What is the scariest movie you have ever watched?
And what about the film gave you goose bumps?
The scariest movie I have ever watched had to be Quarantine. The reason being is that it is something that really can occur with a sickness that can wipe out a whole population. Other movies have scared me also such as Halloween and all those great classics because they are all about insane people that kill people for almost no reason. In which that can also happen at any time. Movies that are based on a true story or certain selected events also scare me because they actually occurred in the world that we live in.
the latest chainsaw massacre, its so scary I get the chills when I ever I hear a chainsaw
The movie that links me all the way back to my childhood fear of clowns... Stephen King's IT. Whoever let me watch that as a child should be fired.
Most recently, the film that has made me the most uncomfortable is the original Paranormal Activity. When I first saw it in theaters, I was not aware this was just a work of fiction--I was real big into stuff like Ghost Adventures and any haunted-place TV specials, so this was right up my alley--and it wasn't until the end credits that it became abundantly clear it was just a movie. There were many bricks in my pants at that point. The first three films in the series are still great horror, but nothing compares to that initial viewing experience, in terms of having your fecal matter extracted by a horror film.
I've always been into horror movies (though nowhere near as much as my sister is), and it all started when I was a wee lad. Lots of horror films were watched, but the one that scarred me for (probably) life is Pet Sematary. Good Lord. If Paranormal Activity was anathema to my adult mental state, Pet Sematary was anathema to my child mental state. Even to this day, that movie is creepy as all get-out.
I saw a movie once called The fourth kind and it literally convinced me that there were aliens coming after me. I couldn't sleep properly for like 3 months.
When I was younger I would have said "The Exorcist" and "The Omen" gave me chills. Maybe it was the underlying biblical and devil references that made them more real than vampires/monsters.
However as a mature adult I find no movies to really be scary.
More often that not if it's a "slasher" movie you pretty much know in the end one of the women or teenage girls is going to be the heroine. You get to a point where you're spending more time trying to figure out plotlines than going with the flow. It's rare that you're surprised.
There is always the cat jumping out of the closet, the wind blowing a window shut, a loud incisive phone ring, the power going out, or the best friend who pulls a prank on the main character early on after she is already nervous. Mentally you go through the checklist.
I do find some movies to be more "intense" or a thrill ride than others. I remember the first time I saw "Fatal Attraction" and "Silence Of The Lambs" my eyes were glued to the screen. Maybe it's knowing "crazy people" really do exist. An intelligent psycho; now that is scary!
I'm not a fan of the "crazy guy chases a bunch of people and excessive gore ensues" movies, I don't find them scary or entertaining or anything other than gross, really.
BUT, the first Saw movie absolutely traumatized me. I don't know if it's because I watched it at a particularly anxious time in my life, but I will do anything to avoid watching that again.
Hands down, JAWS...Scared the cr@p out of me and everyone else in the theater...From the opening moonlight scene where the nude swimmer is grabbed, jerked around, and finally pulled under, to the final scene where man vs monster reaches its satisfying climax (everyone cheered)...Larry
I remember going to see a movie as a child called "Burnt offerings" starring Betty Davis. This movie completely traumatized me since I was only 8 years old at the time I saw it. Truly an evil movie.
JThomp42, I don't know about evil, but Burnt Offerings was definitely scary! My dad dropped my brother and me off at the theater to see this one and we jumped about a gazillion times while watching it! lol
I was actually really bored by Burnt Offerings. There are many better "haunted house" movies, and an even greater number of films that use tension and atmosphere to dial the paranoia up to 11.
Well zelk.... I was only 8 when I saw it. Im sure if I watched it now it would not be as traumatizing.
Me, too. For little kids back in the day when atmosphere was an art form in films, that movie was SPOOKY.
"Christine", a horror movie based on the novel by Stephen King, It was about a evil vintage automobile. I had hard time getting into a car after I watched that movie.
I still get thrills from watching the original King Kong. There's just something about the animation that is scary. Also, it was the first scary movie I watched as a kid and this may have a lot to do with it.
I would put TWO movies in that category. When I was a pre-teen, the scariest movie was Black Sunday 1960 by Mario Bava. I used to watch that movie during the summer when it came on Sunday night. It was the most frightening movie ever in my young mind. There was no horror film like it at the time. The opening music & scene was scary. I especially like the Lex Baxter soundtrack which added an eerie aura to the film. The main climactic scene was when Asa called for Javuto to come out of the grave at night. That scene was the piece de resistance. You can hear her deep voice, rise Javuto, Javuto rise.........
The second scariest movie was THE EXORCIST. I saw the movie when I was in college. Now, that movie was scary beyond scared. When I saw the transformation of Regan, it gave me the chills. The atmosphere was........beyond dark into the pure demonic. That was one AUTHENTIC horror movie. That movie scared me so that I had to sleep with the lights on for ONE WEEK. My parents asked why I was sleeping with the lights on, I told them that I saw THE EXORCIST. Now these two movies DON'T scare me one bit. I even FALL ASLEEP during these movies........ Now, the only movies that would scare me are movies about concentration camps such as FATELESS, THE HIDING PLACE, PLAYING FOR TIME, and OUT OF THE ASHES. I never watch those before going to bed.
"Cloverfield", on the big screen. Imagine a giant monster tears up the only way to get out of town, and you're trapped in the city running away from the thing. Meanwhile, your friends are being picked off one by one as if being followed by the beast. At the same time, you're trying to rescue your girlfriend trapped in a building. Will they get out in time? If yes, which ones?
by Don Ship 13 years ago
What’s the scariest movie you’ve ever seen?Do you like horror movies? Why or why not?
by Grace Marguerite Williams 12 years ago
What is the scariest horror movie of all time ?
by Thomas Byers 12 years ago
What’s the scariest movie you’ve ever seen? Do you like horror movies? Why or why not?Mine was the Mummy's Hand from 1940 which was a black and white movie but I think it was the best ever. They just made better horror movies back then. My next one is the original Amityville Horror which was in...
by Richard Perazzo 12 years ago
What is the scariest movie you've ever watched?So far, mine would have to be Insidious. What about you?
by Marc Lee 9 years ago
What is the scariest movie you have ever watched, and what about it scared the heck out of you?
by Elayne 9 years ago
What is the scariest movie you remember?
Copyright © 2025 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. HubPages® is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.
Copyright © 2025 Maven Media Brands, LLC and respective owners.
As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.
For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy
Show DetailsNecessary | |
---|---|
HubPages Device ID | This is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons. |
Login | This is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service. |
Google Recaptcha | This is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy) |
Akismet | This is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Google Analytics | This is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Traffic Pixel | This is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized. |
Amazon Web Services | This is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy) |
Cloudflare | This is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Hosted Libraries | Javascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy) |
Features | |
---|---|
Google Custom Search | This is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Maps | Some articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Charts | This is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy) |
Google AdSense Host API | This service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Google YouTube | Some articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Vimeo | Some articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Paypal | This is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Login | You can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Maven | This supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy) |
Marketing | |
---|---|
Google AdSense | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Google DoubleClick | Google provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Index Exchange | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Sovrn | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Ads | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Unified Ad Marketplace | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
AppNexus | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Openx | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Rubicon Project | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
TripleLift | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Say Media | We partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy) |
Remarketing Pixels | We may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites. |
Conversion Tracking Pixels | We may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service. |
Statistics | |
---|---|
Author Google Analytics | This is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy) |
Comscore | ComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Tracking Pixel | Some articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy) |
Clicksco | This is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy) |