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Subject: 70's Horror Films
What horror movies freaked you out if you were a kid in the 70's. My fondest nightmares come from Salem's Lot, The Shining (1980), and The Fog (1980). I was 9 when these were out , watched them and had a hard time sleeping for awhile, still kinda freaky today when i see them. They dont make them like they used to. I see todays horror films and they dont even compare.
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Halloween for sure...
And The Exorcist...OMG!! Nightmares for weeks!!! Just hearing the commercial for it on the radio would send chills up and down my spine...Marion!!.....Marion!!.....MARION!!!!!
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I love horror films from all eras, there is only one that I will not watch and that is The Exorcist. Watched it when I was very young the first time and it made a huge impression. Scared me to death. I also had a family member terrify me when I would stay over at her house because she told me that the 'Exorcist girl' lived in her closet and if I moved around she would get me. ;D :o
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"Trilogy of Terror" is one of my fav 70's horror flicks!
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Carrie totally rules.
Salem's Lot scared me to death.
Trilogy of Terror made me cry.
I was also scared of Burnt Offerings.
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I was also scared of Burnt Offerings.
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OMG!!! that movie is EVIL!!! :o
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I loved 70s horror films...The Fog was the one that gave me the shivers though...that movie freaked me green...I just wanted to curl up in Adrienne Barbeau's arms and...well, let's just say it scared me... ;)
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The Bird With The Crystal Plummage
Profondo Rosso
Let's Scare Jessica To Death
What Have They Done To Solange?
I Spit On Your Grave
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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"Rosemary's Baby" & "Audrey Rose" were good creepy ones too!
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As a teen in the 70s, I didn't (and still don't) like post-1960s horror films. But I remember seeing The House That Dripped Blood , Williard, The Exorcist,(Rosemary's Baby is from 1968, but I was able to stomach that one and saw it in the 70s), I saw Night Of The Living Dead in the 70s.
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Burnt offerings scared the heck out of me. I will never watch that one again.
I have never nor will I ever see the Exorcist. Heard way too many things about it. :o
To this day, I can't watch Salems Lot alone. That movie was truly frightening.
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Hey what was it about Burnt Offerings that scared us so much? It's not just me, it's a few of us.
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Hey what was it about Burnt Offerings that scared us so much? It's not just me, it's a few of us.
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Is that the one where the girl of the movie blew something up by starring at it?
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Hey what was it about Burnt Offerings that scared us so much? It's not just me, it's a few of us.
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For me, I think it was that creepy guy (was he a chauffer or gardner or something?) when he would turn his head all slow & he had that evil smile! Does anyone know what I am talking about? Then of course the old lady in the attic was scary too.
Does anyone remember a movie called, "This House Possessed"? OMG! That movie is twisted! :o
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Is that the one where the girl of the movie blew something up by starring at it?
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I think you are thinking of Firestarter
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Hey what was it about Burnt Offerings that scared us so much? It's not just me, it's a few of us.
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For me it was the feeling of the movie. Then there was the old lady in the attic. The scene at the end where the chimney falls on the dad freaks me out to this day. It could also be that I first saw it when I was 10.
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Carrie kind of freaked me out-well the end when the hand comes up...(I really don't want to give too much away in case someone hasn't seen it yet).
Asylum was another movie that kind of freaked me out. Haven't seen it in decades.
I think the scariest movie I have ever seen was Children of the Corn. I know it came out in the 80s-not the 70s, but it is still the scariest movie I have ever seen.
Cat
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I think you are thinking of Firestarter
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No, the dark haired girl (late teens) didn't start fires particularly. She had a power within her eyes. In one of the last scenes in the movie, she was in a bedroom. There was a man on a bed and he made very her angry. She then looked at him and his head exploded off his shoulders completely.
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No, the dark haired girl (late teens) didn't start fires particularly. She had a power within her eyes. In one of the last scenes in the movie, she was in a bedroom. There was a man on a bed and he made very her angry. She then looked at him and his head exploded off his shoulders completely.
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Wow, sounds creepy. :o
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I love horror films from all eras, there is only one that I will not watch and that is The Exorcist. Watched it when I was very young the first time and it made a huge impression. Scared me to death. I also had a family member terrify me when I would stay over at her house because she told me that the 'Exorcist girl' lived in her closet and if I moved around she would get me. ;D :o
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I hear ya about The Exorcist. That one ranks right up there with Salem's Lot for me. Only watch those movies in the daytime. Those are the kind of movies that stick with you for a long time.
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For me, I think it was that creepy guy (was he a chauffer or gardner or something?) when he would turn his head all slow & he had that evil smile! Does anyone know what I am talking about? Then of course the old lady in the attic was scary too.
