So what's your favorite scary movie? (Humor - but enter at your own risk)

Gee, hard to beat that one Ken.

The Exorcist has always been one of my favs. Still creepy after all these years.

 

Dave, I think Ken is asking for a movie that is meant to be something else (say, a comedy) but you find scary because of casting, plot, whatever. But Ken can speak of his intentions without my help!

 

Ken,

That's a tough one to beat. But I'm going to say "Dude, where's my car?" and "Tomcats" are equally bad.

 

Don't forget such classics as "Cool as Ice", "Glitter", and "Crossroads". All playing right now at the multiplex in hell.

 

This might top Ken's entry...

 

Dave:
If you ever come to DC I'll show you the famous Exorcist staircase in Georgetown. It's pretty cool
BTW: Mine is Alien
Cheers!
Norm

 

"Carnival Of Souls"...my favorite.

 

Scary that it ever got made? Gee, that applies to a lot of contemporary films. Creepy Scary? Carnival of Souls is a good one. I think Roman hit it with Repulsion, and The Tenant is right up there. Rosemary's Baby wasn't bad either.

 

X A N A D U

The music isn't so bad--not so great, either--but it's just the overall visual weirdness of it all. And Gene Kelly, what the hell was he thinking....
Other than a fat paycheck, that is...

ED

 

P.U.

mud-

 

Mud,

I've never even heard of "Wild in the streets". But I'm dying to know why it sucks!

 

The soundtrack or the film? "Shape Of Things To Come" isn't bad at all.

ED

 

God, it was TERRIBLE! From 1968, I believe. The theme was that youth ruled the world. On the lp cover the banner on the podium tells it all. "Trust No One Over 30!" was one of the themes.

Here's a tiny blurb from the webpage where I found the lp cover:

Rock star Max Frost is elected President by giving 15-year-olds the vote, then puts all the oldsters in LSD camps to be reprogrammed for grooviness. This was actually well-reviewed by some at the time of its release, but time has not been kind. Silly summer-of-love teenage wish-fulfillment trash. With Shelley Winters, Hal Holbrook and Richard Pryor as "Stanley X" (!).

P.U.

mud-

 

Scary that it ever got made? Eraserhead (what the hell were they thinking)followed closely by McHale's Navy.

 

I LOVE "Wild in the Streets"! A cult classic! Great music too, soundtrack has never been released on CD.

Fav really scary movie: "The Haunting" (1963 version)

Scary for all the wrong reasons: "Battlefield Earth."

 

Sounds awful. Now I won't even accidentally see it!

Thanks Mud.

 

Two similar themes...and cool movies...and Scary in a funny way...boo!



Dead Alive and...
ED And His Dead Mother...

 

Staying Alive...
A fitting Horror Title...

 

Mistake Sorry! Deleted...

 

*shiver*

 

glitter!

 

Any movie that includes a scene in which the lead character has to access a computer file now, in order to secure the evidence/infect the alien network/disable the bomb, usually involving guessing someone's password.

The low-angle shot of the CRT-illuminated actor's face, the rattle of the keyboard, the Windows blips and buzzes that signify success and failure, the convenient timer at the bottom of the screen: It has got to be the most cliched scene in contemporary cinema.