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Post by wmcclain on Oct 22, 2020 11:02:01 GMT
Opening night at Alien (1979). It was a motivated crowd, helped a lot. You saw it in cinemas in 1979? What was the reaction at the time? Was there a lot of hype? It's my favourite 70s movie and still creeps me out. Yes, it was a major release and got rave reviews. It played at the prestige Cinerama theater in my town. The plot was kept secret and there was vast printed speculation about it, none of which turned out to be true. Even at the time I could tell it was based on third-hand knowledge of the actual production. But it did keep us in anticipation and a large motivated SF crowd showed up for opening night. Best premier ever.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Oct 22, 2020 11:31:14 GMT
Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986) I re-watched last year, and they still manage to creep up on me and deliver the chilling goods as always, and there is just something about the monsters/creatures, the way they move, sound and look, along with the incredible design, claustrophobic tension, music and atmosphere, that just puts them way up there as one of very few sci-fi/horror movies that still kind of makes me feel a bit uncomfortable watching them, especially all alone at night, in the dark, when I think is the best time to see this kind of films.
The Thing (1982) is of course another classic and very scary looking/sounding sci-fi/horror classic, and also one of very, very few that even during daytime, still manages to have that extremely unpleasant and chilling vibe going, from the very beginning till the end.
The Terminator (1984) and I guess there is just something about these late 70s and 80s sci-fi titles which have stood out way more in the way I have reacted, specially the design, sets, lighting, music, sounds, effects and all, of course having great talents, both in front and behind the camera helps out, but damn, the creations/monsters back then was really someting, and while I guess this one is not all a horror movie, very few films have scared me as much as The Termintor did, and still today the nightmarish feel and villain tends to burst into my dreams, or nightmares and I cannot think of that many other movies which have managed to do so.
The Return of the Living Dead (1985) is another classic that used to traumatize me as a kid, and which of course, having re-watched it later on as an adult, still manages to make my heart beat a whole lot faster, whenever I know that good ol Tar-man is about ready to chew into his victims, or appear on the scene, and certainly one of the most creepy looking/sounding zombies from any horror film, and even though the film also comes with a great and heavy party-factor to it, I still cannot shake off the unsettling doomsday vibe that lies behind it all.
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Post by Sarge on Oct 22, 2020 19:06:03 GMT
Halloween, but I was ten years old. Around the same time I watched See No Evil with Mia Farrow and couldn't finish it. I used to sneak out to the living room and watch horror movies on Friday and Saturday nights but that one scared me, and then someone tried the front door and I ran to bed. Could have been my imagination or it could have really happened. Not long after we had a home invasion. It was just mom and me at home when someone broke the back door and entered the house. Middle of the night my mother screamed, "Someone's in the house!" so I grabbed an unloaded shotgun and chased them away. After that the shotgun stayed loaded and next to my bed. Helluva responsibility for a 10 year old. To this day it's the only movie that I didn't finish out of fear.
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Oct 22, 2020 19:06:35 GMT
You saw it in cinemas in 1979? What was the reaction at the time? Was there a lot of hype? It's my favourite 70s movie and still creeps me out. Yes, it was a major release and got rave reviews. It played at the prestige Cinerama theater in my town. The plot was kept secret and there was vast printed speculation about it, none of which turned out to be true. Even at the time I could tell it was based on third-hand knowledge of the actual production. But it did keep us in anticipation and a large motivated SF crowd showed up for opening night. Best premier ever. My husband had four wisdom teeth pulled two days prior to us going to see Alien. Three were compacted, and he had stitches. It was so intense, he actually pulled the stitches and had to go back to the oral surgeon!
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Post by sostie on Oct 23, 2020 14:31:32 GMT
The Haunting (1963)
Aliens, Jaws and Blair Witch were all tense, edge of the seat experiences first time I saw them on the big screen
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Post by Ass_E9 on Oct 23, 2020 15:29:09 GMT
Educational film we watched in elementary school about the dangers of poisonous plants. Kids were eating berries near a lake, then there was a quick cut to their bodies floating face down dead in the water.
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Post by forca84 on Oct 24, 2020 16:06:16 GMT
Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986) I re-watched last year, and they still manage to creep up on me and deliver the chilling goods as always, and there is just something about the monsters/creatures, the way they move, sound and look, along with the incredible design, claustrophobic tension, music and atmosphere, that just puts them way up there as one of very few sci-fi/horror movies that still kind of makes me feel a bit uncomfortable watching them, especially all alone at night, in the dark, when I think is the best time to see this kind of films. The Thing (1982) is of course another classic and very scary looking/sounding sci-fi/horror classic, and also one of very, very few that even during daytime, still manages to have that extremely unpleasant and chilling vibe going, from the very beginning till the end. The Terminator (1984) and I guess there is just something about these late 70s and 80s sci-fi titles which have stood out way more in the way I have reacted, specially the design, sets, lighting, music, sounds, effects and all, of course having great talents, both in front and behind the camera helps out, but damn, the creations/monsters back then was really someting, and while I guess this one is not all a horror movie, very few films have scared me as much as The Termintor did, and still today the nightmarish feel and villain tends to burst into my dreams, or nightmares and I cannot think of that many other movies which have managed to do so. The Return of the Living Dead (1985) is another classic that used to traumatize me as a kid, and which of course, having re-watched it later on as an adult, still manages to make my heart beat a whole lot faster, whenever I know that good ol Tar-man is about ready to chew into his victims, or appear on the scene, and certainly one of the most creepy looking/sounding zombies from any horror film, and even though the film also comes with a great and heavy party-factor to it, I still cannot shake off the unsettling doomsday vibe that lies behind it all. "The Thing" remake is super scary. The effects are creepy as hell. great atmosphere. And I still hate watching the Dog kennel scene. Because I'm an animal lover.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Oct 24, 2020 19:38:06 GMT
I remember being super weirded out after the first Paranormal Activity movie, but then it was copied, sequeled and spoofed into submission. That's the newest movie to get under my skin.
