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Favorite Scary Movies

Let me preface this by saying I do not really like the kind of movies that mess with your mind. I tend to like the more old school scary movies. My favorite scary movies may have scared me when I was younger but now are just fun to watch. Especially this week!!! Didn’t you know tomorrow is Halloween? So if you need a scary movie to watch tomorrow night here are my favorites.

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1. The Scream Trilogy: First time I saw original scream I was 12. I snuck into the movie with my friends and after the first scene I ran out of the theater. 18 years later and I will most likely watch scream if I see it on any TV channel and watch the entire thing. I plan on making Andrew watch the trilogy Friday night because I haven’t watched it in years all together!

2. Halloween: The Original Halloween was so scary to me in middle school that once at a sleepover with my friend Jordan I made her turn it off. I also did not sleep that night. Now its amusing to watch because it’s so silly. People regard it as one of the scariest movies of all time and at the time it came out I can completely see how that was a very scary movie. Now it’s just fun! *Note this also includes Halloween 2, 5,  The curse of Michael Myers, H20 etc. 3 and 4 did not have Michael Myers.

3. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: As a kid living in Texas a part of you always wondered if it really happened. The answer is no it did not. But here is a fun clue: Turn on the original and mute it and make your own lines up with a group of friends. Makes for a good time.

4. The Blair Witch Project: OK so the first time I saw it I threw up mainly because the camera movement made me actually sick in the theater. I never thought: OK this movie is scary but I did think it was real and it only made my reasoning for not ever wanting to camp more realistic. About 2 weeks after it came out I saw the cast on David Letterman and I was like WTH??? Now it’s just fun to watch.

5. A Nightmare on Elm Street: One Two Freddies coming for you….need I say more?

 

So then I must as you all this important question….

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  1. Patti wrote:

    I’m a wuss….no scary movies!

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  2. Texas Chainsaw Massacre was almost too much for me when I saw it in theaters. I was terrified pretty much the whole time and it was so gory, but I have to say, its one of my faves! Scares the crap outta me!

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  3. Jen McCrady wrote:

    The movie “IT” totally messed me up. Also The Ring. I haaaate scary movies!

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  4. Lori Vann wrote:

    The Shining…other than that one, I don’t do scary movies!

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  5. Nancy wrote:

    I can’t do scary movies lol The closest thing I get to is Scary Movie 1-5 :p

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  6. I can’t do scary movies. They give me nightmares for WEEKS! I’ll never forget the time my bff Val managed to convince me to go see Amityville Horror when we were in college. She assured me that it was not very scary (I should have known better than to trust her on the scariness of a movie) but being the great friend that I am, I went with her and then proceeded to sleep with the lights on in my room and the ringer turned off on my phone for a week. I am pretty sure that is the last time I watched a scary movie like that! lol

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  7. Let me just say -OMG you are so young. You were 12 when Scream came out and I had children that wanted to see it! That being said, I am REALLY old school. I will be watching The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The Canterville Ghost – both made in the 40s – and Young Frankenstein for grins! I saw ‘Halloween’ with JLC when it originally came out. I was a teenager. I am so old.

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  8. tianna wrote:

    great classic horror picks! My favorite scary movies include The Ring, Silent Hill (OMG this one terrorized my dreams for years when I first saw it lol), Hostel, Insidious, and R-Point was super creepy. As far as horror, I feel like Korean and Japanese ones are the scariest.

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  9. Linda Kay wrote:

    You picked some good ones, but I don’t usually go to a scary movie. To me the scariest of all time is Jaws!

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  10. FabEllis wrote:

    That’s a good list! Those are definitely the standard scary movies you have to have seen. Honestly, I like the psychological thrillers versus the shock factor movies. I tried to watch “Scream” not too long ago (again) and just couldn’t handle it. The shocking scenes were too much for me. Lol! One of my favorite movies is “The Shining.”

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  11. Sigh… I’ve yelled out ‘Hello’ when I heard a noise once.. Thankfully it was to the wind.

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  12. I like some scary movies. My all time favorites are anything by Stephen King.

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  13. Sonya wrote:

    Great list. Nightmare on Elm St. was always my favorite horror series. Now that I’m an adult I can’t belive that my mom let me watch these as a kid…lol.

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  14. Julie S. wrote:

    Those are some classics. I’m not much into scary movies though so I haven’t watched any of those heh.

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  15. Oh gosh, I love and hate scary movies at the exact same time! I will definitely have to watch the ones you mentioned in this post. I don’t have a favorite but I did like the one I just saw recently… ah, I can’t think of the name but it was just in theaters! Thanks for some great movie suggestions 🙂

    xo,
    Marissa
    http://www.makinitwithmarissa.com

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  16. Heather wrote:

    I’m so glad you posted this because I have NEVER been into scary movies, but I’d love some good ones that aren’t too scary to watch this weekend. Thanks for the recc’s.

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  17. I love the meme it’s totally got me cracking up…I think that every time I see a movie with that scenario! LOL

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  18. Ashley O. wrote:

    I love Scream! That was THE scary movie of my adolescence. That mask still give me chills!

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  19. I saw a double feature of Carrie and Burnt Offerings in high school. Ruined forever. I love thrillers but horror? No way, total wuss! Great post!

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  20. Jeaiza Q wrote:

    I think the Scream trilogy does it for me although I do relate to you in the fact of me being SO afraid of these movies as a kid lol On Halloween my boyfriend and I watched Children of the Corn (I laughed the entire time)

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