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I was indifferent to the movie itself, but it's nice for feeling the power of my system.

You're right about the grossing out. I'm fine if that's all the movie does, though. That's all I'm expecting from Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl. That, and WTF.

I find any Steven Segal movie scary...esp for whoever bankrolled his movies

Ok, seriously...there's a huge difference as to what one considers "scary" since most "scary" movies are just gross-out movies like the Fri 13th, Elm Str, and the Saw movie franchises which imho are all pathetic attempts. To me, I have to agree with Paul's assessment of the Exorcist as this movie delves much deeper and makes one reflect on what they believe and what is possible or beyond our understanding of what we know, which to me is, well, scary. Another movie I found to make me feel like that, somewhat, was "Carrie".

I found "Signs" creepy, but that just might be because I don't watch a whole lot of movies like that so there wasn't much to compare it to...

+1 for the Exorcist, still scares me today.

The Exorcist is an orignal and still very creepy to me as well.

The first monster/horror movie I watched that gave me a nightmare was "The Day of the Triffids" . I watched it one afternoon at home, too sick to go to school, that night I had the nightmare. I woke up with my radio on and 10CC's "I'm not in Love" playing.

Did you sleep with a bottle of Killex, just in case?

As a kid, 'the sleestacks' I think they were called in Land of the Lost tv series used to terrify me! I'd cower under a blanket until my older brother and sister told me they were gone

I don't usually watch horror movies, but I did find The Ring pretty creepy.

Yes, The Exorcist is a classic. Also, Rosemary's Baby and The Invasion of the Body Snatchers are both very creepy and tense.
It's the remake of Body Snatchers in 1977, with Donald Sutherland, that's excellent.

I'm not much into grotesque limbs-lopped-off type of horror. I tried watching one of the "Saw" films and had to turn it off.

Cheers,
Alan

I found Dr Tongue to be quite scary....AAaaaa-ooooohhh! heh, heh...