What has really stuck in your memories as a really scary film/book/series? Lots of monster fils with CG effects these days but in times past there have been some VERY scary publishings, wondering what scared you as a kid? Or older? For the book, Pet Sematary....Stephen King is a great wordsmith Film...first Alien film TV movie..again Stephen King, vampire film, Salem's Lot Shuddering at the memories...especially Pet Sematery
Books Red Dragon and Silence of the lambs . Films never came near books . Also The Amyitiville horror great book . I always found books were far more scary than films although Manhunter(red Dragon) and silence of the lambs weren’t bad . Having said that your reading from someone who used to hide at the back of the setee in case John Steed (Patrick McNee)didn’t get to Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) in time lol Ps The Manhunter film based on the book Red Dragon of the same series as the silence of the lambs wasn’t part of the same Red Dragon from that series of films .
Most disturbing and horrific film ever has to be Threads. I was 14 when I first saw it. Had recurring nightmares for months afterwards.
Totally agree, scared me shitless when I saw it. Was made to watch it at Priory school. Beyond that Sinister left a Mark on me. Kids murdering their parents. Horrific!
Yes, good call. Written by Barry Hines, (Kes author). Scared the schisse out of all of us at the time during the cold war.
The Shining for me... the atmosphere Kubrick captures is fantastic. Not a big horror film fan but love The Shining.
Witchfinder General, saw that when I was 8 one of my uncle's put it on. Not a nice film. Jaws was the 1st film that scared me. Must have watched it over a thousand times, got to be top 3 of all time. Also liked Spielbergs 1st attempt at a scary thriller Duel.
I went to see The Exorcist when I was fourteen. At that age it was like a right of passage to get into the cinema and watch an X rated film. I was frightened so much I slept with the light on for the next fortnight! However, I claimed at the time that the film didn't scare me one bit.
I always find the crash bang and sudden appearance of music is the scariest part of most films , they make you jump just as someone appears or disappears etc . Good old fashioned psychologicall films like whatever happened to Baby Jane and play misty for me , disturbing films also Psycho and Hitchcock films etc
Stephen King's IT terrifies me to this day so much so I'm still scared to wash my hands in the middle of the night.
Agreed Went to watch it In Sheffield and whilst queuing outside preachers were handing out leaflets with what would now be called helplines . That is the scariest film I had ever seen .
My Dad saw it when it 1st came out, he used to walk through Hoyle Mill with a brick in his hand on his way to Barnsley main in the dark for months. I saw it when it got re-released in 1998, I enjoyed it but the vision of the demon though fleeting weirded me out. That face lingered with me for a while. I fast forward that bit now when I watch it!
That was the bit that frightened me most, too, mate. Or, as my fourteen year old self would've said, "Nah! Nothing in the film scared me. Me frightened? You must be joking!"
Always loved the late night horror films as a teenager in the 70s (shown under the banner of "Appointment With Fear"). Anything by Hammer... Cushing, Lee, Price... great stuff. The Quatermass movies are still watchable, even now. Plague Of the Zombies was one that scared me a lot, especially the graveyard dream sequence. Still creepy now... I also have a soft spot for the Amicus portmanteau movies, where you got 4 or 5 short stories all wrapped inside a longer story arc. From Beyond The Grave is still a favourite of mine. The format was used to good effect in Ghost Stories recently. Worth a try if you like that kind of thing. TV series... Thriller and Hammer House Of Horror were good fun. Watched them on my own while man and dad were at the WMC. Scary stuff. (The shows, not the WMC).
Almost forgot. BBC Ghost Stories For Xmas. A bit hit and miss, but The Signalman scared the living daylights out of me.
Was just about to post about The Signalman. That proper put shivers down my spine! Denholm Elliot, weren't it?