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In Reply to: top 10 Horror films? posted by Mike on January 30, 2000 at 14:15:03:

"One person's scream is another's yawn".
Here is a list of films that scared me at various times in my life:
"The War Of The Worlds" - viewed at age 5, hid mostly under the movie seat!
"The Thing From Another World" - age 7
"Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" - age 8
"The Tingler" - age 11
"Draculas, Frankenstein Monsters, Werewolves&Mummies" - at a young age
"Psycho" - age 12
"The Birds" - age 15
"The Haunting" - age 17
"Jaws" - age 27
"Halloween" - age 30
"Alien" - age 31
"The Shining" - age 32
"Silence Of The Lambs" - age 43.

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The Haunting??? Collin 07:16:27 02/02/00 (6)
How's the original version? Is it very different from the newer one? I guess I should just find this movie and rent it. I thought the new one kinda blew though.
Jaws scared you at age 27? What's wrong with you!!! ;-)
- I agree the original "The Haunting" gjm 15:34:04 02/03/00 (0)
  Totally chilling black and white with no special effects.
- Re: The Haunting??? AudioHead 08:42:20 02/02/00 (4)
  No contest between the original and the remake of "The Haunting"; see mine
  and other reviews/comments on these films at www.imdb.com. Both available
  at Blockbuster Video.
  As for Jaws, yes I was 27, but when one has fought off a great white
  attack with a surfboard and sheer will-to-live fortitude at age 16, then
  the old fears have a way of surfacing when vicariously re-experienced.
  - AH
  - "Jaws" made people jump out of their seat... TAFKA Steve 14:57:43 02/02/00 (3)
    ...when the corpse with the mangled eye showed through the hole in the bottom of the boat.
    The last time I was scared by a film was when I saw "Pet Sematary" in a theater. Pretty creepy, even for Stephen King.
    - Two Types???? Collin 11:19:20 02/03/00 (1)
      I think there's a couple different ways I would label "horror" movies.
      1. The slasher/monster type, which doesn't really scare me. Some get to be real funny when you think about it. i.e. Friday The 13th, Nightmare On Elm St.
      2. The evil spirit/ghost type. i.e. The Exorcist, The Changling, Pet Semetary. This type, when done right can really scare me silly.
      - "Alien" scared me in places, "The Exorcist" did not. (nt) AudioHead 13:38:24 02/03/00 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Two Types???? posted by Collin on February 03, 2000 at 11:19:20:
        
        nt
    - Re: "Jaws" made people jump out of their seat... MikeP 08:04:14 02/03/00 (0)
      Regardless of what people think about Spielberg, Jaws was exceptionally well done. Simple, almost stark, yet very intense with good acting. If you haven't read the book, its excellent too.

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