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One of the memorable scenes [with Neville Brand playing the Sergeant]:

I'm convinced that we can walk through walls.
Not only me. Anyone. Cops ... people ... people in Nashville.

seamusTX wrote:I think people who saw The Exorcist for the first time were quite freaked out, especially if they already thought of demonic possession as a real possibility.

By the time I got around seeing it, someone had recited the plot and described the more horrifying scenes to me, like the "pea soup," (thanks, buddy ) so I was more inclined to laugh than scream.

BTW, I'm Catholic. The Catholic Church admits the possibility of possession, but very rarely.

- Jim

I think the time [1973] was right for this type of movie. The movie won a Golden Globe for "Best Drama".

An interesting note: The author of the Exorcist book and screenplay, William Peter Blatty, attended a Jesuit high school. He also wrote and directed "The Ninth Configuration", a very very strange movie. It was originally titled "Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane". Sometimes scary, sometimes hilarious, but not for the faint of heart. I give it two thumbs up!

Dave2 wrote:Shaun of the Dead?

That's a good 'un!

A couple of not so well known movies:

For Chuck Norris fans, "Silent Rage" [1982] is pretty good.

In the hospital of a small town, three doctors experiment on a man called John Kirby. As a result, John becomes a mute maniacal murderer with the ability to heal automatically every time he gets injured, no matter how bad it is. When he starts killing everyone he crosses, the town's sheriff [Norris] goes after him; but how can he stop someone who can't die, or even get hurt?

Richard Boone [Have Gun Will Travel] starred in a pretty good horror film "I Bury The Living" [1958] http://archive.org/details/IBuryTheLiving1958" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Through a series of macabre "coincidences," the newly-elected director of a cemetery (Richard Boone) begins to believe that he can cause the deaths of living owners of burial plots by merely changing the push-pin color from white (living) to black (dead) on a large wall map of the cemetery that notes those plots.

SpringerFan wrote:The Shining freaked me out as a kid.

It still freaks me out as an adult.

TxLobo wrote:There is a difference in my mind between Scary.. and Horror..

I agree, but sometimes it's hard to distinguish between the two. Coming up with a strict definition is difficult.

One of my favorite "scary movies" is "An American Werewolf in London." It is scary, but also humorous at the same time. It has been described as a "comedy-horror" film. Even though it is about werewolves, I consider it to be a "scary" rather than a "horror" film. BTW - Great soundtrack, too.

A-R wrote:The Blair Witch Project

28 Days Later

And of course this lil TV show, the highest rated show on TV
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These were all mentioned by the callers to the show.

With Halloween coming up, I was listening to a radio show last evening when they asked this question:

Night of the Living Dead?

The Blob?

Fright Night?