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What is the scariest movie you ever saw?

Anytime you realize a Saturday Night Live hasbeen is making millions of dollars off a one-joke charactor you have to be scared.

Alias Irrelevante

The Exorcist. The most disturbing was the Deer Hunter. I could not sleep for days after either movie.

Janet, 42
E. Brunswick
, NJ  USA

Whatever happened to Baby Jane?

Kate, 19
Bellingham
, WA USA

I'm not a movie goer. I am very, very frightened by the amount of money to be made in films that glorify violence and carnage.

Jill, 59
Saylorsburg
, PA USA

I saw the "Shining" at Julie Butler's slumber party in 7th grade. To this day, I'm still spooked by long hallways! But I think "Silence of the Lambs"  is the scariest movie ever! I saw it years ago and still think about it...especially when I walk by my garage window - I always think I'm going to see a big glass jar with a head in it! Obviously, I don't do well with scary movies at all, and I don't allow myself to see them anymore. I'm just too miserable after I see one because the intensity of the movie doesn't wear off for me! I don't even like to see the previews of scary movies!

Susan, 31
Chicago
, IL   USA

The Stepford Wives scared me, but not in the way one would assume from the question.

Felicia, 34
Lowell
, MA   USA

The Day After (1983)
Starring: Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams
Director: Nicholas Meyer Synopsis: Made-for-TV drama profiles Kansas town coping with post-nuclear aftermath. Even skeptical drama fans will be engrossed by its surprisingly stark realism, though some plot resolutions may seem a bit optimistic.
Runtime: 122 minutes
MPAA Rating: NR
Genres: Action, Drama

Jami, 27
Lowell
, MA  USA

In a close contest I would say it is the Exorcist by a nose over the Hitcher. Honerable mentions include The Shining, Rampage, Damage, Manhunter, and The Stepfather.

Mick, 30
Chicago
, IL   USA

The Mummy

Melodi, 19
Hlliard
, OH   USA

DEFINTILY the exorcist, considering i was 6 when i saw it

Chris2, 15
Providence
, RI  USA

I 'd have to say the exorcist. I first saw part of it (about 3min. worth) when i was about 8. And I didn't get up enough courage to see it till I was 18. But It still freaks me out when I see it.

Stephanie, 24
TX   USA

titanic lol

Brooke, 16
Memphis
, TN   USA

Nightmare on Elm Street.

Dianne, 16
Oshawa, Ontario  CANADA

The original "Psycho" - the black and white one. That was scary, but  brilliant.

Shanna, 15
Cardiff  ENGLAND

The Prince of Darkness. I can't stand Satan movies (the old Catholic girl in me I guess) but that one scared the living bejezzus out of me. I slept with my parents for a week, and I think I was about 14.

Amy, 23
New Orleans
, LA  USA

No question, The Exorcist.

Laura, 35
Lowell
, MA   USA

I think how scary a movie is goes with your mindset.   Legend, Through the Looking-Glass, and Raiders of the Lost Ark all freaked me big-time when I was little, as did a Highway to Heaven episode featuring the devil.  Fight Club had me looking over my shoulder, and Sixth Sense was way scary the first time. I generally avoid scary movies like the plague.

Karen, 21
Marshelltown/Ames
, IA  USA

The scariest movie I ever saw(or ever will) has got to be "The Exorcist". I saw when I was younger and was terrified of that horrible voice Linda Blair had. I also hated when her head spun around. I will NEVER watch that movie again!

Heidi, 26
Fort Madison
, IA  USA

scream

Jade, 16
AUSTRALIA

One of the scariest movies I've seen was actually an oldie but goodie...the original House on Haunted Hill, black and white with Vincent Price...Just one of those sit on the edge of your seat and leave much to your imagination movies...you know, the good "old fashioned" kind. I think many people nowadays get confused with what is truly "scary" and just plain "gut-wrenching." I can do without the gore -- I used to see enough of that on the front page and centerfold of the old New York Post!

Fisch, 45
Preston
, CT    USA

hmmm.... I can't remember the name of it for the life of me, but at the very end of it a woman is very graphically raped and strangled to death by this man she picked up at a bar... it is a movie from the 70's. That movie messed  me up for weeks. I had insomnia the night I saw it so I flipped on the tv to soothe me to sleep and that horrible thing was on... eek

Maggie, 20
Sandwich
, IL   USA

spiceworld, with the spice girls. it didn't help i saw it at a theater with a huge screen and stadium seating. geez, i had nightmares about that one for weeks.

Karen2, 14
Boston
, MA USA

I don't go to scary movies.

Jane, 60
West Linn
, OR    USA

Please hear me out before you throw tomatoes: the Blair Witch Project.  That movie was able to grab onto a great nerve in me, mostly because it was more close-to-home for me than any other movie I've seen.   The wife and I have visited and hiked around in areas like the BWP'  setting, and we have gotten lost and turned around in the Blue Ridge moountains before. Nothing scary happened to us other than having to walk for miles in a summer downpour, but the familiarity of being alone and confused in the woods is there.

Jesse, 24
Bowie
, MD   USA

The original "The Haunting"

Anthony, 25
Baton Rouge
, LA   USA

About 20 years ago my husband was in the Army and on guard duty for the entire night. I was home alone and wanted to watch TV so I watched "The Amityville Horror". That movie scared me so badly and was by far the scariest movie I have ever seen.

Reba, 50
Rockville
, MD   USA

My answer is extremely relative. The movie was Sphere, but it was only scary  the first time and only because I was in a very weird mood.

Firelady, 22
Dallas
, TX   USA

I couldn't tell you...I love scary movies and not many succeed in scaring me.   There's a part here and there from different movies that succeeded in making me jump in my chair, but I don't think there's just one movie that's  SCARY.

Tracy, 24
Ocean City
, NJ  USA

i dont really watch scary movies. i find that most "scary" movies arent really scary... theyre just gory.

Steve, 29
Lake Worth
, FL  USA

The first Scream movie... I watched it at my stepdad's friend's house, and I had to run across the street after it was over... i swear, I didn't sleep for days...

Jeremy, 13
Highlands Ranch
, CO   USA

I just saw this new Darren Aronofsky film called Requium For a Dream. . The deep, painful pathos of it made me sweat a cold sweat, raised the hairs on the back of my neck and made me nauseous. . .I was scared shitless, forgot I was even watching a movie. . .

mothmc, 36
Los Angeles
, CA  USA

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