Define "Scary Movie"

What makes a "scary movie" truly scary? Is it when it's based on true events? or is it a serial killer on the loose? Well that's up to the individual viewer some people scare easier then others. I feel a true "scary movie" messes with your mind leaves you feeling like you have to look over your shoulder every few minutes to make sure no one is behind you. Or has you sleeping with the lights on for two weeks straight (which i have done). I have had to turn on every light as I walked through the house so I wouldn't be in the dark. I am a horror movie junkie I love to be scared, But as I am getting older there have been fewer and fewer good quality "scary movies". I don't know if my aging has made me notice that we are just running out of good stories to tell. Besides the Saw franchise what have we really gotten in ways of a really good original idea for a scary movie? And if I see one more remake of the great horror films I loved as a kid like Friday the 13th , Nightmare on Elm st , and Halloween I'm gonna scream (and not in a good way). Whenever I see a remake I ask myself  have we lost all our imagination and creativity? Can we not think of something fresh and new? Nightmare on Elm st is my favorite horror series and I am sad to say I actually broke down and rented the new remake from Redbox I thought hey it's only a dollar let's see what all the buzz is about. Can I say OMG! what a piece of crap! 1. the guy they got to play Freddy was not scary and his voice was weird. 2. The story I feel was way to rushed and off base. 3. the acting all around was horrible I wanted to spoon my eyes out. I was so disappointed. All I'm gonna say is Robert England is and always will be Freddy Kruger in my heart. Anyway I digress I could go on forever but I won't bore you to death. I have come up with what I feel is a list of movies that define what a "scary movie" really is.

1. Jaws   - Come on who doesn't got to the beach and think about Jaws? I still to this day don't go into the ocean just because of this movie.

2. Nightmare on Elm st - The best idea for a horror movie ever! He gets you in your sleep you can't stay awake forever.

3. Aliens - No matter how many times I see this movie I always jump when the alien jumps out of the girls chest. Every time I have heartburn I get creeped out.

4. The Saws - OK does it scare anyone else that there was someone out there thinking up all those torture devices for the movies just saying....

5. Darkness Falls -  Yes I know this movie is about the tooth fairy but did anyone else find the story absolutely frightening? I slept with the lights on for two weeks straight.

6. The Omen (1976) - I haven't looked at kids the same since. Even when I take my kids to the park there is always that one kid.......

7. Amityville Horror - Based on true events enough said..

8. The Sixth Sense - Having dead people jump out at you all the time especially as a kid scary.

9. The Descent -  If the claustrophobia doesn't get you then the monsters will.

10. Poltergeist - Houses built on ancient Indian burial grounds .....makes you wonder what's under your house.

11. The Shinning - Watching your husband slowly lose his grip on reality in a snowed in hotel with no escape oh and not to mention the ghosts who keep trying to hurt your child if that doesn't scare you I don't know what will.

12. Hostel -  well after seeing this movie I don't want to travel to Europe anymore.

13. Birds - Well you never know it could happen......Birds are shady ever looks at a crow sitting on a power line and how it just stares back at you creepy.

14. The Thing - You don't know who it could be. It could be your best mate .....and your stuck out in the middle of nowhere in below freezing temperatures.

15. The Cell - To go into the mind of a killer this movie left me feeling uneasy and disturbed.

16. The Crazies - If you can't trust your water supply, the government or your neighbors what do you do?

17. The Blair Witch Project - Camping gone wrong....The close up and shaky scenes left you nervous and jumpy.

18. The Hills Have Eyes -  Mutants attacking you and your family while your on a road trip then kidnapping you to try and rape you so you have they babies. Every girls nightmare.

19. Friday the 13th/Halloween - Both are serial killers you just can't kill. And thank you Jason I can not close my eyes while in the shower because of you.

20. House of 1,000 Corpse - Again don't want to go on any road trip anytime soon....Rob Zombie makes you scream out loud with this one.

Thank You for reading and I Hope you enjoyed the latest issue of my thoughts on movies. Hope to see you next time here at What The Film.