Does anyone remember a movie called, "This House Possessed"? OMG! That movie is twisted! :o
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YES! That SCARY FREAKING GUY! He had that EVIL FACE! OOOOH! And you know what, Karen Black just scared me because of Trilogy of Terror, so I was already petrified. AND THE HEARSE...etc. What a freaky movie. The kid blowing things up was Firestarter byt Stephen King with Drew Barrymore.
And what about SALEM'S LOT? It PLAYED ON ME that DAVID SOUL my LOVE from Starsky and Hutch was turned evil! I was scared for weeks.
The last one I want to mention if anyone remembers it was a miniseries called "The True Story of Frankenstien." And the thing that scared me....two things....the hand that moved by itself and the CUTE Frankenstien monster starts to get ugly (Michael Sarrazin again). EEEKKKK.
Oh, Invasion of the Body Snatchers too with Donald Sutherland. Or was I just scared because of his bucked teeth?
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YES! That SCARY FREAKING GUY! He had that EVIL FACE! OOOOH! And you know what, Karen Black just scared me because of Trilogy of Terror, so I was already petrified. AND THE HEARSE...etc. What a freaky movie.
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OMG! You are right! It was a hearse. OK, I think I am going to go find that movie & watch it.
Karen Black was a total freak! And yes, because of Trilogy of Terror, she also scared me. Remember that little voo-doo doll in that movie with all the teeth? :o Good gosh, that was evil!
"Amityville Horror" was VERY scary to me as well. (Margot Kidder again, Daisy Jane) ;) Remember the scene where James Brolin looks up at the side of the house & sees a pig with glowing red eyes? HOLY CR@P! That scene freaked me out for years! I always had a fear of seeing that outside my bedroom window! :o
:-[ I'm scared--somebody hold me. ;D
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OMG! You are right! It was a hearse. OK, I think I am going to go find that movie & watch it.
Karen Black was a total freak! And yes, because of Trilogy of Terror, she also scared me. Remember that little voo-doo doll in that movie with all the teeth? :o Good gosh, that was evil!
"Amityville Horror" was VERY scary to me as well. (Margot Kidder again, Daisy Jane) ;) Remember the scene where James Brolin looks up at the side of the house & sees a pig with glowing red eyes? HOLY CR@P! That scene freaked me out for years! I always had a fear of seeing that outside my bedroom window! :o
:-[ I'm scared--somebody hold me. ;D
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WOW you said a mouthful. Carrie....not too SCARY but AWESOME. That slow motion scene will go down in history for me!
Trilogy - that little a**ho** devil doll! He was so freaking mean and then didn't she become him?
Amityville - never saw the first one!
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I think the scariest movie I have ever seen was Children of the Corn. I know it came out in the 80s-not the 70s, but it is still the scariest movie I have ever seen.
Cat
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Children of the Corn. Please give me more info. Not the one with the retarded guy who was murdered in the corn field?
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Carrie was pretty rad. If I had telekinetic powers like her, I'd hone them in to be all like Scanners and blow up all kinds of s**t by just focusing on them.
Right now I am focusing on Clay, George W., and Ripp :)
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My family used to go to the drive-in every Friday night in the summer, usually for the dusk to dawn horror shows. I was under the age of ten, and these are some of the movies I remember scaring me a lot:
It's Alive
Rabid
Black Christmas
Dawn of the Dead
The Toolbox Murders
Alice Sweet Alice
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My all time favorite horror flick is "Halloween". They don't make them like this any more. But the movie that really freaked me out was "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". This is probably because it was supposed to be a true story. :o
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Salem's Lot has one of the most terrifying scenes in the history of horror movies: when the little vampire child appeared behind the window and started scratching it. I'll never forget the nightmares I had because of this scene. :o :o
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Karen Black was a total freak! And yes, because of Trilogy of Terror, she also scared me. Remember that little voo-doo doll in that movie with all the teeth? :o Good gosh, that was evil!
I remember that movie, she had to put that little voo-doo doll in the oven and when she opened the oven door to see if it was dead the dolls spirit jumped inside of her and she squated there on the floor ramming the butcher knife in the floor and waited for her mother to come over for dinner. If memory serves me correctly, Karen Black starred in Burnt Offerings also.
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But the movie that really freaked me out was "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". This is probably because it was supposed to be a true story. :o
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Yep, "supposed" to be. ;)
My favorites:
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Dawn of the Dead
Black Christmas
The Last House on the Left
Suspiria
The Exorcist
The Hills Have Eyes
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Hey, what about "Phantasm"...that creepy guy with the silver ball thing that flew through the air and drilled into your head...
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"Halloween",
"Friday the 13" (crap, but it still managed to give me a bit of a scare)
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Hey, what about "Phantasm"...that creepy guy with the silver ball thing that flew through the air and drilled into your head...
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Yes... The Tall Man. Shame the ending was so contrived.
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The Exorcist. I slept with the lights on
for two weeks after that one.
