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29. The original from 1963.

Mon Oct 20, 2025, 06:36 PM

Oct 20

The Haunting.

It's probably the very best haunted house movie (I'll get to the competition in a minute). Directed by the great Robert Wise, it has a scientist examining the house, the heir to the property, a self-professed psychic and Eleanor, who experienced poltergeist activity as a child. It doesn't have the kind of jump scares and gore we see in modern horror movies. It just has suspense - a lot of it. It's an old movie now, and dated, but if you can get into it, this is one of the most impressive horror movies ever made.

Now the competition, which is one of the most scary movies I've ever seen:

They're here! Poltergeist is a legendary movie, from 1982.

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Name a scary movie/movies that you actually like. These are movies that you can watch numerous times [View all] debm55 Oct 20 OP

The first two "Alien" movies. Glorfindel Oct 20 #1

Agreed! FalloutShelter Oct 20 #7

Thank you very much, Glorfindel. debm55 Oct 20 #8

21 Days RazorbackExpat Oct 20 #2

Thank you RazorbackExpat. for sharing with us. debm55 Oct 20 #9

from dusk to dawn lapfog_1 Oct 20 #3

Excellent taste lapfog_1. Thank you. debm55 Oct 20 #10

"THEM!" lastlib Oct 20 #4

THEM is my favorite. It doesn't scare me but the Polly Hennessey Oct 20 #6

They didn;t scare you? Thanks lastlib debm55 Oct 20 #11

I remember that! I guess not scary enough to give me nightmares. electric_blue68 Oct 22 #44

Cabin in the Woods. FalloutShelter Oct 20 #5

Thank you very much, FalloutShelter. debm55 Oct 20 #12

The Crawling Eye no_hypocrisy Oct 20 #13

Thank you very much, no_hypocrisy. debm55 Oct 20 #14

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? MIButterfly Oct 20 #15

Thank you very much,MIButterfly. I have seen The Birds and Psycho numerous times. debm55 Oct 20 #20

Night of the Living Dead, Frankenstein (the original one), IT...so many more. LoisB Oct 20 #16

Thank you very much for sharing, LoisB. I like very old black and white movies. the original Frankenstein would be on my debm55 Oct 20 #19

Scary? I don't know about "scary" but I'll list a few movies that are in my rotation Niagara Oct 20 #17

Wow, You have a lot. Thank you very much for Sharing with us, Niagara. debm55 Oct 20 #18

Tangential re Blair Witch.... electric_blue68 Oct 22 #45

lol, electric_blue68 Niagara Oct 23 #47

Oh, that IS some stick! Otoh, shame on those rascaly raccoons, hummers got to eat, too! electric_blue68 Oct 23 #90

One of the raccoons bent my garden hooks getting to food. Ughh! Niagara Oct 24 #91

Let's Scare Jessica to Death MorbidButterflyTat Oct 23 #63

Thank you very much, MorbidButterflyTat. I agree. I don't like the gore and blood movies. debm55 Oct 23 #77

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) nuxvomica Oct 20 #21

Thank you very much, nuxvomica. the moving cut off of hand is scary. though debm55 Oct 20 #23

Horror of Dracula. boonecreek Oct 20 #22

How many times have you seen it? debm55 Oct 20 #24

More times than I care to remember. boonecreek Oct 20 #42

Tremors, The Thing From Another World, LogDog75 Oct 20 #25

Thank you very much, LogDog75 debm55 Oct 20 #32

ZERO! NONE! NADA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! elleng Oct 20 #26

HAHAHAHAHHAH. Thank you elleng. debm55 Oct 23 #58

The VVitch - 2015. The Ritual - 2017. The Thing - 1982 paleotn Oct 20 #27

Wow, You have seen The Exorcist more then once,? I would be very scared. I saw it when it came out and never saw it debm55 Oct 20 #37

