[Kirk]

Originally Posted by pinkgothic

I absolutely love this movie... but why do you consider it scary?

To be honest, it's not really "scary." But it fits in the realm of horror and it's good. That constitutes it as a good movie for this list to me. Better than naming Stir of Echoes, at least. (Although I did scream like a little girl during one scene.)

Kirk

[pinkgothic]

Point taken regarding The Prophecy Thanks for explaining!

[Sage]

Originally Posted by pinkgothic

Point taken regarding The Prophecy Thanks for explaining!

Would that be the giant mutant bear born of logging industry poisons terrorizes Northwestern Native American community "The Prophecy" or the not-so-nice angels seek most evil soul ever in the Southwestern desert for use in the war in Heaven "The Prophecy"? I like both movies, but they're certainly quite different considering that they share the same title.

ScottMate

Here's Bravo's list of the scariest movies. I'm watching it right now.

100. 28 Days Later
99. Creepshow
98. Zombie
97. Cat People
96. The Birds
95. Jurassic Park
94. Child's Play
93. Pacific Heights
92. Village of the Damned
91. Shallow Grave
90. Night of the Hunter
89. Alice Sweet Alice
88. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
87. Black Christmas
86. Wizard of Oz
85. Blood & Black Lace
84. Blue Velvet
83. The Others
82. Terminator
81. The Howling
80. Poltergeist
79. Dracula
78. The Brood
77. Signs
76. Evil Dead
75. Candyman
74. Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
73. Blood Simple
72. Them!
71. The Sixth Sense
70. The Stepfather
69. Re-Animator
68. The Black Cat
67. Duel
66. The Tenant
65. Marathon Man
64. Near Dark
63. Deliverance
62. The Wolf Man
61. The Devil's Backbone
60. The Beyond
59. Fatal Attraction
58. Cujo
57. House of Wax
56. Single White Female
55. The Vanishing
54. The Changeling
53. Demons
52. The Phantom of the Opera
51. The Dead Zone
50. The Last House on the Left
49. Diabolique
48. The Thing
47. Nosferatu
46. The Sentinel
45. The Wicker Man
44. The Game
43. It's Alive!
42. An American Werewolf in London
41. The Hills Have Eyes
40. Black Sunday
39. Dawn of the Dead
38. Peeping Tom
37. House on Haunted Hill
36. Cape Fear
35. Aliens
34. The Hitcher
33. The Fly
32. Pet Sematary
31. Friday the 13th
30. Blair Witch Project
29. Serpent and the Rainbow
28. When a Stranger Calls
27. Frankenstein
26. Seven
25. Phantasm
24. Suspiria
23. Rosemary's Baby
22. Don't Look Now
21. Jacob's Ladder
20. The Ring
19. Hellraiser
18. The Haunting
17. A Nightmare on Elm Street
16. The Omen
15. Freaks
14. Halloween
13. Scream
12. Misery
11. Audition
10. Wait Until Dark
9. Night of the Living Dead
8. Carrie
7. Silence of the Lambs
6. Shining
5. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
4. Psycho
3. Exorcist
2. Alien
1. Jaws

Unfortunatly, they left out the scariest movie of all time. Where the hell is IT? Otherwise, pretty good list. I can live without a few of the movies on the list (Signs), and some are too high up (Hellraiser) and too low (Suspiria), but a nice one all the same.

[Sage]

Like "Salem's Lot", "It" isn't technically a movie. It was originally broadcast as a mini-series, then later released in movie form.

ScottMate

I don't care. It's got Tim Curry. What more do you want?

[Sage]

Originally Posted by SamNMax

I don't care. It's got Tim Curry. What more do you want?

It's not what I want, it's what Bravo wants, which is apparently only movies which received a genuine theatrical release.
Personally, I agree with you. Any film that exposes clowns for the vile, evil things they are counts as scary in my book.

ScottMate

It's not a clown. It's It. But ya'll knew that. I always hated clowns, but after watching It, I feared them.

[RLacey]

Originally Posted by SamNMax

3. Exorcist

Surprisingly unscary. Boring, yes, but not scary.

