[mikhael]

Ring was crap, Japanese and American. Seven wasn't close to scary, but it was satisfyingly dark. So was Donnie Darko.

But dude... Event Horizon? The producers owe me money for the wasted moments of my life. The only scary part of that movie is knowning that I'll go to my grave regretting forever the time I wasted on that complete piece of foetid feces. Only Neon Genesis Evangelion can come close to sucking more than EH.

That said, game wise, all the Thief games are collectively the second scariest thing I've ever played. Nothing, however, can beat the raw atmospheric intensity and deep, abiding fear of System Shock 2.

"We are we are we are.... your song is not ours!"

[Liquid Fire]

Oh man, system shock two. The only game to actually make me scream. I remember at one point I was hiding under a desk as I watched zombie after zombie roam by, hoping, WILLING them to go away. Then one sees me and 5 or 6 zombies all run by the window.

Ok, I'm a little shaky but I can take 'em. All I need's my trusty pistol and

*click*

OH GOD IM GONNA DIE

As the screen turns black, I hear "iiimmm sssooorrryyy"

[IPAndrews]

Originally posted by Nix
Audition.  Gotta give credit to my sister for this one.  It wasnt scary like sleep under the covers scary, but deeply, incredibly disturbing in my opinion.

Yes Audition is really nasty. One of the nasiest movies I've ever seen.

[Rand al Thor]

I was surprised no one mentioned event horizon earlier, and surprised again that someone found it pants. It scared the pants off me first time.

And again, not slagging anyone for liking it but I thought Cabin fever was a comedy. I mean every scene just made me crack jokes. Bad, bad jokes, but still not the effect that it was supposed to have. I mean that kid that for no reason starts doing the slow-motion kung fu dance number? What was that?

Jacobs ladder was pretty freaky.

[Col. Fishguts]

Originally posted by Rand al'Thor
I was surprised no one mentioned event horizon earlier, and surprised again that someone found it pants. It scared the pants off me first time.

Event Horizon had good special effects and Lawrence Fishburne, which sums about up all the pros.
It built up good atmosphere at the start, but from the point where they docked to the Event Horizon it went downhill ....actually the level of suckage grew exponentially with every minute from there on.

It was supposed  to be "The Shining" in space, but failed miserably.

[Ransom]

I thought Event Horizon was excellent. Though it kinda dropped the horror aspect in the last half hour or so.

[mikhael]

Originally posted by Col. Fishguts


Event Horizon had good special effects and Lawrence Fishburne, which sums about up all the pros.
It built up good atmosphere at the start, but from the point where they docked to the Event Horizon it went downhill ....actually the level of suckage grew exponentially with every minute from there on.

It was supposed  to be "The Shining" in space, but failed miserably.

No, it stops at "Lawrence Fishburne". The special effects were bad. The compositing was singularly horrible, especially in the zero-G sequences.

[TrashMan]

I remember when I played thief. All was ine until lthat mission in an abandoned city with those zombies and spectres. Didn't see that coming..undead and demons.. and all that dark atmosphere.

System shock 2 was even scarier - especially in the begining wiht a crowbar (or whatever that was) and a pistol with only one clip..and a horde of zombies to go trough...

[Col. Fishguts]

Originally posted by mikhael
No, it stops at "Lawrence Fishburne". The special effects were bad. The compositing was singularly horrible, especially in the zero-G sequences.

I don't really remember the quality of the zero-g scenes.
I was more thinking of the exterior shots of the ships. The rescue ship looked neat and the lighting was good and moody. The atmosphere of the nebula scenes when they find the Event Horizon had me all going "Ooh, aah, this is gonna be great."  ...which turned out to be not the case.

[Labcoatguy]

War of the Worlds, actually. It scared me because I could actually see that stuff happening. Bringing fear and reality together was a trick that Spielberg, say what you will about Tom Cruise and the plot, did too damn well.

[vyper]

... you can just leave now.

[Styxx]

Completely agreed on System Shock 2. Only game that made me run (my character, at least) under a table and hope that the damn monkeys and zombies would go away.

