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Originally Posted by Anthropophagus
It is all about how you watch a movie and your mindset i feel.
It is impossible to be scared in the company of others,i always watch alone.And i never have any lights on,not even a side light.
I would also include age in the equation,the younger you are the less you appreciate the what the filmmaker is trying to achieve.many young people,not all but many want to see blood and gore and have no interest in plots or characterization but want to get to the juicy stuff,this always fails.
The terrifying days of horror where back in the seventies i feel,the modern era does not have the same effect as the true masters once did.Today's movies are all about titillation and gore,which is no bad thing but it isn't scary.
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Very true, the setting, and state of mind are important. Being with bold friends, especially if anyone is likely to make fun of movie, yell out some funny lines, one is just not going to get into a scare mode. Alone at night with no distractions is usually the best environment. An open mind, believing ('suspension of disbelief') and engrossing oneself into the story are required.
In my opinion there a few, if any, terrifying movies.
Scary is subjective, but I think for most the scariest movies would likely be The Exorcist and Amityville Horror. The Ring (US), Jaws, Poltergeist, Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Halloween build to some effective scariness; with Texas being horror. I've heard Salem's Lot and The Devil's Backbone are scary. Also heard Rec 2007, Ju-on (2002) are scary, but I haven't seen them yet.