[seebaruk]

So The Ring made it, but not the original Japanese version? There's something wrong about that.

I'm always confused by the likes of Dawn of the Dead, Reanimator, etc. in these polls too. Great films, but scary?

[pinkgothic]

@Scott: Never heard of the first one. Might explain why someone lists the title here, though. I was referring to latter.

[Sage]

Originally Posted by pinkgothic

@Scott: Never heard of the first one. Might explain why someone lists the title here, though.

I'm watching it as I type this. I always think it's set in the Pacific Northwest (Washington or Oregon), but it's actually set in Maine which is on the opposite side of the US. It's worth renting because it has a message that the Green Party would absolutely love, and the science in it is fairly accurate. Technically, it's title is "Prophecy", not "The Prophecy".

I was referring to latter.

Ah. Viggo Mortensen ROCKS as Lucifer! "All those times at night when you were saying your prayers, and you were afraid I was under your bed...I was!"
Awesome, awesome, awesome! I hoped for a sequel, but none so far.

ScottMate

[Kolzig]

Originally Posted by Thrift Store Scott

Ah. Viggo Mortensen ROCKS as Lucifer! "All those times at night when you were saying your prayers, and you were afraid I was under your bed...I was!"
Awesome, awesome, awesome! I hoped for a sequel, but none so far.

Yeah he does rock, originally I watched Prophecy because of Viggo. I just had to see his performance as the Devil himself.

[Dasilva]

What? Jaws isen't scary. Its a bloody plastic shark. Unless they're talking about a different movie.

[pinkgothic]

Originally Posted by Thrift Store Scott

Technically, it's title is "Prophecy", not "The Prophecy".

Those weird movie making folk...

Originally Posted by Thrift Store Scott

Ah. Viggo Mortensen ROCKS as Lucifer! "All those times at night when you were saying your prayers, and you were afraid I was under your bed...I was!"

Now, where's that drooling smiley when you need it? Oh, right, here: He'll always be Lucifer to me, no matter how many LOTR movies they make

Originally Posted by Thrift Store Scott

Awesome, awesome, awesome! I hoped for a sequel, but none so far.

There are sequels, though - but I've never seen them, and I think they're without Lucifer (or at least, without Viggo as Lucifer) if I recall correctly. And if I recall correctly, there's two sequels. But I suppose it's best asking IMDB rather than me. Or, well, forget I said that, of COURSE I know for sure, I'm a wandering encyclopedia, and I didn't just check on IMDB myself, honest!

There's The Prophecy II, without Lucifer. And there is The Prophecy 3 which is... also without any hint of a Lucifer whatsoever.

Okay, boring.

[After a brisk nap]

The Shining.

End of discussion.

I watched The Shining last night. The only time I got creeped out is when Wendy is running through the hotel, and in one of the rooms she sees this guy in a bear suit about to give head to some guy in a tuxedo just staring at her. That was freaky.

Originally Posted by RLacey

Surprisingly unscary. Boring, yes, but not scary.

Such a man. I'd follow you to hell and back, I would.

[Lucien21]

Originally Posted by RLacey

Surprisingly unscary. Boring, yes, but not scary.

I couldn't agree more.

Dreadful film.

Rather watch "The Omen"

[Once A Villain]

Originally Posted by Spitfire

What? Jaws isen't scary. Its a bloody plastic shark. Unless they're talking about a different movie.

That's sorta like saying Alien can't be scary because it's a dude in a suit. I don't think Alien is scary because it's not really a believable scenario. Jaws is scary because something like that can and does happen to many people every day. Now, I'm not saying certain scary movies will have the same effect on everyone, but generally the secret to scaring people is to tap into something that could harm them in their everyday life. That's why Psycho and Jaws are frightening to me. Not necessarily as I'm watching, but after...and that's true horror. Sometimes in the shower I'll get this feeling that someone could come right up and kill me while I'm fairly helpless in there, and when I'm in the ocean I worry about what is lurking below me, staring hungrily at my legs. Those movies are part of the reason why...