Scariest Movie Ever?
 

Curious what makes the top of the list.

I vote (in no order):

Ring U

Poltergeist (I saw it when I was 6 and honestly had blocked it from my memory but had nightmares about it)

The Grudge (watched it for the first time last night, so this could just be the newness factor)

Re: Scariest Movie Ever?
 

The Exorcist.
It was scary back then and scary now.
Anecdote: Senior year of HS 'The Exorcist' was released in theaters with added material (bonus question: what eyar did I graduate?). I went with some friends to a midnight showing of it and after it was over we hung around in a 7-11 because no one wanted to drive home alone. For the next 2 weeks whenever I closed my eyes I saw Linda Blair going down the stairs upside down with blood pouring out of her mouth.

I'd also vote for "Alien". Best atmospheric horror. Ever.

My final vote would go for "Glitter." You know the Mariah Carey one? *shudder*

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Dude, Poltergeist? Not scary at all. Jesus, how is that scary? I mean, as a 6-year old, I suppose, but you're not scared of it now right?

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exorcist
texas chainsaw massacre
blair witch project

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Serpent and the rainbow...

Also when i was a little kid charlie and the chocolate factory scared the HELL out of me when that lil boy fell into the chocolate river.

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I'm going to go with Ringu.

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Fatal Attraction scared the crap out of me.

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The Changeling. I had nightmares for about 5 years after seeing it. It's my favorite George C Scott movie.

I see some people mentioned The Exorcist, but aside from the crab-walk down the stairs I didn't even jump, and didn't find that one scary on a deep emotional level.

Se7en scarred my psyche, so that might be another good one.

Hellraiser scared the raising hell out of me while I was watching it, but I can't even remember why it was scary.

~D

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The problem is with "scary movies" is that once you grow up a bit and if your thought process is based on science (ie you don't believe in the supernatural) it's really hard to be scared over a movie.

Although I would have to agree with Duke about Seven. That movie was extremely mentally disturbing and I watched it at home (not as good as it would have been if I saw it in theatres).

I don't know, I remember watching the Sixth Sense when I was in my early teens and from what I could remember from the experience, I thought that was pretty damn scary.

The Ring (the first one) I saw in theatres and I thought that had some scary scenes.

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Re: "Se7en"

Could someone elighten me as to why people use the opening credits to title the movie rather than the jacket? I don't get why people refer to this movie as Se7en. I'm looking at my VHS jacket box art from back in the day and the title says Seven. Moreover, the fine-print credits also say "SEVEN."

Is there precedent here?