Event Horizon had a great premise, the beginning was very good and set up the mood greatly, but when the action really started, it was complete and utter crap. Good concept, poor execution.

The Shining is just crazy. Some scenes seem totally disconnected. But I liked it, especially the way the scary music built up to absolutely nothing. The old woman part was gross, though.

Aliens isn't supposed to be scary, I think, it's a lot more of an action movie than a horror one. The first one, though, is awesomely scary the first time you watch it.

The Ring didn't really do anything for me. It just dragged on slowly, it felt like four hours long. Nothing happened most of the time, and then this grayscale girl comes out of a TV. Hmpf.

Been a looong time since I last watched Poltergeist, but I remember being utterly terrified by it. Probably because I was still a child, I must have been 7 or something. Gotta watch it again.


Can't think of anything else right now, really. Will try to check some of the movies mentioned on this thread.

[mikhael]

Actually, War of the Worlds hit me in the gut too. I didn't like seeing humanity getting rolled over by a seemingly unstoppable alien invasion. I felt the movie very well executed.

[vyper]

Thunderchild > Screaming little ***** child

[Jeryko]

Originally posted by TrashMan
F.E.A.R.

I'll have to second this.  Granted its not a movie, but it plays out like one and I've jumped a few times and yelled out "Holy ****" a few times too... all the while my hearts pounding like crazy...

[pyro-manic]

I'll be honest - I'm a wuss. I hate watching horror-type films. I think the main problem is that I've usually seen the film, then gone to bed fairly soon afterwards. So I dream. And I don't like the dreams that that kind of movie gives me.

Case in point: Dawn of the Dead (remake), at the start. The little girl opens the door into the bedroom, and her face is shadowed apart from the eyes. Then she steps forward, and you see the bit of her skin that's missing, and the expression on her face. Same with 28 Days Later. That kind of imagery sticks with me, and then I dream about it (usually the nasty stuff that happens in the movie happens to me), and I can't stand it. I was waking up sweating for days afterwards...

I enjoyed System Shock 2 scaring the hell out of me, though. Don't know why it was so different, but it didn't affect my sleep at all.

[castor]

Originally posted by pyro-manic
I enjoyed System Shock 2 scaring the hell out of me, though. Don't know why it was so different, but it didn't affect my sleep at all.

Maybe because you could fight back, and not just helplessly watch a messy death approach

[Nix]

I finally got my hands on FEAR.  Save for the flashes of what's coming around the next bend, it's not as atmospheric as System Shock 2. (personally, I hate the flashes.  I just hate flashes of up close strange looking stuff..  that and spiders.)  Sure, it's scary, has the creepyness of a good horror game, but the action in it.. I'm shooting at soldiers controlled by one dude I'm supposed to assasinate?  I'm not up against former good guys turned bad by this growth of parasitic life forms...  or monkeys with odd psy powers.  Or giant spiders (YUCK!!)    I remember playing the demo of SS2 and that first zombie dood running at me with a wrench, that aarrRRRRRKILLLMEEEE voice..  god I about jumped out of my seat.  All the humming noises sound like the coke machine in the first floor level of our campus's business building.  I stay out of that room..  lol.  

And yeah, I can understand why Event Horizion sucks to some people, but like Styxx said, it was the concept that was good.  I liked the story and it got into my head when I watched it.  Last half hour yes, looked like your typical horror film.  Your slasher, burning people, we're all going to hell type film.
The method of time travel was interesting, and using that method of time travel, taking you to a place where you really dont want to go.. that was what did it for me.  That, and as I said before, the decompression scene.. for ME, that's scary.

[mikhael]

Originally posted by Ransom Arceihn
Jacob's Ladder - Honestly, if the town this film was set in was called Silent Hill, that's what it would be. A Silent Hill film. Because that's exactly what it feels like.

I watched that last night. You're dead on the money. Its like Silent Hill (visually) was "Jacob's Ladder: The Game".

It wasn't scary, so much as disturbing (human bodies moving in unnatural ways disturb me, what can I say). I was sad, though, that I called the ending within the first five minutes of the movie. I wish I'd seen it when I was more innocent.