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There is one that has terrified me for years but I have no idea what its name is - hopefully it may ring a bell to someone. I saw it at the drive in around 1975 or 76 and I was supposed to be asleep in the back of the car.
I dont know if it was an Aussie or American movie.
Basic storyline was a bunch of attractive young women on holiday - they were towing a caravan around. One had a little dog - perhaps a scottish terrier or similar.
Everywhere they went this mysterious bikie gang would appear. Bits that remain in my head are:
# One woman was at a swimming pool doing laps - she opens her eyes underwater and one of the bikies is lying on the bottom of the pool smiling up at her.
# The girls go back to the caravan and find the cupboards full of snakes.
# The woman are running around looking for the little dog and finally find it dead and strung up on the caravan.
Over the years I have described this to so many people and it doesnt sound familiar to anyone !!
I generally try to avoid actual horror movies - but having worked at the family drive ins from 74 - 84 it was hard to avoid all. The ones that I wish I had never watched - because they still give me nightmares to this day are Amytiville Horror,
The Changeling (With George C Scott), and
Physcomania (I think this was a British film - bout bikers who intentionally kill themselves to be part of a living dead type biker gang - I remember seeing Stonehenge in several scenes).
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The Changeling (With George C Scott), and
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BMG - I am sorry I can't help you with the film you are looking for.
But, I have to say "The Changeling" was a GREAT movie! I can't believe I forgot that one! You know what scene always stuck with me? The one where he goes into the bathroom & sees the tub overflowing with water & when he looks in it, there is a little girl submerged looking at him :o Holy crap, that scared me. That whole movie was brilliant.
Thanks for the reminder :)
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Hey, what about "Phantasm"...that creepy guy with the silver ball thing that flew through the air and drilled into your head...
Yeah, his name was Angus. What a creepy man.
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:o Phantasm
The Shining
Amityville Horror
Tim
RATT-n-ROLL
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There is one that has terrified me for years but I have no idea what its name is - hopefully it may ring a bell to someone. I saw it at the drive in around 1975 or 76 and I was supposed to be asleep in the back of the car.
I dont know if it was an Aussie or American movie.
Basic storyline was a bunch of attractive young women on holiday - they were towing a caravan around. One had a little dog - perhaps a scottish terrier or similar.
Everywhere they went this mysterious bikie gang would appear. Bits that remain in my head are:
# One woman was at a swimming pool doing laps - she opens her eyes underwater and one of the bikies is lying on the bottom of the pool smiling up at her.
# The girls go back to the caravan and find the cupboards full of snakes.
# The woman are running around looking for the little dog and finally find it dead and strung up on the caravan.
Over the years I have described this to so many people and it doesnt sound familiar to anyone !!
I generally try to avoid actual horror movies - but having worked at the family drive ins from 74 - 84 it was hard to avoid all. The ones that I wish I had never watched - because they still give me nightmares to this day are Amytiville Horror,
The Changeling (With George C Scott), and
Physcomania (I think this was a British film - bout bikers who intentionally kill themselves to be part of a living dead type biker gang - I remember seeing Stonehenge in several scenes).
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The movie you are referring to, sounds like "Race with the devil". It was about two couples that went on vacation in an RV, and witnessed a human sacrifice while camped out one night. It turned out to be a satanic cult. It starred Loretta Swit, Peter Fonda, and Warren Oates.
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Hiya Butterball.
Would you believe someone else suggested that one a few years ago so we tracked it down and watched it and it wasnt the one :( Tho similar stuff happened in it so I was inclined to think the one I saw was a cheap copy perhaps.
The one I remember definately had women travelling without men - and they definately had a caravan attached to the tow bar of their car.
I am kinda inclined to think it was an Aussie flick because of the caravan - millions of us (especially in the 70's) holidayed in them whereas the US culture was more towards the RVs etc.
ARGH - its only bothered me for 25 years or so - one day I will find out what it was !!
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There is a lot needed to scare me.
But when I saw the VILLAGE PEOPLE on the screen I pissed my pants
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There is a lot needed to scare me.
But when I saw the VILLAGE PEOPLE on the screen I pissed my pants
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LOL! http://e4u.consoleradar.com/happy/469.gif
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Isn't there another movie where a family is tormented by beach dwellers?
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Does anyone remember a movie where there was this guy that hid behind the walls inside a house? And he had all these little holes in the walls where he would look through? I wanna say that he was stalking a teenage girl, but I am not sure.
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Hey what about that movie with Kim Darby with little horrific gnomes?
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Hey what about that movie with Kim Darby with little horrific gnomes?
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I remember that one. Weren't those little creatures afraid of the light? They were trying to drag here down in some kind of hole...I think. If memory serves me right, they were successful. :-[
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Does anyone remember a movie where there was this guy that hid behind the walls inside a house? And he had all these little holes in the walls where he would look through? I wanna say that he was stalking a teenage girl, but I am not sure.
