In the spirit of Halloween, here are 5 memories of horror films that scared the sh*t out of me at some point in my life. These movies themselves don’t really strike fear in my heart in 2009, but each of them is responsible for a moment that the macho, manly part of me is slightly ashamed to admit actually happened. Without further adieu, the list is below…
Ladies and Gentlemen, I now present: 5 Films That Successfully Brought the Bitch Out of ListenToLeon
The Ring – I wasn’t that scared by the movie, but I watched it late at night, right before going to bed. Later that same night, I came downstairs and saw that the TV was mysteriously on, despite the fact that I know I turned it off. It was also showing a fuzzy static pattern similar to the one in the movie. So I did what any self-respecting grown man would have done: I pulled the TV out the plug, RAN FULL SPEED up the stairs, said this prayer before I went to bed:
“God, If I die tonight, please let me into heaven. Also, don’t let me have that crazy-looking twisted-up decaying ghostface, gasface looking shit like the folks in the movie. Amen.”
Creepshow – The part with the roaches still bothers me. To this very day, if I’m at someone’s house with cockroaches, for the rest of the day, I’m going to randomly brush myself off out of paranoia, thinking something is crawling on me.
The 6th Sense – I liked this movie, but it made me feel like dead people were hanging out in my house, watching me. I still think about it sometimes when I get the urge to jerk off. I’m like “What if the ghost of Coretta Scott King is sitting over there in the corner with a look of disapproval on her face, as I’m over here streaming internet smut? Damn! DAMN! DAMN!!!”
Candyman – This movie itself did not scare me, but the bet I made AFTER watching it back in my middle school days sure as Hell did! My cousins Bryan and Andre bet me $5 that I wouldn’t cut the lights out in the bathroom and say “Candyman” three times while standing in front of a mirror in the dark. Whenever someone did this in the movie, they got hooked or slashed to death by an angry dead slave with bees, metal and all kinds of ill shit. Needless to say, I got to two “Candyman” chants before trying to get out, only to realize Bryan and Andre had locked me in there, and the light switch was on the outside of that bathroom for some reason. You couldn’t tell me there wasn’t a tall black nigga with a hook standing in the shower! I damn near kicked that door down before they let me out.
Carrie – This was just a freaky movie, all the way around. It’s one of the few horror films I was compelled to add to my DVD collection, mainly because of the crazy Bible fanatic mother, and the wild ending. I won’t even get into too much about it, but the end of that movie stuck with me for awhile after I first saw it. Plus, Karen Allen was cute back in those days, and it’s funny seeing John Travolta when he was really young and not-yet super-famous. This film is a big reason why I am nice to everybody, and not just cool people. Common decency aside, I’d like to stay on their good side so they don’t murder me with their minds!
As you can see, I left off all the major killers who haunted people’s dreams after seeing these films, like Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krugger(literally), Michael Myers, Hannibal Lecter, etc. Now, I’d like to know what horror films creeped you out. Let me know in the comments section.
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What? You are fired. Candyman and the RING were HILARIOUS! But I can’t talk because I’m still afraid of clowns because of the movie “IT” and I think dolls are creepy because of Child’s Play. :)
-Victoria D.
IDK if anyone remembers the movie but when I was younger we rented a jacked up copy of “People Under the Stairs”. We could hear everything but only catch a glimpse here and there of what was going on. Needless to say, our imaginations took over and had nightmares for weeks! We were too scared to watch the movie in its full glory until years later…only to realize what a Craptacluar movie it actually was. I was so mad I was scared from that movie!
Scariest movie hands down is “Candy Man”! Lmao that movie has stuck with me for YEARS… Nothing else really comes to mind but Hellraiser & The Devil dude from “Tales From The Hood”. Last but not least, IDKY the old dude from Thinner creeps me out…
I watched The People Under the Stairs when I was little and it caused me to NEVER go in my basement again!
Michael Meyers scares the hell outta me. Also my mama got so mad at me for crying during a Jason movie she snatched me into the kitchen and showed me how the do the special effects with a kitchen butterknife. Needless to say I was still scared and she didnt understand that I was only eight.
You gotta go see Paranormal Activity…off the chain son!
-Ed.
The Ring scared the shit outta me! I wondered if we would get the phone call since technically we were watching the movie w/the people in the movie. Never again! And the Exorcist. I can see why Carrie made you be nice to everbody though LOL.
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I hate scary movies.
I saw the commercial for ‘Paranormal Activity’ the other night & that kept me up all night. I’m good off that.
i’m with Ms. P – I hate scary movies. and the reason for that is I saw two old horror flicks as a child – Ammityville Horror (the original) and Poltergist. That was enough to convince me I had no business watching those movies – EVER!
I’m sorry the scariest movies are not really scary unless they use these five words to describe it…Based on a TRUE story.
…and the trailer to Paranormal Activity had me shook I will pass.
Most horror movies are comedies when I watch them with friends. However, I couldn’t get pass the trailer for “The Hills Have Eyes”. When that little girl turned around with half her face all turned and asks to play, I had to turn my TV off for the rest of the week.
I would have to agree with you on “The Ring” because when my friends and I were watching, our phone would ring around the same time the phone in the movie would ring literally scaring the shit out of me.
Thir13en ghosts, A Nightmare on Elm Street and any movie involving ghosts and/or demons shook me when I was a wee, young lass.
It´s sad that todays activeness movies unregenerate the movies had in originally . Though it´s fun to fuck ultra altissimo tech effects, I missy the gathering that movies were prefabricated side then
It…OMG. Freaking clowns…