time? Not a chance.

Not much has really scared me recently, too many new movies are just gore-fests with no real horror to it, just cheap scare tactics that fade almost as soon as it happens. The best horror flicks, in my opinion, are those which get into your head and creep you out long after you've left the theater/turned off the tv. For instance, I thought No Country For Old Men was very disturbing and even though it wasn't necessarily designed as a horror film, it was much scarier to me than Friday the 13th or Halloween or that sort of thing. I think it has to do with the feasibility of the piece for me, monsters don't really scare me.

A great number of scary films depend on NOT knowing too much beforehand, which may be why I hated Blair Witch when I finally got around to it. I can think of a lot of creepy movies you should check out (Lost Highway, Videodrome, Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978, Rosemary's Baby), but I hesitate to say any of them actually scared me. Of course my dad took me to see Jaws when I was 6 (against mom's advice) so not much really scares me.

Nightmare on Elms Street, since you brought it up, is definitely worth seeing, but not really for this list. Despite being a great concept (especially in terms of how the film handles the heroine), and basically acting as the blueprint for all things Halloween, it is painfully, almost laughably dated. I appreciate it as a quality film, but between the limitations on FX, limitations on cinematography, and limitations of budget, any hint of 'scary' packed its bags and left about ten years ago. Story-wise I love it. Horror-wise, I'm embarrassed to know it.

The American Werewolf in London
Jaws
The Ring
Halloween (the 70s version)
28 Days Later

power13413 said: a newer one that got me was Darkness falls it helped that i was watching during a horrible storm and then the power went out at an opportune time.

Exactly, I think instances like this play a huge part in how much people like horror movies and even comedy. Mood is a huge factor in these kinds of films since they require so much investment from an audience member. Dramas can rely, for the most part on telling a story, but comedy and horror also require either laughter or fright along with the story. Not easy to do.

I'll have to check out Session 9.

JonTuesday said: Evil Dead first horror movie i ever saw, I pooped my pants and never wanted to go camping again

Hilarious… that gave me a good laugh… very nice!

http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi1950089241/

Have yourselves a good laugh. :)

I have about 10 new films I have to watch in my Netflix queue so far and hope to add a few more if there are any more suggestions out there. Nice thing is there are so many recommendations by you guys that I have already seen, which leaves me more room to see a few new ones.

First and formost what constitutes scariest to me and to you may be completely different. For me it is usually mood and intensity rather than gore. Gore never really scares me in the slighest, but a building antcipiation and mood always get me on the edge of my seat.

I can sorta see Silence of the Lambs, strickly on the last 20 minutes of the film, when Starling is in Buffalo Bill's house and the light's go out. Those scenes were amazing and really built a great ending to an overall enjoyable film, but is it scariest of all time? Oh hell no!

The Shinning is a clear choice! That movie is amazing. What Kubric and Nicholson did in that film is so good. It is timeless and the remake was a joke! Why mess with perfection. The freakiest thing in the film is the shot of the man in a bear suit on his knees with his head in the other man's lap. I remember saying time and time again, WTF, was that!

Poltergiest is another film. It scared the crap out of me as a kid, so it definately deserves to be on the list. For a PG movie, it is a masterpiece! There's no gore just suspense and it is done in a way we unfortunately just dont see anymore.

The typical horror franchises like Nightmare on Elm Street and Halloween are good examples also. Really though, only the first in the franchise. Nightmare on Elm Street was great and kept most of the jokes to a minimum with a real sence of intensity and true terror. Unfortunately the Elm Street films became just a web of jokes with some elaborate kills mixed in. The first one does stand the test of time. The first two Halloween films were definately perfect. Halloween is probably my favorite horror film of all time, its sequel was so seemless, they way it literally begins with the next frame after Halloween. It really kept the same mood also, which was great.

The Exorcist is another easily mentioned horror film. That movie was downright freaky. With little Linda Hamilton ramming herself with a crucifix what else do you need to say.

The Blair Witch Project. Some people hated this film, but I got more scared in this film and afterwards than I ever have in my adult life. That said, I saw this film way before it was revealed a hoax. I went to one of the intial screenings where they led the audience to believe this was very real! They even had somewhat of a memorial of the 3 people in it to add to the mood. I read later that at the next screening because of the crazed reaction at our screening, the production comapny brought out the actors after the film, so people wouldn't leave in pandamonium like they did at our screening. Another level of my terror, is I am a hippie at heart, I followed the grateful dead and phish for 5 years combined and in those years I met a few Wiccans (White Magic) and some of the stuff that was used in Blair Witch Project were real spells that I have read and seen in action. I know this sounds out there, but believe me, witchcraft is very much a real thing! Furthermore, I had camped in nearby woods to where Blair Witch was filmed and let's just say, that I did not sleep the night I saw the film and was a little skepitcal to go camping again for a couple months.

The rest I will just ramble off some honorable mentions that could be argued to make any horror list: Jaws, Misery, Rosemary's Baby, Alien, The Thing, Friday the 13th Part II, Pet Sematary, Suspiria, Hellraiser, The Last House on the Left, House of 1,000 Corpses, Jacob's Ladder, Evil Dead, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Them, Night of the Living Dead, Duel, The Dead Zone, Dawn of the Dead, The Hills Have Eyes, It, Inferno, Phenomena, Diabolik, Operazione paura and Cani arrabbiati.

I could really go all day considering Horror is one of my favorite genres! But I want to save myself something to write about on my blog. Check it out: http://schofizzymoviereview.blogspot.com