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"Hider In The House" with Gary Busey ???
Kudos to those who mentioned Black Christmas (looooove Olivia Hussey!) and Suspiria!
Suspiria was weird as hell. It was not scary, but the ideas and sets were off-the-wall awesome. I kneel at the altar of horror film maestros like Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci 8)
I'm definitely more into the stalker/suspense branch of horror like Dressed To Kill and Blow Out. The film has to be directed either by an Italian or in the style of Brian DePalma circa late 70s and early 80s 8) Pino Donaggio soundtracks are a must too, if Goblin/Cherry Five prove too difficult to find!
Here are a couple of more I just thought of from the 70s and other decades (now that we have ventured in to the 80s 8) ):
Don't Torture A Duckling
The New York Ripper
The Collector
Peeping Tom
Psycho
M
Eyes Without A Face
Happy Birthday To Me
Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer
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"Hider In The House" with Gary Busey ???
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No sweetie, that's not it. However, that is a good movie! I forgot about that one.
And surprise, surprise.....Tarzan Boy prefers "Stalker" movies. Must be why he's so good at his craft. ::)
:-*
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"Hider In The House" with Gary Busey ???
Kudos to those who mentioned Black Christmas (looooove Olivia Hussey!) and Suspiria!
Suspiria was weird as hell. It was not scary, but the ideas and sets were off-the-wall awesome. I kneel at the altar of horror film maestros like Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci 8)
I'm definitely more into the stalker/suspense branch of horror like Dressed To Kill and Blow Out. The film has to be directed either by an Italian or in the style of Brian DePalma circa late 70s and early 80s 8) Pino Donaggio soundtracks are a must too, if Goblin/Cherry Five prove too difficult to find!
Here are a couple of more I just thought of from the 70s and other decades (now that we have ventured in to the 80s 8) ):
Don't Torture A Duckling
The New York Ripper
The Collector
Peeping Tom
Psycho
M
Eyes Without A Face
Happy Birthday To Me
Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer
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That's also CARRIE's music composer and director....and all three of those movies were UNREAL. I love all three (Dressed, Blow Out and Carrie) a lot!
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I remember that one. Weren't those little creatures afraid of the light? They were trying to drag here down in some kind of hole...I think. If memory serves me right, they were successful. :-[End Quote
Yes, that's the one. They hated light...and she almost made it....I think.
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I never saw The Exorcist on the big screen until a couple years ago. What a trip. If that movie doesn't freak you out, I don't know what movie would (The Shining). :D
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The Exorcist was really freaky. Part of it was filmed here in DC & when I was a teenager we would go hang out on the "Exorcist Steps" (remember the scene when the Priest fell down the loooong flight of stairs), which are located in Georgetown, DC. I always had this eerie feeling walking down them!
I remember reading the book in College, and it scared me way more than the movie did.
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I never saw The Exorcist on the big screen until a couple years ago. What a trip. If that movie doesn't freak you out, I don't know what movie would (The Shining). :D
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I saw the Exorcist for the very first time this year, on television and let me say, it was NOT as scary as everyone says because the LANGUAGE was all blocked out. I truly believe that if you can't hear her carrying on and saying bad words and nasty things, it's almost funny.
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I remember Happy Birthday to Me. it starred Melissa Sue Anderson (from Little House on the Prairie). That was a creepy movie. She killed all the children that didn't show up at her birthday party when she was a little girl, and she placed them all around the birthday table, really sick. I also remember going to the movies to see "The Town that Dreaded Sundown", it was about teenagers getting killed while parking in lovers lane. It cured me of parking,lol. I can still remember one scene when he tied the couple to a tree and tied the knife to the end of a trombone and as he played it the knife went in and out of the victims. I don't care for bloody movies anymore, there is enough violence in the real world these days.
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I really liked Happy Birthday To Me. It was directed by J. Lee Thompson. This movie makes Scream look like a crappy re-hash!
Thompson is the same director of Poor Cow - the clips from the movie were used for The Smiths's "Girlfriend In A Coma"!
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Suspiria was weird as hell. It was not scary, but the ideas and sets were off-the-wall awesome. I kneel at the altar of horror film maestros like Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci
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Argento and Fulci are godly! Another favourite is Fulci's "The Beyond".
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I love horror films and have seem most all of these but I had to add a couple that I haven't seen yet that scared spitless when I was younger:
The Omen
Damien Omen 2
That little kid was creepy to say the least.
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I love horror films and have seem most all of these but I had to add a couple that I haven't seen yet that scared spitless when I was younger:
The Omen
Damien Omen 2
That little kid was creepy to say the least.
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I had forgotten about the Omen. I went to see that movie on my first "date." I was all of 13. I really wanted to hold on to the guy during the scary parts but I think I was more afraid of that then I was of the movie. The movie was pretty scary, though.
Cat
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Coma - what about it? It wasn't a horror film, but it was scary in its own way.
