out of these well known horrors what do u guys think is the scariest and the movie with the best plot from below.

Question:
whats better from these

Choices:
halloween 1
nightmare on elem street seires
jason
exorcist

 

Well, Friday The 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street are essentially ripoffs of Halloween, and inferior.

I'd go with The Exorcist, mainly because I find demonic possession much scarier than an escaped mental patient in a William Shatner mask who kills teenagers.

OK, so the question is scariest and best plot huh? OK well the answer is the same for both questions and that is easily, The Exorcist. It definitely has a much better plot than the others and this evident in the fact that what it deals with it is much scarier than the rest. Demon possession that deals with death, mortality and losing your soul is very intense. I also felt it should have won the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actress (Ellen Burstyn), Best Supporting Actress (Linda Blair) and Best Director (William Friedkin) when it was nominated, though it rightfully did win Best Adapted Screenplay.

I have seen the other films that were nominated and I just feel that they made the best film that year. And they truly went through great trials to make that movie, just ask Linda Blair if she can stand being cold to this day.

But it truly is a great film and it was almost a Stanley Kubrick film though, imagine that?

Exorcist, no competition.

Exorcist was almost a Kubrick film?

I think I just wet my pants.

And now I'm disappointed that it never happened.

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Exorcist was almost a Kubrick film?

I think I just wet my pants.

And now I'm disappointed that it never happened.

Yeah, supposedly he wanted to direct it but only if he could also produce it. I think that the studio was worried that he would over budget and over schedule so they got some other guys before they finally settled on Friedkin.

As much as I love Kubrick, I think that the film is pretty powerful as is. Friedkin did have some unorthodox methods and was a bit eccentric but it seemed to pay off well. That’s why it’s easily the best film of the ones listed, it’s a lot more than just a “scary movie.”

thanks but please tell me if ive missed any good ones

The Shining? Oh, not on your list. Anyway, that's scarier than any of the other ones you listed - and had the best star.

ok thanks any others ive missied and post comments about the movies on/off the list

Well, The Innocents and Rosemary's Baby aren't on there either, but they're scarier than The Shining, but The Shining's pretty good.

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Has to be the Excorcist. ( yeah wrong spelling I know) Pretty scary movie.

Martian Leader

I'd go with Exorcist, a touch of reality...

There is no contest here. The Exorcist wins hands down.

Halloween whilst having some iconic imagery and a great soundtrack, is arguably overrated. Ditto for Nightmare on Elm Street (minus the soundtrack), although it has to be said that the girl being thrown around the room at the beginning is still quite effective. John Carpenter has made superior films (The Thing?, The Fog?). Weirdly, I have never quite understood the appeal of Wes Craven (although I'm largely alone in thinking New Nightmare & People Under the Stairs had some very clever moments). I didn't think Scream was half as clever as the critics thought it was.

As for Friday the 13th - it paved the way for a host of moralistic slasher films. Oddly, it is challenging & conformist at the same time (any character deemed morally unsound is dispatched fairly quickly). Unfortunately, the moralistic subtext takes the edge off proceedings a little and I fear it was designed to appeal to the 'moral majority' and boost mainstream appeal (successfully it would seem). The trend eventually led to nonsense like the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series.

Compared to The Exorcist the other three films don't appear to come out of the contest too well. It's just too well made and deserves to be up there with the likes of Texas Chainsaw Massacre as one of the only genuinely scary films in existence.

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thanks everybody and keep this post alive and plz post here and every1 i have a topic in fictional books and i need some ideas for wit people like so plz post any ideas there

I have a great idea but it's not really a horror plot. I've been thinking about this for a while now so I guess it's sticking to my mind. It is simple; it's about a ghost who can appear anywhere and speak to anyone. Yes, I hear you say, 'so what' but bare with me. This ghost appears to find corruption in government and any sick act performed by police and court officials; it can even appear on you TV and tell you who is telling lies; who is abusing children, who is controling people, and, ofcourse, the religious lies ... it could go on forever and it would definately be banned in every country. Yes, it could also expose the horrific acts of those we are brainwashed to respect. It can't be destroyed or blocked and it could tell the entire world why we are dumbed down to swallow crap. The worst form of perversion is control. I hope someone with lots of picks up on this idea.