Which horror film has made you cream in your pants?

Personnaly, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original) did it for me.
Dark Water was scary too
how about U guys?

Candyman and Alien, definitely when I was young...
-the devil's backbone
-Event Horizon (despite the cheese factor)
-Scanners
-eraserhead or Mulholland Drive (for pure "weird")
-Night of the Living Dead (original)
-and, to top it off, the most f*ed up movie I ever saw in the world, this japanese movie called "Audition". Rent it if you can find it, but I'm warning you. makes "The ring" look like "Snow dogs"

Stephen Kings "IT"

Am I the only one or was Ring (the original) not scary at all? I mean, the film and the idea was great but the "scary" factor is really low!! Even the remake was a bit scarier!

also, Zombie films just don't scare me, no matter how good they are! zombies are slow and dumb, how the hell can you be scared of a zombie film?!

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Originally posted by Edward Nygma:
Am I the only one or was Ring (the original) not scary at all? I mean, the film and the idea was great but the "scary" factor is really low!! Even the remake was a bit scarier!

also, Zombie films just don't scare me, no matter how good they are! zombies are slow and dumb, how the hell can you be scared of a zombie film?!

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I thought "Ring" was creepy and the setup was really terrific, but the ending just didnt do it for me. It was just hugely anticlimactic.

Zombie films (At least "night of the living dead") are only scary because there are so many...and they want your BRAAAAAAAAAINSSS..... even slow, they are difficult to kill, strong, and violent.

Ring(u) wasn't that scary.

I think zombies are scary ... they are already dead, so they're kind of hard to kill, also as has been pointed out, they are f-ing everywhere so wherever you are, you have to be worried they will come around the corner and bite into your head.

Assuming they were real, of course.

Yes b ut they are very sloooooooow!!!

So even if there are alot of them, you can just run your ass off and get a machine gun or something!! They'll never catch you in a million years!

Plus, those idiots moan all the time so you'd know if a zombie was behind you or running...sorry...walking after you!

Give me Vampires anytime!

Well, since I just watched "Triumph of the Will" again, I have no problem saying that it is the scariest film I've ever seen. Go check out "Favorite Documentaries" and check my last post, especially today's EDIT. [Note- I really tried to link all my posts here, but it fought me tooth and nail, so it's up to you, at least at this point.]
Hand in hand with that thought, most unfortunately, maybe "Night and Fog" qualifies as a sequel to "Triumph of the Will", and therefore the second scariest film ever. I've mentioned that at Documentaries, Foreign & Director sections.

If this means anything to anyone, be sure to post it.

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Yes b ut they are very sloooooooow!!!

So even if there are alot of them, you can just run your ass off and get a machine gun or something!! They'll never catch you in a million years!

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Yeah, but they are EVERYWHERE ... so you run away from one and right into another one! And a machine gun wouldn't stop it unless you shot it enough times to shoot it's legs completely off, meanwhile, ten more have tackled you and are biting your face!

And I can't believe I am having this conversation ...

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Originally posted by Hattoori_Hanzo:
Candyman and Alien, definitely when I was young...
-the devil's backbone
-Event Horizon (despite the cheese factor)
-Scanners
-eraserhead or Mulholland Drive (for pure "weird")
-Night of the Living Dead (original)
-and, to top it off, the most f*ed up movie I ever saw in the world, this japanese movie called "Audition". Rent it if you can find it, but I'm warning you. makes "The ring" look like "Snow dogs"

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You are SOOOO RIGHT about Audition!!! The writer/director was(is) Takashi Miike, and he has done some of the weirdest movies EVER!! "Violent" doesn't even begin to describe "Ichi the Killer;" and you won't believe what you're watching if you see "The Happiness of the Katakuris." There is NOTHING like it!

Carol

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The Happiness of the Katakuris is if Tim Burton was Japanese. Imagine Pee-wee Herman meets Texas Chain Saw.

Audition required a strong stomach: piano wire slicing thru flesh and bone in real-time closeup.

