The 50 Scariest Movies of All Time
By Complex Magazine | Oct 21, 2009 | 4:02 pm | Permalink
Friday the 13th
Sean S. Cunningham
Age: Betsey Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Kevin Bacon,
You Aughta Know: "Did you know a young boy drowned the year before those two others were killed? The counselors weren't paying any attention... They were making love while that young boy drowned. His name was Jason."
"Did you know a young boy drowned the year before those two others were killed? The counselors weren't paying any attention... They were making love while that young boy drowned. His name was Jason."
The first slasher film to be distributed by a major US studio introduces the story that spawned 10 sequels, one remake, and 157,000 ripoffs. While at Camp Crystal Lake, serial-killer-to-be Jason Voorhees drowns while his counselors are off somwhere carousing, leaving his outraged mother with a very simple vendetta: Kill 'em all.
Alan October 21st, 2009 at 05:09 PM
Frankenstein? Nosferatu? Dracula? Psycho? Jaws? The Blob? Alien? Cape Fear? Carrie? Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Them?
RF October 22nd, 2009 at 06:48 AM
I cannot believe Event Horizon is not on the list.
deliverance 2.0 October 22nd, 2009 at 09:04 AM
Classics, but most of them to old to be really scary ... nothing like The Shining with it´s timeless psychopathic plot ...
Guest October 22nd, 2009 at 02:47 PM
fuckin awesome film
Guest October 22nd, 2009 at 02:50 PM
the grudge?
andy b is a g April 11th, 2011 at 10:20 PM
Lol
Hobo October 23rd, 2009 at 01:28 AM
The scene with the phone almost made me shit myself
ManueII October 23rd, 2009 at 01:55 PM
I thought this was done very well for an indie film. espesh the way they talk to the 3rd person. (The audience) I dunno if it was that scary, but it was good.
Manueii October 23rd, 2009 at 02:54 PM
I thought this one was much betetr than the american version. the ending was GREAT.
Tremor October 23rd, 2009 at 09:58 PM
Original was better
Tremor October 23rd, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Yes!