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ErsatzThistle 
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One of the best spooky films (I'm not interested in gory horror) I've ever seen is "The Haunting" made in 1963. It's based on Shirley Jackson's brilliant short novel "The Haunting of Hill House" which I strongly recommend reading before watching.
I'd also recommend "Don't Look Now".
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Not much of a fan of Horror films but the Original Woman in Black is unreal its on YouTube.
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Jackal
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I find the Shining is more of a comedy.
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Stephen King was not impressed with Stanley Kubrick's film adaption. He was complementary about the visual quality of the film but had three big complaints about Kubrick's interpretation. Firstly, the ending of the film is completely different to the ending of the novel. Secondly, Jack Torrance's chronic alcoholism is underplayed. Thirdly, King thought Jack Nicolson was totally wrong for the role of Torrance. Before I forget another horror film I love is "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me", a prequel to the TV series. FWWM is a horror that will also break your heart at the same time. You do need to have seen the TV series in full before watching it otherwise it will make no sense. The film is also much, much darker than the TV series.
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t_rAndy
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The Omen (original) scared the bejayus out of me around the time I first watched it as around a 12 year old at a friends house during a sleep over.
The crucifix turning upside down as a sign of evil present stuck with me after and I would freak myself out if I was at home in a room where there was a crucifix (being from a very Catholic household there were many around the house). Out of all horrors, that one definitely gave me a run for my money. The Ring 1 also freaked me out and would be one that I definitely wouldn't watch at home one me own with the lights off.
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ChesterCopperpot
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Not a movie, but the TV show of The Exorcist was excellent.
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Aren't all horrors? I think that's the point too. I just don't find them very funny or interesting, 'The Shinning' being an exception. (I don't want to get us sued!)
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"Hell House" by Richard Matheson (who also wrote "I Am Legend") is in a similar vein to "The Haunting of Hill House" and is worth a read if you enjoyed Jackson's book. "Event Horizon" is a great shout - very underrated film as Lass points out. Two more recent horror films which are decent I've just remembered are "The Invitation" and "It Follows". Also for what it's worth I preferred the ending of "The Shining" in the film to the book. The ending in the book is very Hollywood-esque.
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I hope you're talking about the original Swedish version as I thought the remake was poor. |
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What was the ending in the book of The Shining? |
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Lisa discovers Willie's television.
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I thought Roy Keane is discovered frozen outside the maze
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what’s the one with David soul and the kid knocking on the window of the upstairs bedroom...Salem’s lot??? f**k me I couldn’t sleep for ages at night after seeing that as a kid.
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https://www.nme.com/news/film/new-study-ranks-scariest-horror-films-by-average-heart-rate-2791307
Couple of decent ones in here
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The first four films on that list are all on Netflix as well.
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Have seen a few of those, some I'd call more jump scare rather then being overall scary throughout. for example and spoilers Insidious I didn't find really that scary bar the jump scare where the devil figure appears in the mirror for a split second, same with Paranormal activity another film which has perhaps one or two jump scares but overall isn't that scary. Nice to see some old school thrillers on there like Alien and The Thing.
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To be honest, there is a whole host of these movies, like Sinister, The Nun, Insidious etc etc. I think they're horrible. As Lass says above, it bases its scares on loud music "jump scares". It's cheap. Not a fan
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They finally did it man... They killed my f**kin' car...
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