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Hey folks, thanks for coming in here and looking.

I want to talk abot and discuss the films that you have seen that have scared you to your core.

So many films are target audience driven these days, terribly over written are poorly acted that the days of being really scared may be over.

I appriciate that a lot of us have seen so much gore and horror that we are some what desensitised to the horror genre these days.

Want I want is for all the real film fans this folder has to think about the few films that have had a real effect on you, when you have been truely scared.

There will be a few obvious ones im sure, and I welcome all contributions but Im asking you, please, give it some real thought.

Im quite excited about the quality of discussion on this subject, One Im a huge fan of, that some of you guys can come up with.

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Rec. Twice. :wub:

Without meaning to sound tough (I'm a massive wuss), I don't scare easily when watching movies. Rec however made me almost literally jump over the back of the sofa. Brr.

Before that, the last film I can remember genuinely scaring me was The Blair Witch Project, which has an amazing atmosphere if you watch it alone. In the dark. With headphones at high volume.

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Rec was the last time. My heart was giving it some quantitative easing (pumping out the pounds) during the latter scenes.

I can't remember what the last one before that would have been, as it's been so long, but Blair Witch in a near-empty cinema just after release, having completely missed out on all the hype, had a similar but lessened effect. Made the walk home alone past the woods fun though :wub:

It takes that kind of atmosphere and build-up these days.

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Rec. Twice. :wub:

Without meaning to sound tough (I'm a massive wuss), I don't scare easily when watching movies. Rec however made me almost literally jump over the back of the sofa. Brr.

Before that, the last film I can remember genuinely scaring me was The Blair Witch Project, which has an amazing atmosphere if you watch it alone. In the dark. With headphones at high volume.

Man, Your spot on.

Rec was an amazing film.

Im just like you and am very hard to scare.

Blair Witch had the same effect on me. It was all atmosphere. Tell me what scared you, and importantly why.

Cheers for taking a look.

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Rec was the last time. I can't remember what the last one before that would have been, as it's been so long.

My heart was giving it some quantitative easing (pumping out the pounds) during the latter scenes.

It really did scare the life of me.

It had a bit of a holy trinity of a good horror film going on.

Subject matter was awesome, I loved the possesion/Religious twist.

Atmosphere- Really dark dank imposing suffocating atmosphere.

Epic Scare-At least one or two HUGE jumps like a slap to the face.

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I really feel the genre needs a huge kick in the ass and needs something injecting back into it, Fear.

Straight up 'I dont wanna move from this sofa because im terrified what might me upstairs' fear.

Its become to reliant on either remaking J-Horrors for a quick box office buck.

Or its just blood for bloods sake with no real scares or atmosphere, Stuff crudely known as Gorno. The likes of Saw/Hostel etc.

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Yeah, definately. It had a truely awful second half though.

What was it about the first half that scared you?

It's been ages since I saw the film but I think it was down to the 2 people being chased by something they didn't know along with a glimpse of the creature being seen to apparently dump a body.

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Hi all

I would have to say Cloverfield for me, just because it captured panic so well.

It just visualised what 9-11 must have felt like in New York.

Cloverfield was a stunning film Dave, Gret shout.

Your spot on with the panic.

Seing Cloverfield at the cinema was akin to being on a really good amusement park ride. It was so interactive and I really did feel like I was there.

Why cant a horror film capture the same sense of immersion or panic.

Would filming it from the first person perspective help maybe?

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Man, Your spot on.

Rec was an amazing film.

Im just like you and am very hard to scare.

Blair Witch had the same effect on me. It was all atmosphere. Tell me what scared you, and importantly why.

Cheers for taking a look.

Blair Witch was all about the atmosphere. I can't remember anything that made me jump or anything, but it sucked me in so much that my heart was beating like crazy come the panic at the end.

Rec had the atmosphere thing going on as well, but it also packed some absolutely huge jump scares, which were masterfully built up instead of being cheap monster closet tricks.

The infected child was horrible. The cameraman creeps approaches her cautiosly, unsure of whether she's truly infected. You know she is, but you think that maybe... just... it might be alright. The problem is that the director holds back the jump just past the point where you expect it, and then BANG!

. That was the one that really got me, although the

attic

bit was similarly well done.

It's interesting that the two movies that scared me the most were both filmed in a "recovered handheld footage" style. Unlike movies, videogames scare me very easily, with Dead Space being the most recent culprit. I think turning the cameraman into a character has a similar effect, almost making you feel like you're actually participating in the events, like in a game. Whatever the reason, it works for me.

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Blair Witch was all about the atmosphere. I can't remember anything that made me jump or anything, but it sucked me in so much that my heart was beating like crazy come the panic at the end.

Rec had the atmosphere thing going on as well, but it also packed some absolutely huge jump scares, which were masterfully built up instead of being cheap monster closet tricks.

The infected child was horrible. The cameraman creeps approaches her cautiosly, unsure of whether she's truly infected. You know she is, but you think that maybe... just... it might be alright. The problem is that the director holds back the jump just past the point where you expect it, and then BANG!

. That was the one that really got me, although the

attic

bit was similarly well done.

The attic, I knew it was coming, but I had no idea WHAT was coming. And I squealed, loudley.

What ever happend to the good old fasioned Ghost story, Haunting?

I think serial killer films have had their day maybe.

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Whilst I really enjoyed REC I didn't get the same reaction everyone else appears to have had but it might be because the type of scares it delivered don't really do a great deal to me. That or I was too busy staring at the woman's breasts.

As for the question at hand - I'm not sure The Orphanage would count as it isn't that scary but it did affect me for quite a few days because the ending delivered an emotional kick which is rare in horror (especially these days).

Session 9 freaked me out more than any film in recent memory. Supernatural horror makes me far more uneasy than any other type of horror and it just seemed to really strike a chord with me. So much so I had to go for a walk outside after watching it to clear my head. I've not watched it since so maybe I was just in the right (or wrong) frame of mind to watch it at the time rather than it being a great film.

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I find the supernatural really scary.

Older stuff like The Wicker Man and Witchfinder General really stayed with me when I first saw them as a boy.

Even American Werewolf In London delivered some awesome scares and atmosphere thicker than Heinz Big Soup.

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sorry to crash this but I have to pop this in.

I played a fucking amazing trick on my mates when we watched Blair Witch.

I knew all about the weird branches and stuff, so near the end whilst totally shit up, drunk and really freaked, my 2 friends were watching it on the floor leaning on the couch with me sitting behind them.

I pulled out the biggest tree branch ever, that I had sneaked in earlier and slid it over my mates shoulder.

the scream was amazing.

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Thats fucked up man. I always wanted to put on a screening of Blair Witch outdoors at our local forest. A bit like the screening of Jaws they did at Brighton beech. It was a floating screen out at sea, at night. All the audience were sat out at sea in rubber rings. Atmosphere yo!

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I am going to save the best ever wind up story for tomorrow.

That Jaws thing is absolutely amazing. I would have loved that.

and considering I can't swim extra scariness!

I would have come equipped with some turnips fashioned as human heads to bob in the water

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