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People Describe The Scariest Movies They've Ever Watched

I have seen many a scary movie.

A horror movie done right can haunt you forever.

Have you seen "The Exorcist?"

Good Lord.

I don't know if I'm ready for the new sequel.

I love to be a little frightened by a movie.

But haunted for life is a different story.

Plus, I can't sleep with the lights on...


Redditor Specialist-Crazy1466 wanted to hear which movies we still see in our nightmares, so they asked:

"What is the scariest movie you ever watched?"

Some scary movies give me heart palpitations.

So I try to be picky about the stories I watch.

The Balance

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"The Descent. Horrible monsters mixed with darkness and claustrophobia makes a scary movie."

itsminimal

"I was looking for this movie. Imo this film is the perfect balance between bloody, physical horror and actual psychological terror."

AkiraN19

Too Much

"White Noise. Wasn't scary when I watched it in the theater but became VERY scary when my car stereo only picked up static the whole ride home."

stfupcakes

"Oh damn, that was so good. I worked at a video store in ~1996 or so, and a coworker put it on. I was mesmerized. I later took it home and watched it in the dark, as you should, and damn. That's a masterpiece."

Far_Blueberry_2375

"Took my high school girlfriend to it, and she was in tears she was so scared. Almost 20 years later, and she still freaks out if I bring it up."

Prp076

Chilling

"The Day After... I watched it when I was a kid and it absolutely terrified me. When it originally aired, ABC had to set up a phone hotline with counselors standing by. It's one of the scariest depictions of nuclear war in film in my opinion. Chilling."

scarletmanuka

"I've been thinking about these movies, and how unrealistic they are. We all just survived a pandemic. What happened? Things were bad, tent hospital, turned away, truck morgues. And people just... learned to bake bread. Made music."

"Gave up offices and started doing things for their neighbors. Nuclear war would be obviously, a horrific shitshow and not to be entertained, but I really believe, we'd come together and make a good world after. It wouldn't be the complete collapse of our humanity, and the rest can be rebuilt."

Cheap_Doctor_1994

The Splatter

"The Grudge. I don't know why, but this f**king thing is so scary. I had to pause it. Never had this before. Even the worst splatter is nothing for me, but this... No."

Yggdrafenrir20

"It was when the lady got sucked into the bed when she was hiding under the covers. Like they took away my only defense in the dark as a kid."

Colossus245

"I had the same reaction. Something about it just made my skin crawl in a way that other similar movies like The Ring didn't. For several years afterward whenever I had a nightmare, the grudge lady was somehow involved. Yugh."

JonEleven

Turn it Off

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"There are definitely better movies, but Sinister has always scared the crap out of me. It took me 2 tries to watch it. It’s the only movie I’ve ever turned off from being so scared."

Cobonmycorn

Never saw Sinister.

And now I know to skip it.

My nightmares are bad enough.

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"The Thing. My first viewing was at night, and I was maybe 5 or 6. It scared me so bad I only watched subsequent viewings during the day until I matured a little more."

Same-Reaction7944

Never Again

“'The Ring' when I was 9 or 10, that was scary."

DelusionalGorilla

"I saw it in my 30s, on pain meds for kidney stones, while my wife and kids were away. The thing that freaked me out the most was that in the middle-end of the film someone called me from an unknown number and hung up."

EnIdiot

"It's the only movie I absolutely refuse to watch ever again. I saw it ONCE as a kid and I'm 30 now. I still have occasional nightmares about it. Sometimes I'll be eating and this movie will pop into my head for NO REASON and I lose my appetite completely. I'm haunted by it."

guiltyonallcharges

Too Much too Handle

"Event Horizon... or maybe Pandorum."

Nulltan

"Worth noting Event Horizon is one of the most famous cases in the lost media community. It had 30 minute cut for being too grim for the test audiences. 30. Minutes. While some scenes did make their way to the 2006 DVD, most of it is considered most likely lost for good barring some miraculous surprise discovery."

"You can read about what was cut at the Lost Media Wiki here: https://lostmediawiki.com/Event_Horizon_(partially_lost_unreleased_130-minute_cut_of_sci-fi_horror_film;_1997)"

Lights On

"The Exorcism of Emily Rose. I kept waking up at 3 am on the money for weeks afterward. Didn’t help that I found and listened to the original tape-recorded material of her speaking fluidly in different languages while being exorcised."

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"This is it for me. I watched it in theaters when my boyfriend was out of town. I went home and slept with the lights on. I love scary movies and had never done that before or since. I’m going to have to look for those tapes!"

LostintheLand

Wobbled

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"Misery. My knees were wobbling when I walked out of the theatre. No more Stephen King for me."

suzymwg

"I watched that while dealing with a stalker. Horrible choice."

sethro919

I love scary movies, but some of these sound like a step too far.

Misery still haunts me.

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