The 50 Scariest Movies of All Time
By Complex Magazine | Oct 21, 2009 | 4:02 pm | Permalink
Haxan
Benjamin Christensen
Age: Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan, Elith Pio
You Aughta Know: Dunno, piano music? It's a silent film, fam!
Dunno, piano music? It's a silent film, fam!
Satanic imagery so surreal, creative, and damned beautiful you'll be burning the Christmas tree and rejecting the Eucharist in no time. This silent "documentary" about the history of witchcraft also has an alternate, heavily re-edited version narrated by notorious author, addict, and murderer, William S. Burroughs. Should be on permanent loop at Halloween parties, as we're sure it was at Anton LaVey's orgies.
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!