The Changeling (1980) johnp3907 Oct 20 #28

Thank you johnp3907 debm55 Oct 20 #36

The original from 1963. Morbius Oct 20 #29

Thank you very much, Morbius. for sharing with us. debm55 Oct 20 #34

We watch a horror movie every night in Oct. Prairie_Seagull Oct 23 #49

Thank you Prairie_Seagull. Neat tradition. debm55 Oct 23 #60

An American Werewolf in London subterranean Oct 20 #30

Thank you very much, subterranean. for sharing. debm55 Oct 20 #35

The Lady in White nocoincidences Oct 20 #31

Thank you very much for your recommendations. nocoincidences debm55 Oct 20 #33

The Exorcist some_of_us_are_sane Oct 20 #38

Thank you very much, some_of_us_are_sane. You are brave. debm55 Oct 20 #39

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter displacedvermoter Oct 20 #40

Oh wow, thank you for sharing your collection with us, displacedvermoter. debm55 Oct 23 #61

Rear Window for me. Coventina Oct 20 #41

Thank you , Coventina, for sharing. I have a couple of times myself. debm55 Oct 23 #57

That poster MorbidButterflyTat Oct 23 #64

Got a couple justaprogressive Oct 21 #43

Thank you very much, justaprogressive. The Village of the Damned---too scary to see. debm55 Oct 23 #55

It was scary the first time (less so, later) 🤔 Forbidden Planet... electric_blue68 Oct 22 #46

Thank you very much, electric_blue68, debm55 Oct 23 #53

The first The Blob catbyte Oct 23 #48

I remember that, catbyte. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Oct 23 #52

And now for something completely different, and that is saying something. Prairie_Seagull Oct 23 #50

Thank you very much for sharing with us, Prairie_Seagull debm55 Oct 23 #51

Train to Busan FM123 Oct 23 #54

Thank you very much, FM123. debm55 Oct 23 #56

"The Sixth Sense"... OmegaX Oct 23 #59

Thank you very much for sharing with us, OmegaX. debm55 Oct 23 #62

My favorite movie genre MorbidButterflyTat Oct 23 #65

Thank you very much, MorbidButterflyTat. I also like the very oldies. debm55 Oct 23 #72

Young Frankenstein mwmisses4289 Oct 23 #66

I know what you mean, mwmisses4289, debm55 Oct 23 #74

The Shining, The original Halloween, and JMCKUSICK Oct 23 #67

Thanks John. debm55 Oct 23 #75

The Lost Boys movie area51 Oct 23 #68

HAHAHAHAAHHAHHA. Thank you very much. area51 debm55 Oct 23 #76

#1 Killer Clowns from Outer Space! Hilarious! #2 Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Ziggysmom Oct 23 #69

OH, Thank you Ziggysmom. My biggest fear are clowns. I don't think I could watch it. I am glad you can. debm55 Oct 23 #73

Sinners Deep State Witch Oct 23 #70

Thank you very much, Deep State Witch. debm55 Oct 23 #71

that documentary called "Idiocracy"... ret5hd Oct 23 #78

Oh my, I have never seen it and it sounds like I won't. Thank you ret5hd. debm55 Oct 23 #82

Seven Haggard Celine Oct 23 #79

Thank you very much, Haggard Celine for sharing with us. debm55 Oct 23 #83

Showgirls ZDU Oct 23 #80

Oh you. Thanks debm55 Oct 23 #85

You know me well! ZDU Oct 23 #86

The Wizard of Oz. pandr32 Oct 23 #81

Me too. I watch every time it is on. The part that gets me are the flying monkeys. Thank you, pandr32. debm55 Oct 23 #84

Yes, the flying monkeys are scary too! pandr32 Oct 23 #87

They Live Wiz Imp Oct 23 #88

Thank you very much, Wiz Imp. Fight scene is rough. debm55 Oct 23 #89

The originals justaprogressive Oct 24 #92

Thank you, justaprogressive. The originals are the best. debm55 Oct 24 #93