October 31, 2009

What are the scariest non-horror movies around?

An interesting list, to say the least (since it's Halloween today and all), but I came across this and had to post it. The entire article is here, but these are supposedly the 10 scariest films that can't be classified as "horror" films:

  • Requiem for a Dream (2000)
  • Mulholland Drive (2001)
  • Open Water (2003)
  • Hard Candy (2005)
  • Lake of Fire (2006)
  • Apocalypto (2006)
  • United 93 (2006)
  • Funny Games (2008)
  • Standard Operating Procedure (2008)
  • Antichrist (2009)
-Thoughts?

7 comments:

  1. Definitely for Requiem and Antichrist and I'd also add Oldboy

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  2. interesting choice...I'm curious to see what people find scary, since I'd say that most horror movies aren't scary, regardless of their quality...

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  3. and for me, the scariest movie ever made is Arachnophobia, since I'm scared shitless of spiders haha

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  4. Mulholland Drive is a masterpiece, but the first time I saw it (I was like 14) I was so scared by the hobo thing that I couldn't walk around corners without my heart racing. And the Club Silencio while beautiful, makes me so uneasy to think about.

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  5. I didn't care much for the flick, but it was certainly odd

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  6. Silence of the Lambs. I wouldn't consider it a horror so much as a thriller, and it scared the shit out of me when I first saw it.

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  7. United 93 was a completely harrowing film. Antichrist is also very disturbing and I agree that neither of them can be considered horror movies.

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