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Tbh, I was more freaked by Bobby Ewing's sudden reappearance in the shower. I couldn't leave the house for days.

Absolutely! The ones which linger are indeed the ones which 'could' happen, and The Hills Have Eyes is a good example. The thing is, 'could' is the operative word, so I don't ever find them scary, simply more memorable.

Give him time.... :)

I'd have to dredge it from my brain from 50 years ago....a hard task and no mistake. :)

Have you ever enjoyed reading a work of fiction? I'm just wondering if you see any difference between (for example) in reading a work of Dickens and seeing it portrayed in the flesh/in film? Are they not both the same thing, as in 'lying'? (I'm glad you do - always good to keep things fair and...

Not at all sensitive, I just find it fascinating that you've never read/enjoyed reading a work of fiction.

Hmm...I only ask as all works of fiction, from the Bible to Steven King and beyond are by definition written by the literary equivalent of acting 'liars'.

Do you read fiction?

I'll check that one out too. With regard to 'being scared', I kinda lump that in with 'unsettling', as unless the plot is based on real events, it's simply entertainment (whether one finds such films entertaining or not). I've been known to 'jump' on occasion - think the head popping out in...

We may well have strayed into Horroticca here - probably no such word, but I like it. Thing is, none of them were scary, yet plenty of folk couldn't watch them....despite the 'heaving bosoms'.

Yutte Stensgaard in 'Lust for a Vampire' springs to mind. :)

Aside from just curiosity, I can think of a few prior experiences which prompted me to post this thread: On one occasion, myself and my partner were on hols abroad, and she woke myself (and probably half the block) by screaming in the middle of the night, due to a book she was reading, by Tess...

As you said, there are some interesting answers.

Indeed.

That's the thing - NONE of it is real, it's fake blood and SFX....what's scary about that? I'm genuinely interested.

I'll have to check that one out. :)

I think that books are more likely to evoke those feelings than films. No idea why, but maybe because you invest more of your time in it? And yes, I loved SK books (especially his earlier ones).

I grew up on a staple diet of the above films (Dracula,Frankenstein, Werewolf etc), yet from then until now, have never been 'scared' to watch them. I guess that's partly because I always understood that like all films, they're simply that....just films - made-up stories for entertainment using...