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Argento and Fulci are godly! Another favourite is Fulci's "The Beyond".
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Yeah, Anchor Bay here in the US is pretty big when it comes to Eurohorror and Eurotrash films. Image is another one; they release the trashier films by guys like Jean Rollin and Mario Bava.
I loved The Beyond 8) and The Beyond 2
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I saw the Exorcist for the very first time this year, on television and let me say, it was NOT as scary as everyone says because the LANGUAGE was all blocked out. I truly believe that if you can't hear her carrying on and saying bad words and nasty things, it's almost funny.
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I agree with you there, that's why I never watched the whole movie on television. It's a completely different story when you see it in the theatre in its' entirety.
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The Beyond 2
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There was a "2"? I was unaware of that.
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Anyone remember "Beyond the door"? This movie was sort of a rip off between "The Exorcist" and "Rosemary's baby". There was a scene where a little boy/girl comes running in their mothers bedroom, and the possessed mothers head turns 360 degrees in slow motion.(Exorcist) That scene has been stuck in my head till this day. :o
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There was a "2"? I was unaware of that.
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There wasn't ::) TB messed the names of two films. He has a film called Shock which was billed as "Beyond The Door II" when it was first released. This wasn't even a Fulci film - it was directed by Bava (I don't know if it was Lamberto or Mario) :P
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There wasn't ::) TB messed the names of two films. He has a film called Shock which was billed as "Beyond The Door II" when it was first released. This wasn't even a Fulci film - it was directed by Bava (I don't know if it was Lamberto or Mario) :P
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Thank heavens for that!
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Does anyone remember "Mark of the Devil" and other movies like it? It was billed as a horror film, but it mostly dealt with gross images of torture of suspected witches in the Middle Ages. Not very scary, but very nauseating.
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- Carrie (I saw it at the drive-in with my parents. To this day, the image of Sissy Spacek covered in pig's blood freaks me out.)
- Dawn of the Dead
- The Exorcist
- The Amityville Horror
- The Omen
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The Brood - All I remember about this film is all the mutant kids with their hoods up...it still scares me just remembering that bit!
Sadly the Hammer House of Horrors films scare me too
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I saw a movie that totally freaked me out called 'The Wicker Man". Edward Woodward was a police constable hired to find the daughter of a high ranking officer who was held captive on an island run by a demonic cult. Christopher Lee was the cult leader, Lord Summerisle. I don't want to give away the ending, but it would please athiest movie goers. :-X
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I saw a movie that totally freaked me out called 'The Wicker Man". Edward Woodward was a police constable hired to find the daughter of a high ranking officer who was held captive on an island run by a demonic cult. Christopher Lee was the cult leader, Lord Summerisle. I don't want to give away the ending, but it would please athiest movie goers. :-X
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It wasn't a demonic cult, it was a pagan cult. :)
A great if twisted movie!
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- Carrie (I saw it at the drive-in with my parents. To this day, the image of Sissy Spacek covered in pig's blood freaks me out.)
- Dawn of the Dead
- The Exorcist
- The Amityville Horror
- The Omen
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I saw Carrie at the drive in with my family too, when I was 7. It nearly scarred me for life! I thought the movie was over, so I stopped squinting and took my fingers out of my ears. And then the hand came out of the grave... and my parents heard this loud thump as I fell off of the car seat onto the floor. When they turned back to look, they saw two wide eyes peering up at them. That's the last time I ever trusted the movie to be over before they started rolling the credits...
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That's sad for a little kid to see such a sick movie like Carrie. You probably still have to sleep with the light on.
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I saw Carrie at the drive in with my family too, when I was 7. It nearly scarred me for life! I thought the movie was over, so I stopped squinting and took my fingers out of my ears. And then the hand came out of the grave... and my parents heard this loud thump as I fell off of the car seat onto the floor. When they turned back to look, they saw two wide eyes peering up at them. That's the last time I ever trusted the movie to be over before they started rolling the credits...
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You know it's not that scary or anything but "The Stepford Wives" has it's moments. CARRIE RULES by the way.
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The Brood - All I remember about this film is all the mutant kids with their hoods up...it still scares me just remembering that bit!
I remember this movie!! I think I saw it on HBO and it totally creeped me out!
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'Salem's lot' scared my dad.
'I spit on your grave' scared my mum.
'Scream pretty Peggy' scared me.
I was only eight or nine years old at the time. I think it was about a minder that got involved with an intriguing sculptor and his 'demented' mother. This was scary for me because it was the first I had witnessed transvestitism (the sculptor in the end was the mad one, he dressed up like his mother)! Please note I hadn't seen Psycho before this.
Has anybody mentioned the film 'Patrick'? That was quite unnerving. It was about a killer that was in hospital in a comatose state. He could kill with telekinetic powers. The way he communicates via typewriter was intriguing.