George Romero in Dawn of the Dead uses zombies in exactly the way KT describes 'em, slow, lumbering, but there's a lot of 'em. And there's more where they come from. And cuz their nervous system is fairly primitive after death, they instinctively hang out where they hung out before they died - the mall.

I wouldn't call Dawn horror 'cept in some abstract fashion, what it is is a vicious satire on consumerist culture.

Here's one that's neglected:

Burn, Witch, Burn, scripted by Charles Beaumont and Richard Matheson from Fritz Lieber's Conjure Wife. Where she comes out of the water will live in your nightmares.

Yeah, but they are EVERYWHERE ... so you run away from one and right into another one! And a machine gun wouldn't stop it unless you shot it enough times to shoot it's legs completely off, meanwhile, ten more have tackled you and are biting your face!

And I can't believe I am having this conversation ... [/QUOTE]

Alright KT, I believe this conversation should come to an end now, even though it was quite fun.

But honestly, if you had to choose between going into a closed room with a Vampire or with a Zombie, which room would you choose?

I have seen Night of the Living Dead (the original) in the dark, at night, and I wasn't scared one second!!! Even though I thought the film was great!

Edward,

This is a no-brainer. If you're a woman, a vampire bits you on the neck after he mesmerizes you into docile submission, creating what is obvious to most people, an erotic context (think Winona Ryder or Lesley Ann Down).

A zombie, is like being pawed by a mummy, and since a zombie hasn't been mummified by a few thousand years of being in a hot dry climate, there is probably a bad odor involved.

If you're a guy, there are female vampires, but being bitten on the neck is obviously not much of a turn-on. Although you could do something with smudged lipstick as an erotic signifier.

In Underworld, Kate looks pretty cool, but she's runnin' round all over the place...

I would definitely pick the vampire ... it's much less messy than have your head chomped into, and probably less painful as well.

Fine, fine, bad example!!!

You're all assuming that you'd die if you were in a room with a Vampire or a Zombie, I guess I screwed up my question!

Imagine you were in a room, either with a vampire or a Zombie and you had a...I dunno...sword!!! Which room would you choose now?? Huh????

KT and wong828,

You sure seem to have lots of experience with vampires and zombies. Is there something else you guys would like to share about that?

Also, since when is being bitten in the neck not a turn on, at least if it's being done correctly?

Mr E, do I have to use the sword myself or can I smuggle a ninja into the room?

Decisions...decisions.

Well, then it depends on what weapon you give me doesn't it? Assuming I want to kill the creature I am stuck in a room with, a sword would only do any good with a zombie, unless popular vampire lore is incorrect. However, if you gave me a wooden stake, the answer would change.

And no, I have no personal knowledge of either vampires or zombies, although I have done a bit of film, television and book-based research in my life.

Edward,

Again a no-brainer. In the best possible scenario, I would sit opposite the zombie over a low outcropping with maybe a good chess set. My katana (I think a broadsword is kinda clunky and a rapier, effete.) leans upright so the guy doesn't get any ideas. And since the zombie has just freshly crossed-over, and most important, returned, we could chat about what lies beyond the lighted tunnel. Obviously, conversation may not be the most fluid because of rigor mortis. Hopefully checkmate in 5.

With a vampire, hopefully female and comely (again think Lesley Ann Downs, or this time around, the young Anna Karina), the katana would be sheathed on top of the neatly folded kimono next to the tatami. The shepard moon opalescent beyond the paper screens. The sound of cicadas just beneath the threshold of hearing. You just hope she'll be gentle as the night passes.

mark,

Usually the night is long, and the world remains a mysterious place, full of wonder and delight.

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Wong, could I just ask you one question?

What...the...hell are you talking about?

I ask the stupidest question ever and you write a scenario for Kill Bill 3 ???

I didn't get your answer so can you clarify something for me? :

Did you just say you'd play chess and chat with a Zombie? If that's what you said then, quoting Dr Evil, I say to you:
"Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight....throw me a freakin' bone here!"

On the + side though, your little descriptions were very well written Mr Dictionnary!!!