Quote Originally Posted by daigoro
To me, The Shining is the creepiest movie ever made. Texas Chainsaw Massacre would be my number 2, followed by Alien. The Exorcist and Halloween also get honorable mention. I'll probably get a lot of flack for this, but I thought the Blair Witch Project was the scariest movie I have seens since....well, since The Shining.

One similarity between The Shining and Alien is the idea of being trapped in a limited space and being totally defenseless.

To me, more static movies are scarier. Movies that let you lock in on the dread and don't look away. Much better than stupid parlor tricks like "jump seaters" which became so predictable by the 80's that you could see 'em coming a mile away most of the time. (i.e. people walking backwards into a room, closing a mirrored medicine cabinet door, things lurching out after a false alarm, etc.)
While I don't agree about BWP, perhaps all the hype led me to a "let down" and I thought the "The Shining" was interesting neither makes my top 10. I agree with you about "Jump Seaters" I also hate that hack of eliciting chills but you know people, they'll take the easy way every time.


Da Worfster