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Post by Raimo47 on Oct 24, 2020 19:48:44 GMT
Dracula (1958). I was 6.
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Oct 25, 2020 0:32:42 GMT
I remember being super weirded out after the first Paranormal Activity movie, but then it was copied, sequeled and spoofed into submission. That's the newest movie to get under my skin. I stupidly decided to watch it one night while my husband was away, streaming it on the bedroom TV. BIG mistake! I turned it off, and had a problem sleeping that night.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Oct 25, 2020 13:11:29 GMT
I remember being super weirded out after the first Paranormal Activity movie, but then it was copied, sequeled and spoofed into submission. That's the newest movie to get under my skin. I stupidly decided to watch it one night while my husband was away, streaming it on the bedroom TV. BIG mistake! I turned it off, and had a problem sleeping that night. You watched it alone?
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Oct 25, 2020 16:03:54 GMT
I stupidly decided to watch it one night while my husband was away, streaming it on the bedroom TV. BIG mistake! I turned it off, and had a problem sleeping that night. You watched it alone? Yeah. Stupid, right? I didn't make it through. What the hell was I thinking?!?!
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Post by Sarge on Oct 25, 2020 18:44:41 GMT
I've never seen Paranormal Activity, but I'm not into ghosts and jump scares. Is it worth watching otherwise?
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Oct 25, 2020 19:07:52 GMT
I've never seen Paranormal Activity, but I'm not into ghosts and jump scares. Is it worth watching otherwise? It doesn't have jump scares per se. It's just creepy and scary. I don't frighten easily, and this film creeps me out.
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Post by Prime etc. on Oct 25, 2020 19:13:29 GMT
I saw the Mutations, the Exorcist and Black Christmas when I was around 4. I do not remember the first at all, I am sure I would remember Popeye if I had been awake. All I recalled about BC was the attic with the bodies under plastic which I assumed was an Exorcist scene. The Exorcist really traumatized me badly-I would get creeped out if I saw a photo of it in magazines and hurriedly pass it by. Jaws also spooked the hell out of me.
I'd say those two had the biggest psychological effect. As for the scariest...I don't know. The ending of Burnt Offerings also freaked me out. TV horror seemed to impact more like Trilogy of Terror, the "Bobby" segment of Dead of Night, The Dark Secret of Harvest Home. Dark Night of the Scarecrow.
I don't think I could appraise something as "scariest." Too subjective, too many candidates. I could say the guy changing into a Punch doll in DOLLS 1987 is mega creepy but is it enough to say "scariest?" No.
The pier scene in Jaws "Take my word for it! Don't look back! Swim Charlie, swim!" or Ben Gardner's cameo in the boat hull...
ALIEN was creepy-I saw it in 79--but I think the design of the alien is what scared me the most more than scenes in the movie. The design is really freaky looking.
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 26, 2020 18:45:59 GMT
For me it was the original Night of the Living Dead, the movie as a whole didn't scare me but the beginning of the film really "creeped me out" when they were in the cemetery and that tall guy called out "They're coming to get you Barbra" , I find cemeteries creepy anyway but after seeing this film when I was 19, I didn't want to enter a cemetery. The movie as a whole didn't scare you, but it was the scariest movie you've ever seen? I don't understand that.
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 26, 2020 18:47:49 GMT
"The Changeling" is a good, very creepy and unnerving ghost story. It doesn't seem like a whole lot of people have seen it. It feels a touch underrated.
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 26, 2020 18:49:11 GMT
The Haunting (1963) Aliens, Jaws and Blair Witch were all tense, edge of the seat experiences first time I saw them on the big screen "The Haunting"!!! Excellent choice! I love Shirley Jackson. Have you read the book?
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 26, 2020 18:54:31 GMT
The gold medal goes to "The Innocents"
2nd place: "The Omen"
HM: "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"
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Post by sjg on Oct 26, 2020 19:45:47 GMT
As a kid Jaws and Alien completely destroyed me for weeks.
As an adult i don't think a film could scare me and I can't remember the last time a film made me jump. Occasionally the atmosphere of a film will give me the creeps or a chill but that's about it. The Conjuring 2 has a great creepy atmosphere in places and on first viewings Paranormal Activity and the Blair Witch Project were pretty effective.
Films depicting real life nastiness effect me more like the holocaust. Recently Shoah from 1985 disturbed me a fair bit and a scene in The Grey Zone 2001 was pretty shocking.
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