What's your favorite horror movie and what's the scariest movie scene you ever saw ?

[Christiane17]

I have a few of those I really liked, like The Birds a great Hitchcock movie, based of Daphne DuMaurier's novel. That was really creepy and scaring, but I must say that the scariest thing I have ever watched was The Exorcist. Jaws gave me some good adrenaline moments, but I should say that The Car was kind of stressing.

[JohnnyHack]

I have a few of those I really liked, like The Birds a great Hitchcock movie, based of Daphne DuMaurier's novel. That was really creepy and scaring, but I must say that the scariest thing I have ever watched was The Exorcist. Jaws gave me some good adrenaline moments, but I should say that The Car was kind of stressing.

The Car? Would that be any car inparticular, or just cars in general? I've never heard of that movie, I'll have to look it up.

[Sigmund]

The scariest movie I have seen is "The Strangers". Messed up my head totally. I have seen virtually every horror movie and this is the only movie that actually gave me nightmares-for days. Besides the gun I keep by my bedside I "planted" other guns/weapons throughout the entire house so if these or others like them ever got here I would be ready. I can't wait to see The Crazies!

[Jbkoskinen]

John Carpenter's "The Thing" is noteworthy I think, because of the setting. I can't imagine a worse place to stumble upon an all-consuming alien life-form than Antarctica in the onset of winter. Beautiful use of the setting literary device.

You should visit my house during Thanksgiving when my mother-in-law comes to visit.

It's pretty close.

[~Ally~]

I really don't get scared by movies.
The best I have seen would be Poltergeist because it DID scare me when I was four.
The scene where Marty was washing his face and it started to peel off scared me for years.

[REDRUM]

Don't have a scariest movie moment but two movies have had scenes that have had a profound effect on me. The first is Begotten, which had several scenes. The next is I Spit on Your Grave, the rape scene was brutal.

[Christiane17]

The Car? Would that be any car inparticular, or just cars in general? I've never heard of that movie, I'll have to look it up.

Sorry for the late reply. The Car was made in the seventies and it's starring James Brolin and Kathleen Loyd. Many fine actors in that movie. Here is the link to the synopsis.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075809/ I hope the link works for you. It's pretty scary and it has something to do with the devil. Actors are incredible and the scenario is well written. The car is no particular brand. It's just weird.

[TriggerHappy]

Oh my God, I'm starting to think I must be disturbed
I've seen all the movies mentioned in this thread, and most of them were not scary enough for me. I still liked them, though.
So I'll have to say my favorites are The Blair Witch Project, The Shining, The Exorcist, 28 Days Later, and a couple hundred more.
But the scariest would have to be The Last Broadcast (all of it), and The Poughkeepsie Tapes (especially the last chapter). Both indie flicks, both mockumentaries, do watch them if you like [REC], Paranormal Activity and suchlike.

[frisbee]

I'm with TriggerHappy - I've seen them all too. I'm at a loss for defining "scariest". Since I've seen so many there are very few that scare me now. The Exorcist came out when I was in 8th grade and I got very scared just by the radio commercials. Hearing the evil raspy voice of Mercedes McCambridge over the radio gave me nightmares before I even saw the movie. And the music was very creepy. Now, when I see the movie, I wonder "why did that scare me so much?" but at the time seeing the girl possessed for the first time scared me more than any other movie. Also, I just watched Paranormal Activity. While the movie itself didnt leave me feeling all that scared I definitely got a fright at the very end (won't give it away here).

[Snaggletooth]

The Brain That Wouldn't Die scared me silly when I was around 8 y.o. It's a 'B' movie, but a good one. Made in 1962. The Haunting (original version) also scared me pretty badly as a kid; I literally could not sleep that night, after seeing it. Boy, was my Mom pissed. I guess that's why I loved horror films so much as a kid, because my parents disapproved of them (!)