The Blair Witch Project - Utterly terrifying. The scene where they hear noises outside the tent is filmmaking at its most simplistically brilliant.
I was at the 1st UK screening of that at the Edinburgh film festival and when the screening was over the cinema had turned all the lights in the foyer off, pumped it full of dry ice, and were playing those noises loudly over the sound system. It was quite effective.
I remember as a 10 year old kid watching Ghostwatch and not knowing it was a screen one thing and it scared the crap out of me. I had to make my mum stand at the top of the stairs whilst i went for a wee in case Mr Pipes got me (i still make her do this).
I didn't realise that watching it the first time round there were loads of glimpses of Pipes. It's only when watching on DVD and pausing that you notice them. These glimpses I still find quite spooky as everyone else is just ignoring him.
I watched it on DVD last year and it's not as scary because you realise the acting is a bit poor in places (plus you know it's fake). It's scarier remembering how it was when it was first shown than now having it on DVD, weirdly.
I was at the 1st UK screening of that at the Edinburgh film festival and when the screening was over the cinema had turned all the lights in the foyer off, pumped it full of dry ice, and were playing those noises loudly over the sound system. It was quite effective.
Now, that's the kind of inventive tactic that will keep people going to the cinema. Creative and clever.
I hate hate hate the bit where Liv Tyler is in the kitchen and the white masked guy is just stood in the hallway watching her and then he just casually walks off. Creeps the hell out of me.
may sound silly but I got really creeped out watching nightmare on elm street 1 at home alone at night
just the beginning where hes in the back yard is creepy the idea came in my head of someone creeping around my back yard is just so creepy I had to turn it off and put on the Simpsons or something lol:o
so it wast exactly the film itself but more the ideas it was putting in my head and the NOES series is just so not scary but the first 30mins of that film is IMO
Nightmare on Elm Street for me as well. Watched it when I was about 12 when a stupid cousin thought it would be OK for me to watch. Had nightmares for months and dreamt the sections based in the school were actually my school. It's put me off horror films for life and I avoid them completely :0(
The only other horror that I watched by myself and which put the wind up me was the old B&W film The Haunting.
It's interesting when I think about it how both of these films don't actually show you the subject matter and leave it to the viewer to fill the gaps in themselves. Goes to show that the most terrifying thing of all is ones imagination.
Speaking of Blair Witch, I was walking home from work one night and heard sounds like the sort of whipcracking ones in the film. I ran I generally don't get scared by films much these days, but I remember really freaking out over the documentary about The Blair Witch that Blockbuster released before the film itself. Even though I knew it wasn't real!
I hate hate hate the bit where Liv Tyler is in the kitchen and the white masked guy is just stood in the hallway watching her and then he just casually walks off. Creeps the hell out of me.
A woman near us in the audience actually shrieked rather loudly when the masked guy first hoved into view during that scene. Good film, The Strangers.
After Blair Witch, however, I remember thinking I've just spent £4 (IIRC) on someone's trumped up, hyped up, pseudo-home movie. And a not overly effective one at that.
Still, it obviously does it for others. Horses for courses etc.
The Ring & The Grudge, still freak me out, these are the most recent ones i've watched. I have seen Saw 1 & 2, but as a rule i cant watch scary films anymore, i have no idea why seen as when i was younger me and my friends would have sleep overs and watch Nightmare on Elm Street, IT, Halloween & Childs Play to name but a few. Either ive got wimpier as ive gotten older or all horror films have become more of a reality?!
Interestingly the other week someone had a tattoo on their chest and I was informed it was from a film called 'The Human Centipede' now I didn't watch it but I googled it & saw some pictures, I literally couldn’t sleep for a week, even now as I type its making me feel sick - does this count as a scary film albeit not watched (by me).
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I was at the 1st UK screening of that at the Edinburgh film festival and when the screening was over the cinema had turned all the lights in the foyer off, pumped it full of dry ice, and were playing those noises loudly over the sound system. It was quite effective.
I didn't realise that watching it the first time round there were loads of glimpses of Pipes. It's only when watching on DVD and pausing that you notice them. These glimpses I still find quite spooky as everyone else is just ignoring him.
I watched it on DVD last year and it's not as scary because you realise the acting is a bit poor in places (plus you know it's fake). It's scarier remembering how it was when it was first shown than now having it on DVD, weirdly.
Now, that's the kind of inventive tactic that will keep people going to the cinema. Creative and clever.
I hate hate hate the bit where Liv Tyler is in the kitchen and the white masked guy is just stood in the hallway watching her and then he just casually walks off. Creeps the hell out of me.
I've never watched it on my own. Maybe I should try...
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Maybe not :eek:
just the beginning where hes in the back yard is creepy the idea came in my head of someone creeping around my back yard is just so creepy I had to turn it off and put on the Simpsons or something lol:o
so it wast exactly the film itself but more the ideas it was putting in my head and the NOES series is just so not scary but the first 30mins of that film is IMO
And another. Absolutely terrifying.
The only other horror that I watched by myself and which put the wind up me was the old B&W film The Haunting.
It's interesting when I think about it how both of these films don't actually show you the subject matter and leave it to the viewer to fill the gaps in themselves. Goes to show that the most terrifying thing of all is ones imagination.
After Blair Witch, however, I remember thinking I've just spent £4 (IIRC) on someone's trumped up, hyped up, pseudo-home movie. And a not overly effective one at that.
Still, it obviously does it for others. Horses for courses etc.
Interestingly the other week someone had a tattoo on their chest and I was informed it was from a film called 'The Human Centipede' now I didn't watch it but I googled it & saw some pictures, I literally couldn’t sleep for a week, even now as I type its making me feel sick - does this count as a scary film albeit not watched (by me).