I'm one of the few that thinks The Blair Witch Project is possibly the scariest movie ever--for some reason, it pushed my buttons and scared the bejeebus out of me. Paranormal Activity also had its effective moments. The "found footage" genre is a guilty pleasure for me.
As for older films, some of my favorite scary movies would include (in no particular order): The Haunting (1963) Psycho The Wolf Man (1941) Nosferatu (both Murnau and Herzog versions) An American Werewolf in London Alien The Uninvited (1944) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) The Fly (1986) The Wicker Man (1973) Night of the Living Dead (1968) The Changeling (1980) And in the guilty pleasure category: The Legend of Boggy Creek Plan 9 from Outer Space The Tingler Michael Logan Acquisitions and Technical Services Humboldt County Library (707) 269-1962 ________________________________ From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] on behalf of Ball, James (jmb4aw) [jmb...@eservices.virginia.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 1:13 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Friday fun question, early... Hi All, Here’s a Friday fun question (but with a bit of a head start): what are your favorite scary movies? Gary, you probably have a videography, don’t you? Broken down by genre, country of origin, director… :) Cheers, Matt ______________________________ Matt Ball Media Services Librarian University of Virginia mattb...@virginia.edu<https://mail.eservices.virginia.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=f9bb9e66e0cb45eb9c98da126198ad7e&URL=mailto%3amattball%40virginia.edu> 434-924-3812
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