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MY TOP SCARY MOVIES (108 titles)

These films kept me looking over my shoulder for some time after. This is a work in progress though and there are some naff films near the bottom at the moment but i aim to make it a top hundred and the poorer films will eventually be replaced.

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The Omen

1) 5 STARS -1976- directed by Richard Donner and winner of an Oscar for Best Original Score. I only saw this recently but it had me sitting on the edge of my seat glued to the screen.Film looks a bit dated but has a great story and suspense.

The Omen on DVD (1976)
Starring: Lee Remick, Billie Whitelaw, David Warner
Director: Richard Donner
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US Ambassador Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck) is persuaded to substitute a newborn baby whose mother has died in childbirth for his own stillborn son. By the age of five the child, Damien, seems to be exerting a malevolent influence on the Thorn household, suffering a violent fit when he is taken to ..read more »
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The Exorcist

2) 5 STARS -1973- Directed by William Freidkin and winner of 2 Oscars for Best Sound and Best Writing From Another Medium. All time classic,another great score.Effects look dated, pea soup anyone?But this film is spooky as hell,found it disturbing more than scary but it was brilliant all the same.

The Exorcist on DVD (1973)
Starring: Lee J. Cobb, Max von Sydow, Kitty Winn
Director: William Friedkin
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Actress Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn) has every reason to be content, having just completed a film with director Burke Dennings (Jack MacGowran). However, she becomes disturbed by the changes taking place in her 12-year-old daughter, Regan (Linda Blair). At first sullen and withdrawn, Regan becomes ..read more »
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Psycho

3) 4 & HALF STARS -1960- Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Excellent ! Shower scene is iconic and Norman Bates dressed as his dead mother is s**t scary.

Psycho on DVD (1960)
Starring: Martin Balsam, Anthony Perkins, John Gavin
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Alfred Hitchcock directs this Oscar-nominated thriller starring Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins. Marion Crane (Leigh) goes on the run after stealing $40,000 from one of her employer's clients. Taking a wrong turn in a storm, she arrives at the isolated Bates Motel, run by the twitchy Norman (..read more »
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The Shining

4) 4 & HALF STARS -1980- Directed by Stanley Kubrick. An absolute classic from a novel from Stephen King. So many memorable moments and quotes. I remember first watching this by mistake when a programme my parents had taped for me finished and i let the tape carry on.They had gone out shopping and god was i preying for them to come back quickly.

The Shining on DVD (1980)
Starring: Danny Lloyd, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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Stanley Kubrick directs this chilling adaptation of the Stephen King shocker. Seeking solitude in order to write a novel, Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) takes a job as an off-season caretaker at the remote Overlook Hotel in Colorado. Eager to get started, Jack disregards warnings that the isolation ..read more »
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The Hitcher

5) 4 STARS- Brilliant and thrilling, Rutger Hauer is outstanding as the lone phsycopathic murdering hitcher.Loved the finger in the chips scene.

The Hitcher on DVD (1986)
Starring: Rutger Hauer, Jeffrey De Munn, C. Thomas Howell
Director: Robert Harmon
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Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) is driving from Chicago to San Diego when he picks up hitchhiker John Ryder (Rutger Hauer). Ryder has just finished a murder spree, and now he wants Halsey to kill him. When Halsey manages to escape Ryder begins to play a game of cat and mouse, leaving the bodies of ..read more »
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Alien - Director's Cut

6) 4 STARS-Another classic-The chest bursting scene is utter genius,claustrophobic and atmospheric sci fi gem. Ridley Scott really delivers the scares by using the mind as the budget wasn't big another to show the creature too much.

Alien - Director's Cut (2003)
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright
Director: Ridley Scott
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For this digitally remastered special edition of what many have called the "scariest movie ever made," Ridley Scott has incorporated new footage never before seen in movie houses. Working closely with Twentieth Century Fox, Scott oversaw a restoration of the original film's negative, as well as ..
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I Know What You Did Last Summer

7) 4 STARS- The Fisherman hunts down a group of teenagers who try to cover up an accidental murder they think they have commited the previous year.Slasher horror at its best.

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
Starring: J. Don Ferguson, Sa, Patti D'Arbanville
Director: Jim Gillespie
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Celebrating the end of high school, teenagers Julie, Helen, Ray and Barry get drunk and drive off in Barry's car. They quickly sober up when they collide with the body of a man in the road. Not wishing to be questioned by the police, they agree to dump the body in the sea. However, the man is still ..read more »
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Saw

8) 4 STARS- the beginning of the Saw films and easily the best of what i have seen so far. Clever plot with brilliant twist at the end, its scary and gory, a very good film.

Saw (2004)
Starring: Danny Glover, Leigh Whannell, Monica Potter
Director: James Wan
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A young man named Adam wakes to find himself chained to a rusty pipe inside a decrepit subterranean chamber. Chained to the opposite side of the room is another bewildered captive, Dr. Lawrence Gordon. Between them is a dead man lying in a pool of blood, holding a .38 in his hand. Neither man knows ..read more »
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Hellraiser

9) 4 STARS- Clive Barker's creation, Hellraiser is the first of this horror franchise.The Cenobites are excellent with Pin Head being super cool.Strangely enough they are not in this first installment that often, but it is driven along by a strong plot and good direction, the best of the Hellraiser films i've seen.

Hellraiser on DVD (1987)
Starring: Clare Higgins, Doug Bradley, Andrew Robinson
Director: Clive Barker
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The feature-film debut of multi-talented filmmaker Clive Barker, this grim and surreal project is based on the writer/director's own novella The Hell-Bound Heart. The film opens with a chilling prologue in which globe-trotting pervert Frank (Sean Chapman) -- a connoisseur of sexual depravity ..read more »
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The Grudge 2

10) 4 STARS-Japenese horror remake,Story isn't that strong but it's very scary, with Kayako a character who was very frighteningThis scared me s**tless,i can still see her face!

The Grudge 2 on DVD (2006)
Starring: Edison Chen, Jenna Dewan, Joanna Cassidy
Director: Takashi Shimizu
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Follow up to the 2004 film of the same name - a US remake of the Japanese film 'Ju-on' (2003) by Takashi Shimizu. In this sequel, the vengeful and terrible curse continues to consume and petrify all in its path as we are shown three seemingly unconnected stories. An American girl discovers her ..read more »
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