Given the season, here are a list of my favorite scary movies…granted the more they are based on a “true story” the more likely I am to be frightened by them….I will begin with childhood horrors and work my way up….
As a child, I was beyond terrified of the movie, “The Twighlight Zone”- particularly the scene with Dan Akroyd and John Lithgow….for years I literally could not set foot on an airplane. Why my mother allowed me to watch this at age 10 is beyond me (the only logical explanation- it was rated PG- as this was before PG 13 ratings *blush showing my age* and she simply knew no better). I swear I could not look in a mirror for days (at night without cringing).
“Candy man”- holy ($#$*#)$*#($)#(*$)#*! I was scared beyond reason….to this day, cannot go into bathroom with lights off and say the name three times in a row- ridiculous I know but still.
“Poltergeist- the original- Okay mom and dad- you caused serious harm with this one….I accidentally walked in on the swimming pool scene in which all the graves were being opened all the while my dad had on Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”….traumatized for years. His album with nothing I can describe as less than the green b*tt with legs and high heels…very traumatic when you’re five years old and see zombies crawling out of the ground.
“Stigmata”- though the movie itself is not believed to be true, I 100% believe in this phenomenon.
“The Moth man Prophesies”- now while the movie is frightening, the book is downright terrifying (and includes many details in which the movie excludes). I’ve watched countless documentaries, etc. I may be crazy but I totally believe in him.
“The Amityville Horror”- seriously if a family is so frightened they leave in the middle of the night and leave ALL their things behind never to return for them then there was some serious stuff going down.
“The Exorcism of Emily Rose”- supposedly based on a true story….scares me to death every time yet I will inevitably watch it every year.
"Damion" series...jacked up.
Now some of my favorite, not to be terrified movies include, “The Lost Boys”, “Flat liners”, “Nightmare on Elm Street series”, “Halloween series”, "Rosemary's Baby", "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle", "The Others", etc.
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