chaya bat woof woof Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Were there any movies that scared you (when you were younger or now) that would not be considered horror? For example, Deliverance, The Lost Weekend (Ray Milland with the DTs) and Suddenly Last Summer (implied cannibalism or tearing someone literally apart) did it for me. Hope I get at least once response (as my last one about the new Tiffany's ads with Beyonce and Jay Z didn't get any). Personally, find the second ad worse than the first. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpressman Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 When I was 12 My Mother took me to see the Fellini film "Juliet Of The Spirits" the weird circus music and the gender bending and hallucinatory symbolism in the movie freaked me out! I did not watch another foreign movie for at least ten years! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianNH Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Okay, I'll have a go at this. The film I'm thinking of didn't play in any theaters, but I'm pretty sure it got very wide distribution. Back in freshman year (1971) our health ed class -- called "Teen Life"-- saw a movie late in the school year that scared the socks off everyone in the room. It was supposed to. And it did the trick very neatly, at least until junior year. Now I'll try to think of another movie -- a real movie -- and visit you all later. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gorman Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Jeepers, CHAYA, I can think of a bundle of movies classified as 'Horror' or 'Suspense/Horror' that didn't scare me in any way . . . but trying to come up with a 'Non-Horror' movie that did scare me in one way or another is tough sledding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzek Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 THE DAY AFTER (1983). With the real threats from the Cold War hitting headlines daily, this movie struck too close to home for many people, and at the time received a large viewing audience. When the behemoth ICBMs launch from their silos and heave slowly into the air towards their targets halfway across a world, it's a dreadful and vivid picture of Armageddon. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Yellow Submarine (1968) The Blue Meanie. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's child catcher 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Interesting. Not "horror" but scary? Well, off the top, I can only come up with a Suspense/thriller DADDY'S GONE A-HUNTING('69) with Carol White and Paul Burke. Had me white knuckled on the edge of my car seat(saw it at a drive-in). I might come up with a few more later. Interesting thread CHAYA. Sepiatone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackiecat Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 D.O.A. (Edmond O'Brian ) comes to mind.. off the top. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackiecat Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 The Wizard Of Oz...Margaret Hamilton scared the pants off me .. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 The Bad Seed; that scene where Rhoda starts a fire and locks Leroy (Henry Jones) in his basement room was very scary. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katie_G Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Robert Mitchum made my skin crawl in The Night of the Hunter. I was so afraid he'd murder those kids. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly of the Precodes Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Behind the Door (1919) is officially a war film. But wartime atrocities may be the ultimate horror. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 7 hours ago, mrzek said: THE DAY AFTER (1983). With the real threats from the Cold War hitting headlines daily, this movie struck too close to home for many people, and at the time received a large viewing audience. When the behemoth ICBMs launch from their silos and heave slowly into the air towards their targets halfway across a world, it's a dreadful and vivid picture of Armageddon. I remember watching that made-for-tv film and thought it was highly overrated. For whatever reason, it had little effect on me. But the next day, one of my students asked me if she could be excused from an exam because she has found the film too upsetting. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Polly of the Precodes said: Behind the Door (1919) is officially a war film. But wartime atrocities may be the ultimate horror. Not sure I would consider it a war film; more like a revenge film set during wartime. But no matter how you characterize it, what Hobart Bosworth does to Wallace Beery is pretty raw! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 8 hours ago, chaya bat woof woof said: Deliverance, Scared the heck out of me! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilypond Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I hardly watch any horror movies anyway, so my version of a scary movie is probably very tame. I loathe anything that smacks of the occult. I'll say, "Where Eagles Dare". You, the audience, and Richard Burton don't know who the killer-traitor is on his small, hand-picked elite team. That person could strike again at any time. The high alpine snow storms and the smoky, rollicking, but sinister German tavern setting just amp up the anxiety.... Then there's that long, frightening sequence precariously perched on top of the ski lift, out of the castle.... These are the kind of chills I like... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toto Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 7 hours ago, Jackiecat said: The Wizard Of Oz...Margaret Hamilton scared the pants off me .. Me too! I was really scared as a kid of Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch - particularly the scene where Dorothy is locked in the room in the witches castle watching the hourglass and Auntie Em's face turns into the face of the Wicked Witch. Thank goodness Toto came through to help save Dorothy! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toto Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I always found Cape Fear (both the older version with Robert Mitchum and the newer version with Robert DeNiro) scary. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 22 hours ago, Toto said: I was really scared as a kid of Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch I hear many, many, MANY (way too many) people say how creeped out they were by the flying monkeys. So, I think that element of the film made it successfully scary for a large number of people. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allhallowsday Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World (1966) Shown on a NYC broadcast around 1969, it was made for BBC TV. I haven't seen it since. But I will never forget the ending and how it had frightened me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allhallowsday Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 13 hours ago, Mr. Gorman said: Jeepers, CHAYA, I can think of a bundle of movies classified as 'Horror' or 'Suspense/Horror' that didn't scare me in any way . . . but trying to come up with a 'Non-Horror' movie that did scare me in one way or another is tough sledding! None of these are "Horror" but HORRIFYING. GERMANIA ANNO ZERO (1948) TWO WOMEN (1960) I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (1978) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Faiola Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES. The seance scene. "Me-lo-dee". Gale Sondergaard sent shivers up my spine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikisoo Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Interesting thread idea! It took me awhile to recall one... Any late MGM Tom & Gerry cartoon directed by Gene Dietch who sadly just passed away in 2020. His cartoons have erratic movement without much flow or logic and are disturbing to me at least. The weird music with echo-y sound effects is downright eerie. I think he also made some Pink Panthers, but not sure. An excerpt from the scariest one of all, Dickey Moe: I actually appreciate Dietch's pioneering spirit, maybe not his sensibility as much. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaya bat woof woof Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 I think Miss Gulch scared me more than the Wicked Witch. I remember the scene where she becomes the Wicked Witch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Great topic! The scene near the end of LAURA where Clifton Webb takes the rifle out of the clock and plans to shoot Gene Tierney was shocking and on some level, scary. Of course having him shirtless earlier in the movie was even scarier. 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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