Canadian Infidel on November 1, 2008 at 6:18 PM

Ditto

I saw that when I was about 9 and I had nightmares for months. They didn’t stop until I finally stopped remembering my dreams. To this day, I don’t remember my dreams after I wake up.

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Canadian Infidel on November 1, 2008 at 6:18 PM

Thank you!

The Legend of Hell House. You never see the ghost – only what it does. Scared the bejaysus out of me. What you cannot see is always more frightening than what you can see.

ManlyRash on October 31, 2008 at 8:14 PM

+1

My sister and I were truly frightened watching that movie. And, the music was just too damn creepy. The ending when Roddy McDowell is yelling about the ghost being this short dude pretending to be a giant was classic. I probably had nightmares from it…

I definitely had nightmares from Body Snatchers, the ending when Sutherland screeches like a stuck pig still makes me cringe.

Mine.

I got a workman’s shirt that says Bates Motel on one side and the name side says Norman. I got a skeleton from the costume shop, put a granny wig on it and a dress that looks like Aunt Bea should have worn it, some black clod hopper shoes, put her in a high back wooden rocking chair with the back to the front doors (our front doors are mostly glass) with just one of the skeletal hands showing. Then, I downloaded a sound file from the movie of Anthony Perkins saying, “Norman!” and some other assorted noises with wind and creaking and the famous Psycho sound clip from the shower scene and played it over the house speakers. The wife & kids headed to grandma’s for trick-or-treating, so I was left alone at home to answer the door.

Sadly, not a single kid got it, and only one adult and they were in their 60s. Once they figured it out, they were going all goofy on me about where I got the shirt and the skeleton and stuff. At least I got a little appreciation…

Vincent Price in “The Tingler.” Saw it as a kid and for years I couldn’t walk by a bed or couch. I knew that thing was under there and going to grab me. Also, the wedding video of my ex-wife and I. The horror, the horror.

rakofgor on November 1, 2008 at 5:08 PM

Dr.Phibes ranks as one of VP’s contempory works.

The Ring came out on DVD and I had wanted to see it but because my wife had recently given birth to our youngest, it wasn’t feasible. I had thought that it was going to be somewhat like Scream so I wasn’t expecting much other than teen-oriented histrionics. The night that I watched the movie, the baby had difficulty getting to sleep so I laid her down on a mat in the living room and patted and stroked her back to comfort her. I put the DVD on, turned the lights out and put on some headphones so that I wouldn’t disturb the family. Our DVD player had been having issues (a cheap Sanyo I think it was) and would sometimes sputter and give a static filled picture, so I didn’t notice the beginning of the movie when the film maker did it deliberately and the TV made the hissing noise. I was sitting on the floor at in the living room and the main part of the house, including the kitchen was open behind me. All during the movie, I kept hearing static, cracking/popping and hissing from behind me. Each time, I would rip the headphones off my head to confirm that it was the movie and not actually occurring in my house. Several times, I’d take the headphones off and the hissing was still there…

This environment was literally sending chills up my back the entire time and the hair on the back of my neck was up. By the time the couple had gotten the girl’s body out of the well, I was thoroughly suffering the “heebie-jeebies” and that hissing noise kept coming from behind me and the TV kept getting static (from the movie or the DVD player, I don’t know which). Then, the best non-ending really put me over the edge and I don’t know if I’ve ever seen something as creepy as that girl crawling out of the TV in the boyfriend’s apartment. Something about evil kids/children is the worst for me. I eventually had to turn on the lights and put my back to a wall I was so creeped out.

The next morning I found the source of the hissing and popping sounds. Someone had left the lid on a 2-liter Diet Coke bottle slightly loose and the pressure changes were the culprit.

When I was a kid;

Hell House with Roddy McDowell
The Shining
The Body Snatchers w/ Donald Sutherland
The Thing w/ Kurt Russell
or Steven King’s made for TV, It

If you come back to the thread, I just wanted to let you know I read your story in its entirety. It was a great read.
Thanks for sharing it. And thanks for serving.

Canadian Infidel

Of course the Exorcist tops my list but if you want a good scare the two movies mentioned above will scare you, so check them out!

When I turned on the TV, it was tuned to Snoop Dogg’s Hood of Horror. Pass!

I made the unfortunate mistake of buying the dvd.

I did like the first two Saw movies, but the franchise went downhill real fast.
The first one was pure brilliance and actually played out like more a thriller than an actual horror movie.

I actually have a copy of The Mysterians. Never thought it particularly scary, especially the big doofus robot with the carrot nose.

Oldnuke on October 31, 2008 at 9:54 PM

Hey, tried being eight and watch it late at night. I saw it recently and now it looks campy and funny. Ditto with Strangelove.

For me, the scariest movie I ever saw was “The Shining.”

“The Exorcist” came out when I was young, and I saw some film clips of it, and tried to watch a few scenes when it was on HBO. To this day, I’m still too afraid to try to watch it.

Another film that I finally saw a few years ago was “Rosemary’s Baby.” I made the mistake of seeing that late one evening, and had lots of trouble going to sleep.

Event Horizon (1997). Horrendously fear-inspiring for nominal science-fiction. A scientist designed a space ship with an artificial black hole that was supposed to let the ship jump quickly to the next solar system. The gateway opened a door to hell, and the ship and crew disappeared. The scientist and the military rescue crew suffered the consequences after they reached the ship, which had reappeared minus crew, in our solar system.

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971). Fun stuff from the seventies with Vincent Price as a mad genius driven over the edge by the death of his wife. Mutilated and enraged, he blamed the surgical team for failing to save her after a terrible accident. He proceeded to kill them with biblical plagues. Dry humor in this British production makes it hilarious. Sequel: Dr. Phibes Rises Again

TV Series: Millennium (Seasons 1 & 2). Still relevant today, this was Chris Carter’s attempt at a more mature show compared to the teen-age appeal of the X-Files. Lance Henriksen was excellent as Frank Black, an FBI profiler with paranormal insight into the unsettling events and crimes of our time. The use of beautiful music and sound added a lot to this show. Sadly, season 3 was a train-wreck. Behind-the-scenes bickering and post-modern errors in story-telling made the series a victim of the very things it described.

The Vault of Horror (1973).
Tales From the Crypt (1972).
Enjoyable horror anthologies based on the comic books. Some nice scares and wry humor.