The most terrifying thing you've ever watched (or read)?

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Someone mentioned 1984. That, and Fahrenheit 451--dystopian horror at its finest.

However, the one book that literally gave me a nightmare when I finished reading it (around 2am) was On The Beach. Years later, I saw the movie version made in the 2000's and had the same feeling. I could not go to sleep for a couple of hours.

Imagine knowing that the atmosphere has been poisoned to such an extent that you and everyone you love are going to die in a matter of months...and all that's left is the waiting, trying to fill up the time with whatever pleasant things you can think of, but the end is very near...and, eventually, on top of you...and there isn't a thing you can do about it.

*shudder*

In my third year of university I watched the new version of "the Hills Have Eyes", after being awake for 3 days studying. I thought my heart was going to explode a couple times. The Thing is definitely one of may favorites, I'm glad I didn't watch that when I was tired.

I was also 9 when I saw Alien for the first time, it was pretty scary then. I have since seen it about a dozen times, it's probably one my most favorite movies of all time.

Other movies that freaked me out as a kid, or more scenes from movies, was in Jaws at the beginning when the bloated, dead body popped out of the sunken boat. Also the scene in Star Wars (ep IV) where Luke discovers the smoldering skeletons of his aunt & uncle.

Two movies that freaked me out as an adult we're "Hannibal", that movie left me disturbed for weeks, and "Jacobs Ladder", which left me seriously wondering if I was alive or dead.

...Then there was the first time I saw the teletubbies ... the horror ! !! How could such unholy things exist?

Just hearing that statement brings back the fear and paranoia. I absolutely loved "Slender Man" Stories, and since you said "this isn't a movie or anything." I'm curious, have you seen Marble Hornets on youtube? That was the absolute greatest take on Slendy. The psychological torment, the lingering fear, and great directing gives it my 5-stars.

Although, my favorite actual "movie" would have to be the "Silence of the Lambs" series. great characters, plot, and psychotic murder and cannibalism. Beautiful

However, if you really want a great scare, I advise looking into the PC Indie game "Amnesia: The Dark Descent." This is my #1 recommendation to any fellow fear seeker out there. It will surely give you what you want. Not to be underestimated. It will not scare you in the terms of [oh S#!%! monster appeared out of nowhere. Waste ammo. oh it's dead (and/or) not real.] This provide genuine fear and helplessness. Not knowing what's ahead in addition to being chased by something you can not physically harm will surely get your heart racing. I have played through a minimum of eight times, and I still have trouble mustering up the strength to face "the Water Part"

EDIT: also I've been long awaiting Marilyn Manson's Psychological Horror "Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll" Supposedly going to re-define horror
EDIT2: As it turns out, it seems Marble Hornets is coming back. New episodes soon starting with 53

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Some of you may be familiar with this, but probably haven't seen the movie yet:

"The S From Hell"

(semi-tongue-in-cheek)

Haven't thrown in my 10 scariest moments yet, so might as well. Keep in mind that these aren't necessarily the things I find scary now, but did when I first saw them.

-Large Marge from Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
-the two jump scares by the bat in The Great Mouse Detective (hey, I was 5)
-the doctors in the spacesuits in ET (even worse, I was 2!)
-the Night On Bald Mountain sequence from Fantasia
-when the queen turned into the witch in Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs (last Disney movie. Promise)
-the last shot of Evil Dead
-the tunnel scene from Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
-the T-Rex from The Land Before Time
-the airplane crash from Fight Club (I hate flying)
-any jump scare with the alien from Alien

So, yeah... I really am a bit of a p**** when it comes to scary moments. Ironic considering how much I love movies.

The scariest film I've ever seen is 'The Ring' - the original Japanese version. The Hollywood remake is pretty scary but it's nowhere close to the original.

The only film to ever truly spook me was Poltergeist.

The blood testing scene from "The Thing" is (to put it mildly) disturbing.

I have a severely over-active imagination, which makes me a little weird in what I find scary. I think the thing that scared me the most was a fictional account about a race of aliens taking over the world. I read it years ago and I wish I could find it now, it was the length of a decent short story and chronicled one man trying to survive after a near world wide extermination.

Agreed,,,,,,,,,,,,,"The Thing" was not a very scary film.
However,,,,,,,,,,,"The Thing from Another World" (a 1950s sci-fi film from which it was copied) was the scariest movie that I ever saw.

I used to be scared of that show "Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction." The Ring scared me a lot when it was actually out in the cinema. There's a movie called Ghost House that was filmed in the 70's about a little girl and her clown and that movie used to freak me out a lot.

Boring? Really? "It" is my absolute favorite novel. I've probably read it four or five times. I love coming-of-age horror novels. "Summer of Night" is another really excellent one in that sub-genre.

Now, the movie is total crap. Don't get me wrong, Tim Curry was terrifying as Pennywise, but as someone who loved the novel, it pisses me off that they (yet again) turned the novel into a MADE-FOR-TV movie, instead of a legitimate theatrical release film. They had to leave so much out simply because of the medium. One of my goals is to remake "It;" I think it has the potential to be the most horrifying movie of all time!

I LOVE the Scary Stories books! If you buy them now, they come with different illustrations, which is a travesty. The illustrations are the reason the books were so frightening!

The news.

I think no book has scared me quite as much as Whitley Strieber's Communion.

The scariest short story I've read is "It's a Good Life" by Jerome Bixby.