This is an 80s film but I'm going to mention 'Hell night' - a stalk and slash horror about Halloween party goers entering a mansion inhabited by a retarded guy who killed them all, predictably one by one, except the main character.
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I thought I was the only person in the world who watched it. I remember it well and it was creepy. It's nice to know someone else remembers it. :)
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The Brood - All I remember about this film is all the mutant kids with their hoods up...it still scares me just remembering that bit!
I remember this movie!! I think I saw it on HBO and it totally creeped me out!
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I'm glad someone else remembers it, i'd love to get hold of a copy to see if it's still as scary as I thought it was
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Never saw "The Brood", but "all the mutant kids with their hoods up" describes my neighborhood to a tee!! :o ;D :o
What about all the "Faces of Death" movies where they show actual footage of people/animals being killed. Never had the guts to actually see one...anyone here ever see 'em?
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I couldn't stand to watch anything that has animals being killed......except spiders, they don't count cos they're evil.
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make that spiders and fishes
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ROFLMAO!! ;D ;D :P
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oh god it's time to go change again
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What about all the "Faces of Death" movies where they show actual footage of people/animals being killed. Never had the guts to actually see one...anyone here ever see 'em?
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They were crap. Most of the "footage" was staged and half the time you didn't actually see any deaths, just explosions, car smashes and stuff.
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Yeah. Don't waste your time on this tripe, if you haven't seen it yet.
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They were crap. Most of the "footage" was staged and half the time you didn't actually see any deaths, just explosions, car smashes and stuff.
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That figures...just as well. I would not have remembered about them except for this thread.
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Thanks for the heads-up Hairspray...
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::)Maybe you should try Depends...::)
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I'm sure there was only you and me knew what I meant until you posted that...but thanks for sharing!! LMAO...ooops
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Uhhhh, sorry... :-/ :-/
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are you? are you really? if so how sorry are you?
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Oh, I am sorry all right...just ask my wife!
OK, seriously, I am sooooooooo sorry...that if I could I would run right over there right now and give you a big hug...after you change, of course.
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I seem to have a new problem now...you know the coffee down the nose trick?
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At least that keeps it out of your bladder.
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so does the laughing...and you can't tell me at your age you've never had that problem
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Coffee down the nose, or laughing til I pee?
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since it's you who has the pee fixation we'll go with that
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From what I've heard, it's Mike Florio that has the pee fixation.
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is that a horror film? (to get back on topic since i'm not one to hijack a thread....)
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I don't know if this movie is from the 70's or 80's, but When a Stranger Calls was VERY suspenseful. I also remember a movie called My Bloody Valentine. I used to go see all the scary movies until they just became so ridiculous.
From my childhood anyone remember Picture Mommy Dead, or the Pit and the Pendulum? There was also that one where Bette Davis was horrible to her sister, and that little blond girl was just evil.
As far as campy/scary movies go, anyone remember the Dr. Phibes movies with Vincent Price?
To put my mind at ease, does anyone remember a scary/slasher movie with a scene in it where some young, fat boy is in a pool saying he's a sea pig? I know that sounds very odd, but I know I saw it-just can't remember the name of it.
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From the same 'Vincent Price' era. I heard of a film called 'The Tingler'.
The film in itself wasn't very scarey but apparently there was a gimic involved with the seating at cinemas which, at certain parts of the movie, would give a small electric shock!
Could anybody tell me if there have been other films that used novelty gimics to get them accross?
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OMG, that is too funny that you mentioned The Tingler. The Tingler is in the building......my boyfriend and I cracked up watching that movie. You could so see the strings that were manipulating the "tingler". Didn't some John Waters movies have scents that you smelled during the movie?
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I've no idea about that, Fairylover.
Isn't there another film that used hype to get itself across.
Apparently it was supposed to be so frightening that a light would come on in the cinema to warn you when a really scarey moment is going to occur.
I'm afraid I don't know what the film is called. Does anybody know?
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Does anyone remember a movie where there was this guy that hid behind the walls inside a house? And he had all these little holes in the walls where he would look through? I wanna say that he was stalking a teenage girl, but I am not sure.
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Could it have been crawlspace with Klaus Kinski
Big horror fan can remember taking my first wife to see City of the living dead and we had to leave as she was sick(for real)
But the only one from the 70's that scared me wasn't a film it was a TV adaption of Sweeny Todd I seen when I was a lad don't know if it was ever showing over in the USA but it gave me the creeps plus we use to have a show called don't watch alone on STV that showed all the old Universal horror's.
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One more I just thought of-------"Invasion of the Body Snatchers" with Donald Sutherland. There were 2 versions of this movie I believe,,, one that came out in the 50's and the one Im talking about that came out in the late 70's. I remember watching it with a friend of mine when we were like 10. We watched it with the lights off, scared the hell out of me. I didnt want to move after that movie was over. very creepy flick!!
