What is the best horror movie ?
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EXCORIST.. IT WAS BANNED WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT PEOPLE WERE SCARED IT WOULD CAUSE A RELIGIOUS WAR CAUSE IT SEEMED SO REAL...AND WAS SAID TO BE BASED ON A TRUE STORY.
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This answer is easy.  No, no there isnt.  All the horror movies that have been out recently have been crap.\n\nThe only one worth seeing is Slither but that wont be out on DVD until October.  http://videoeta.com/movie.html?via=form&id=77613\n\nAn upcoming movie that might be in theatres or straight to DVD this fall that looks awesome is "Special Dead" about zombies who invade a Special Ed. Camp and the campers have to fight back.  Looks promising.  The tag line "sometimes heroes ride the short bus" is genious!  http://www.specialdeadmovie.com
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omg i dont know why but dawn of the dead gives me nightmares everytime i watch it. but "the exorcist" is all time scary movie ever.
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Horror/thriller\nPsycho: the Alfred Hitchcock classic is considered the most important thriller of all time. Voted the best horror film by IMDb users. Tops AFI’s list of the 100 most thrilling American films. \nThe Silence of the Lambs: the only movie classified as "horror" to ever win the "Best Picture" Oscar. One of only 3 movies to win the top 5 Oscars. Is at #2 in the list of best horror films, as voted by IMDb voters, and at #5 in the AFI’s list of the 100 most thrilling American films. The movie is perhaps most famous for Anthony Hopkins' brilliant performance as the spine-chilling Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Apart from imprinting itself in popular culture, the portrayal tops the AFI's list of the greatest villains of all time. Jodie Foster's Clarice Starling made it to #6 in the AFI's greatest heroes list. \nHalloween: Voted best horror film of all time by readers of SFX magazine in June 2004. Also was the most "profitable" film of all time (lowest production cost vs. highest box office gross) until surpassed in 1990 by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This, in turn, was overtaken by The Blair Witch Project in 1999. Before Halloween, the most profitable film was Easy Rider.
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show of course!  The Cult Classic.  LOL
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The Exorcist.  Not only did Dick Smith pioneer some incredible special effects in that movie, but the whole concept of a young girl (typically associated with purity) being fused with pure evil added a psychological aspect to the horror that we rarely see in today's films.  This, coupled with the young priest's own issues concerning his faith and his mother, the fear of the unknown, and the supernatural aspect of the plot, made the Exorcist a truly haunting movie.\n\n   Second runner up was the Barney and Friends Halloween Special.  The horror... the HORROR.
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"The Exorcist"\n"Poltergeist"\n"The Wizard of Oz"
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Freddy VS Jason\n\nThe fact that they bought the two scariest killers from the 80's together is wicked. crystal lake and elm street joins whats not to love about it??   And that they are both individual killers!!!!   HOORAY FOR HORROR
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Exorcist II: The Heretic\nGigli\nThe Legend of the Lone Ranger\nHeaven's Gate
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the Exorcist\nscary as hell
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Yes. Good Choice. But you can also try The Descent or Saw. Spooky!
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By far, "House of the Dead."  Why?  It's an Uwe Boll movie.  Nuff said.
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Scary movie 3 because the little girl is so god dam freaking but i still like it best! I have watched the 2 and 3 i will go see the 4 later!
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Psycho, the Exorcist or the Shining
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I like the Saw movies, and the Final Destination movies.  House on Haunted Hill was pretty good too.
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The scariest movie I ever saw was the original version of The Haunting. It had no special effects at all and the spookiness was created by lighting and atmosphere, good acting and a very scary house. It still gives me chills to remember the scene where Julie Harris thinks she's holding her roommate's hand during a visitation by spirits in their room and when the lights come on she's holding an invisible hand. Now I'm gonna have a nightmare tonight, for sure. Thanks.
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Well, think of all the best horror movies you have ever seen.  Don't copy them, but think about why they are scary.  What makes them better than the rest.\n\nAlso, horror means different things to different people.  Horror is either "blood 'n guts" or "suspense".  Personally, I prefer suspense.  "blood n' guts" is the easy cop out in a horror movie.  So many films these days use it as a means to an end.\n\nSuspense is all about unprovoked shock situations.  Leading your viewer into an uncertain situation, which could either be blissfully safe, or at the turn of a sixpence, spiral into a shock supprise!!\n\nFor instance, take the example of the ol' favourite haunted house....  Character opens the door and walks through...  All is silent, apart from the ambient wind and creaking of the door.  Door slams shut unxepectedly behind character.  I would use volume to shock the viewer.\n\nThere are many different ways to scare your audience.  Think of the two senses we use to watch - sight and sound.  Exploit them to their fullest.\n\nPoints to remember about making a good horror movie:\n\n1.  The storyline must be well thought out, have no flaws and come to a conclusion - either good, bad or leave the audience thinking what could have happened.\n\n2.  Blood 'n guts does not work!!!!  A small amount of gratuitous b&g is okay, but must be backed up with a justifiable demise, using suspense and shock!\n\n3.  Ambience.  A key point is to use sound and visuals to create a world in which your audience will feel uncomfortably captivated.  Classics are the haunted house, the woods with dead trees and freakish howlings, fog, blurs of light in pitch black, etc.....\n\n4.  The sense of security and insecurity.  Use techniques to fool the audience into a false sense of security, by leading them up to a perilous situation, only to find that peril dosent come to pass.  Then three seconds later, after everyone is relived that the grisly event didn't take place, then execute (literally!) the event, which will scare people because you have taken them from secure to insecure in an instant.  That's how you scare people!!\n\n5.  Avoid cliche events, like the haunted house, creaking door, etc.  Make something new.  Use a situation that normally would be very secure and make it insecure.  Where do you feel most safe?  Think of an imaginary situation that would make it unsafe.\n\n6.  Special effects.  You will need to harness your skills in making special effects.  Make up, flash lighting, ambient background noise, volume control, etc..\n\nMy favouite horror films:\n\nThe fog - John Carpenter (original, not the crap remake)\nThe thing - John Carpenter (and the original)\nHalloween - John Carpenter\nIt - Stephen King\nSalems Lot - Stephen King\n\nThese films use the classic combination of great storylines, atmosphere, human vulnerability, mistrusting situations and small amounts of gore (apart from the thing!!) to create the scenes which make them great!\n\nHope that helps!