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Wed 1 Mar, 2006 11:50 am
Vote here for your favourite horror film. Feel free to leave a comment on which film you voted for and why.
Welcome to A2K, olidude, and I hope you get enough response to so many posted polls -- they've all been on our pages before so don't expect too much.
I love SOTL, I could watch it constantly but I dont find it scary.
I was surprised The Texas Chainsaw Massacre wasnt on there.It should be as it scares the b'jesus out of me!!!
Or my other favorite, Mel Gibson's
"The Texas Chainsaw Christ Massacre"
I just can't pick one. I like Psycho, The Wicker Man, and Silence of the Lambs. I think that "Silence" is the most sophisticated of the three, although Psycho broke new ground when it was first released. The Wicker Man scared the sh!t out of me, and I don't scare easily!
Ive heard of the Wicker man but never seen it.Im very tempted.
"The Wicker Man" is one of the cerebral creepy films and is being remade with Nicholas Cage.
Who recently showed up at my gallery asking, "Do you have any originals?" The front of the gallery was all originals and I pointed that out at which time, he and his new Asian girlfriend did an about face and walked out. I know I used underarm deodorant that day and, not to be catty, but Cage looks terrible in person.
It still has to be what you don't see and can only imagine! On the other thread, it's what makes "Vertigo" such a great film.
Which is why Robert Wise's black-and-white "The Haunting" is one of the best. It's even been copied in Disneyland's Haunted House (the bulging doors) and unfortunately had to endure a very bad remake. "The Innocents" is another subtly disturbing film with a finale that knocks one for a loop.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055018/
What am I the only person to have seen 'the wicker man' its scarey because its not contrieved or far fetched.......
I love 'Saw'...never did I see the end coming, that was a brilliant film just in the way it kept me thinking constantly
Ah yes Saw was good. I have the Wicker Man on DVD but havent got round to watching it yet. I will do some time soon. And i think the original Haunting is great for the exact reasons you said, you don't actually see any gross scenes, its what you imagine in your head that is scary, and all the suspense. I have seen The Haunting Remake(1999) which was absolutely awful, full of CGI that wasnt scary at all.
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