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OMG, that is too funny that you mentioned The Tingler. The Tingler is in the building......my boyfriend and I cracked up watching that movie. You could so see the strings that were manipulating the "tingler". Didn't some John Waters movies have scents that you smelled during the movie?
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I remember seeing The Tingler on TV back in the early 60's as a little kid... I slept with the light on for a few years afterwards...
John Waters did "Polyester" in what he called "Odorama". The audience was given a "scratch-n-sniff" card and you were cue'd when to use it. Most of the smells were nasty and unexpected, if I remember correctly, i.e. the guy would hand the girl a bouquet of roses -- cue the scratch-n-sniff -- and as you were sniffing, the guy would whip out a pair of stinky sweatsox! Waters is one strange dude.
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hereare some i can remember that really scared me in the 70's and a few in the early 80's:
SALEMS LOT
THE EXORCIST( I THINK BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A TRUE STORY,I NEVER SAW IT UNTIL IT GOT REMASTERED ON DVD THAT I SAW IT WITH EXTRA NEVER BEFORE SCENES,THE PART WHERE SHE IS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS BACKWARDS FREAKED ME OUT)
TRILOGY OF TERROR
EVIL DEAD
BURNT OFFERINGS
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE(ANOTHER TRUE STORY)
ROSEMARYS BABY
AUDREY ROSE
(THERE WAS ALSO ONE THAT HAD BARBARA EDEN FROM I DREAM OF JEANNIE WHERE SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH AN ALIEN BABY OR SOMETHING THAT KINDA GOT ME
AMITTYVILLE HORROR
DAWN OF THE DEAD(I WAS FREAKED OUT FOR WEEKS AFTER SEEING THIS MOVIE-THE HELICOPTER SCENE)
CLOCKWORK ORANGE(THAT IS ONE BIZZARE MOVIE)
I REMEMBER PICTURE MOMMY DEAD WHEN I WAS A KID I SAW IT ON T.V. AND IT REALLY SCARED ME I THINK IT HAD ONE OF THE GABOR SISTERS IN IT I THINK ZSAZSA I'M NOT SURE
I THINK THE MOST SCARIEST MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN WAS ONE WITH CLINT HOWARD(RON HOWARDS BROTHER) IT WAS CALLED EVILSPEAK THAT MOVIE SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME
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TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE(ANOTHER TRUE STORY)
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"Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was not a true story. :)
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was loosely based around the real life Ed Gein murders of the 1950s. He used human bodies to create his own style of furniture - e.g human skin for lampshades etc.
As a film in itself, Goreripper you are right it is not a true story.
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"Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was not a true story. :)
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I always thought it was based on a true story, wasn't it?
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One more I just thought of-------"Invasion of the Body Snatchers" with Donald Sutherland. There were 2 versions of this movie I believe,,, one that came out in the 50's and the one Im talking about that came out in the late 70's. I remember watching it with a friend of mine when we were like 10. We watched it with the lights off, scared the hell out of me. I didnt want to move after that movie was over. very creepy flick!!
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There are like three versions now, maybe more. To me, the scariest was the Donald Sutherland one, it made me very very scared.
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There are like three versions now, maybe more. To me, the scariest was the Donald Sutherland one, it made me very very scared.
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The part where they see the dog with the guy's head on it is pure genius.
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I always thought it was based on a true story, wasn't it?
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As Bobby has already pointed out, the house where the killers lived was based on Ed Gein's house; the rest of the story is total fiction.
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Did the real guys eat people?
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The part where they see the dog with the guy's head on it is pure genius.
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I can get scared just thinking about it. It's more palpable than the original and not as purposely effects-ridden like 90s and 00s movies.
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i always thought it was based on a true story,you know how rumors start,but thanks for informing me guys
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What horror movies freaked you out if you were a kid in the 70's. My fondest nightmares come from Salem's Lot, The Shining (1980), and The Fog (1980). I was 9 when these were out , watched them and had a hard time sleeping for awhile, still kinda freaky today when i see them. They dont make them like they used to. I see todays horror films and they dont even compare.
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DONT FORGET CREATURE FEATURES ON SATURDAY NIGHTS 11:00 PM PAUL VHGUY...
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Hey what about that movie with Kim Darby with little horrific gnomes?
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Oh!! One of my favorites, it's called "Don't Be Afraid of The Dark". It was actually a made for TV movie. I wish I could find it at my video store, I'd love to see it again. I have a feeling that it won't be as scary as I remember it.
Some of my other faves...
The Blood on Satan's Claw (AKA Satan's Skin)
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
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I am pretty sure that was "BAD RONALD" w/Scott Jacoby...
I have a VHS of Picture Mommy Dead.. The worms crawl in the worms crawl out.......
