Being SCARED by a movie

[-Carlos-]

Way back in '76, when I was 10 years old, I saw H.G. Wells The Food of the Gods. A movie about giant rats and bugs that eat people alive! Ha ha!! Remember I was 10.

Jaws also scared me since every weekend (almost) my family went to the beach...oh no the water, jaws! It is soooo funny now looking back.

 

[Peronel]

I watched The Grudge alone (big mistake). My flatmate found me curled up on the couch when he got home, whimpering, eyes darting around like crazy....


I remember being terrified by the telemovie/movie of "It", which I have mentioned elsewhere. I remember walking through the back paddocks of our property with my cousin, and he pointed at the sky (it was twilight) and said, "Hey, that huge cloud looks like 'It'".

I screamed and ran all the way home. Clowns are scary.

 

[Heteronym]

Horror movies seldom scare me, perhaps because I never watch them at night or in the dark but if horror movies need these conditions to scare, they're not doing their job

The Shining scared the hell out of me during daylight, and it's still the only horror movie that disturbs me any time I see it.

One of the 'friday 13th' movies scared me when I was a little kid and it was night; it was the New York movie. It probably wouldn't scare me today

I like to watch a good horror movie like The Exorcist or The Silence of the Lambs, but I watch them because they're damn good movies!

 

[-Carlos-]

When I was a mojohn my mom use to tell me it was tomato paste when I saw a flick with bloody scenes. Since then I never was afraid of scary movies. It's Hollywood...it's not real, it's fake.

 

[cajunmama]

The Fog, by far. The one made in 1980-ish, not the new one. I saw it when I was maybe twelve and to this day I still get the creeps when it is foggy.

 

[direstraits]

The one that gave me the creeps and formed my perception of evil were old Chinese ghost movies - they don't have the shock factor - it's the mental games they play that drive you nuts.

The recent movie that made me scared was Sixth Sense.

I've heard from lots of friends who has seen the original Jap versions of the Grudge and the Ring and they all say the same thing - the originals were waaaay creepier. I didn't watch them - if I thought Sixth Sense was scary these movies'll kill me.

There is a Thai movie recently that made it here as one of the scariest movie in recent memory - even my scary movie buff pals were scared. It's called Shutter... anyone seen it? (you don't have to ask me if I've seen it...)

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[beer good]

There is a Thai movie recently that made it here as one of the scariest movie in recent memory - even my scary movie buff pals were scared. It's called Shutter... anyone seen it? (you don't have to ask me if I've seen it...)

I'm actually going to watch this tomorrow. I'll let you know.

 

[direstraits]

Waiting for it.

Btw, I saw The Eye (the protagonist actress is Malaysian!) and it was sooo not scary.

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[Pearl]

I used to get scared all the time by movies when I was younger, now I just laugh at them.

I think the one movie that scared me senseless as an older person to the point where I couldn't sleep at night was Jeepers Creepers. I was fine through the entire movie but the ending got to me.

 

[Sitaram]

The one that gave me the creeps and formed my perception of evil were old Chinese ghost movies - they don't have the shock factor - it's the mental games they play that drive you nuts.

The recent movie that made me scared was Sixth Sense.

I've heard from lots of friends who has seen the original Jap versions of the Grudge and the Ring and they all say the same thing - the originals were waaaay creepier. I didn't watch them - if I thought Sixth Sense was scary these movies'll kill me.

There is a Thai movie recently that made it here as one of the scariest movie in recent memory - even my scary movie buff pals were scared. It's called Shutter... anyone seen it? (you don't have to ask me if I've seen it...)

ds

Your post reminds me of a Zen story about someone who was haunted by a ghost who who frequently come to them and say various things, well, shall we say predictions, hinting as some special knowledge or omniscience.

The person who was plagued by these ghostly visitations sought out the advice of a Zen Master. The Zen Master advised them to keep a jar of dried beans handy, and the next time the ghost appeared, to pour out a portion of the jar, and ask the ghost how many beans remain in the jar.

This person took the advice of the Zen Master, and when the prophetic ghost next appeared, it was confounded by the simple question, and never appeared again. It was intimated that this ghost was a mere projection of the haunted person's consciousness.