Scariest Horror Films I Have Experienced
I have been a horror film devourer since I was a child, I guess to give an image to, what I saw, as the horrors of reality. I never went to sleep, as a child, until I was totally exhausted from banging my head and singing my heart out to keep these monsters from taking over my mind. I think, that the following films are the very best!
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- DirectorNarciso Ibáñez SerradorStarsLewis FianderPrunella RansomeAntonio IranzoA couple of English tourists arrive on an island where all the children have gone crazy and are murdering the adults.The most horrifying film, that I've ever seen. It turns reality on its head. The most vulnerable and innocent things, that we experience, become the most monstrous.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDuane JonesJudith O'DeaKarl HardmanA ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.Peoples' emotional reactions and folly are as terrifying, as the monsters, that they are battling.
- DirectorMary LambertStarsDale MidkiffDenise CrosbyFred GwynneAfter tragedy strikes, a grieving father discovers an ancient burial ground behind his home with the power to raise the dead.Watching alone at a friend's place, many miles from home, I would have walked all night, rather than stay there, after watching this.
- DirectorJohn D. HancockStarsZohra LampertBarton HeymanKevin O'ConnorA recently institutionalized woman has bizarre experiences after moving into a supposedly haunted country farmhouse and fears she may be losing her sanity once again.A very unusual atmosphere, which I found terrifically creepy, was what I found the scariest about this film.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsCatherine DeneuveIan HendryJohn FraserA sex-repulsed woman who disapproves of her sister's boyfriend sinks into depression and has horrific visions of rape and violence.A claustrophobic nightmare, in which a woman's isolation gives rise to surreal terrors.
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsBette DavisJoan CrawfordVictor BuonoA former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.Another claustrophobic nightmare, with a crazy person terrorizing a helpless disabled person. Amazing acting by two of Hollywood's most famous actresses.
- DirectorRichard DonnerStarsGregory PeckLee RemickHarvey StephensMysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?Terrifying music, ominous atmosphere, amazing photography.. Excellent Actors.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsMia FarrowJohn CassavetesRuth GordonA young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.Unremitting suspense builds and builds to the very end. Great acting. John Cassavetes. Ruth Gordon. Mia Farrow.
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsVincent PriceCarol OhmartRichard LongA millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife.As a child, this kept me awake for YEARS ! The always amazing Vincent Price.
- DirectorAlex NicolStarsJohn HudsonPeggy WebberRuss ConwayA newly married couple arrives at the home of the husband's late wife, where the gardens have been maintained by a gardener faithful to the dead woman's memory. Soon, eerie events lead the new wife to think she's losing her mind.Another addition to my childhood terrors!
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffElsa LanchesterColin CliveMary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.Terrifying, as a child, this film inspires awe in me, as an adult, along with "Frankenstein". Boris Karloff is just amazing in these films.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDavid EmgeKen ForeeScott H. ReinigerDuring an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.Very scary sequel to "The Night of the Living Dead". These zombies don't need to run. No sweat ! You'll run out of gas eventually, and they'll be there.
- DirectorAlberto CavalcantiCharles CrichtonBasil DeardenStarsMervyn JohnsMichael RedgraveRoland CulverGuests invited to a weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig, who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality.Great old English anthology, with some humour too.