The Others was another I have not seen mentioned
The Omega Man
The Fog
Its Alive
Dont Look in the Basement
Motel Hell
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The Excorcist, The Amityville Horror, Halloween, and Salem's Lot. (ps, The Shining came out in 1980 which technically means it's an 80's horror film.)
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I just remembered 'The Abominable Dr Phibes'. What a great film! :)
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Not for the faint-hearted:
"Dr. Butcher"
Yikes, It's gorrrrrrrry. This zombie flick has the potential to make an awful impression on you for some time.
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Not for the faint-hearted:
"Dr. Butcher"
Yikes, It's gorrrrrrrry. This zombie flick has the potential to make an awful impression on you for some time.
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I have Dr. Butcher on vhs tape, it was taped from HBO when there was a 20` antenna on my parents roof.
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The film where the girl(Amy Irving) blew up the guy with her mind was the Fury. Starred Kirk Douglas and Andrew Stevens. As far as horror flicks go I know it will be silly, but I am going to cruise to the drive-in to go see Freddy vs Jason. I really wish they could get copies of 70s and 80s horror flicks and do a dusk to dawn.
Just think:
Rabid
Evil Dead
The Texas Chainsaw massacre
and Last house on the Left!
That would be too cool!
God lyk!
JC
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Many thanks for that piece of info, JC. :)
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Last house on the Left!
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Awesome movie.
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What about all those slightly cheesy Hammer Horror ones !!Like the ones that had 3 or 4 stories in one film.I remember one being 3 men on a train telling their stories and then finally realising they were dead or something.Oh god and that Vincent Price,Christopher Lee one with the hand climbing up the car windscreen or the one with Oliver Reed as a werewolf ??
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I loved the real cheesy Hammer Horrors from the early 70's, sadly the studio closed.
They were so bad they were good. ;D ;D ;D
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I'm not sure if this is a '70s movie but I recently seen "Tourist Trap", my boyfriend bought it on DVD.
Basically the characters are being killed and turned into mannequins. It wasn't scary, just weird.
I thought it was funny when the mannequins head would turn, they're mouth would open and go "AHHHHHH" in this creepy voice. :D
Tanya Roberts from Charlie's Angels is in it.
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1. Trilogy of Terror ... I had to sleep with my mother after I saw that one.. She was even scared. The voodoo doll one was the most horrifying one.. "Yech yech yech yech yech" at the end when Karen Black's teeth looked all jagged and she was crouched down , repeatedly sticking the knife in the floor.. That image alone still freaks me out.
2. The Exorcist- whenever I have pea soup , I think of her.
3. Carrie- Scared me when I was a kid..now I would say I am on Carrie's side.. I am glad she got her revenge.
4. The Hills Have Eyes- I saw this when I was a little kid at a drive-in . It was the second movie in a double feature that also featured "Arnold". Arnold was kind of lame though. Though I was scared back then. The Hills have Eyes gave me nightmares for weeks.. that bald cannibal guy ...ewwww...
5. Texas Chainsaw Massacre- I didn't actually see this til the 80's when I was a teenager, because I was too little when it first came out. Scared the bejeezus out of me though.
6. The Omen- That angelic little kid, Damien..looked just like my brother. Kind of acted like him also.
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Since I wasn't even alive in the 70's most movies never really quite scared me, but The Shinning & Halloween were the ones I remember having nightmares about as a kid.
And I don't know why but The Exorcist never really did quite scared me.
I liked Rosemary's baby alot, so as Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Happy Birthday To Me is great, i'm not really if its from the 70's or 80's.
I used to be obsessed with horror movies. I saw billions of them, I used to have a list somewhere... Ah well but they don't make movies today like they used to. No matter how many special effects by computer the movie has its not as good as old ones.
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does anyone remember a horror movie (not sure if it was in 70 or 80),it was about a priest who was struggling with his faith or something,and the devil came out as an evil black 4x4 pick up truck,or something like that,the memories are a bit muddled but i do remember the truck.
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Has anyone metioned Alien?
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Don't know if it's been mentioned, but I have a vague memory of this '72 flick (name unknown) in which a bunch of priests and nuns were romping around in the nude doing scarry stuff. Anyone remember it?
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:o ???
NOBODY MENTIONED DELIVERANCE? THAT WAS A BIT SCARRRRRRRY....HORROR MOVIE? NOO BUT FREAKY NO?
TEXAS CHAINSAW, HANDS DOWN, SCARIEST MOVIE EVERRRR!
AMITYVILLE HORROR
HALLOWEEN
FILMGORE ( OMG BLOODIEST MOVIE EVER) LOOK IT UP...
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Of course! How did I forget that one!
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Don't know if it's been mentioned, but I have a vague memory of this '72 flick (name unknown) in which a bunch of priests and nuns were romping around in the nude doing scarry stuff. Anyone remember it?
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"The Devils" maybe? With Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed and lots of nuns running around naked and people being burned at the stake? Great film if that's what you're thinking of!