NWR: What is your scariest movie of all time?

[JimHow]

My most frightening movie of all time:

The Astounding She-Monster (circa 1958).

[stefan]

Kill Bill 2. Not so much the movie itself, but because it is one of Lucie's favorites.

stefan

[Comte Flaneur]

Omen 1

I saw a very scary film the other day called 'The Fourth Kind'. Ever since I have been having nightmares about being abducted by aliens and have been waking up at 3.30 am in a cold sweat

[JimHow]

The first Halloween scared the daylights out of me.

[RDD]

The Exorcist still gives me chills......... It was soo out there when it came out.

[JimHow]

I'm amazed at the lack of truly scary movies out there. You would think there would be more.

Exorcist, Halloween, Omen, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a few others. There should be more....

The Astonishing she-monster scared the crap out of me as a kid, I slep under the covers for years after seeing that a couple times on the Friday after-school sci-fi theater on TV....

[RDD]

Here are some more:
The Thing : Great Sound track
The Blob
The Crawling Eye

We need another cold war................

[Houndsong]

War of the Worlds hooked me when I first saw it as a kid and I still dig the Martian Machine sounds and effects. I'm also fascinated by H-bomb footage. I love that Nevada Test Site footage of the bombs going off and the soldiers coming out of the trenches and marching towards it. I mean, really. Good thing I never made it to the top.

I'd second the Thing. Good pacing and great James Arness acting.

[JimHow]

The Thing was scary.
That movie where the doctor keeps his wife's head alive was pretty scary.

[jal]

Alien

[JimHow]

Scary.

[DavidG]

Another vote for Alien.

[stefan]

Poltergeist had some scenes that made me jump.

stefan

[AlexR]

Farenheit 9/11.

Alex R.

[JimHow]

I was just watching the Bella Lugosi 1931 version of Dracula, is there a greater line in film:
"There are far worse things awaiting man than death."

Since 1931, with all that was to come since then, is this not one of the great premonitions....

[Claudius]

The Exorcist 1 though the Exorcist 2 is better (but not as scary).
Omen 1 also pretty good.

[Claudius]

Come to think of it, I liked Altered States better.

[JimHow]

I know it is a movie that people either loved or hated, but the Blair Witch Project was pretty damned scary to me.

[Chasse-Spleen]

There is an amazingly scary movie that Steven Spielberg made when he was just a lad, before Jaws. It's called, "Something Evil" and was shown on TV. It's really really scary - I highly recommend it. It's about devil possession at some country home, low budget, but brilliant stuff. Pure atmosphere and inventive camera work.
Otherwise there's always Persona by Ingmar Bergman - sleep well.
-Chasse

[winodiver]

Here are some more:
The Thing : Great Sound track
The Blob
The Crawling Eye

We need another cold war................

Agree with all of these, especially the Crawling Eye. I thought I was the only one living with the scary memory of that one. I haven't seen or even heard anyone talk about Crawling Eye since I was a kid. Don't suppose you've seen it recently?