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[MetalSlimeHunt]

Yes, it's a subjective thing. You can, for example, find people who chug multi-million scoiville hot sauce with a straight face while others are overwhelmed by mild tobasco. There comes a point where Paralyzingly Scary just doesn't exist for some people.

[fqllve]

Ju-On is special to me for being the only one to do it on pure creepiness alone.  There was nothing especially psychologically challenging about that film, other than the fact that it strips you of everything normally held as psychological comfort.  It was just... so goddamn creepy... for a couple years afterwards I couldn't help but imagine that girl every time I saw a flight of stairs.  Every.  Single.  Time.  Nothing else has ever unsettled me in that way before, and I'd love to find another.

Okay, you've really sold the movie to me except...I've already seen the American version so I think that would lessen the impact of the original. This is all Sarah Michelle Gellar's fault.

[SalmonGod]

Okay, you've really sold the movie to me except...I've already seen the American version so I think that would lessen the impact of the original. This is all Sarah Michelle Gellar's fault.

Watching The Grudge was actually one step I took to combat the effect that Ju-On had on me.  It worked.  I laughed through most of it.

[Cthulhu]

So are we finished posting links to stuff that isn't scary as a joke, like Rebecca Black?  Not funny.

Horror music:  Portal is terrifying, and their lyrics and imagery give Lovecraft a run for his money.

Horror games:  Amnesia is probably the scariest, not much else can top it.

Movies:  Eraserhead isn't scary, but it's extremely disconcerting.  I wanted very badly to like In the Mouth of Madness but I felt like I was watching one of those Goosebumps movies from the 90s.  The Thing is scary.

[Max White]

It is surprising me this hasn't been said, but, call of Cthulhu anyone? I liked it myself.

[SalmonGod]

It is surprising me this hasn't been said, but, call of Cthulhu anyone? I liked it myself.

The game?  I have wondered about it for a long time.  I really really wanted to buy it, but I didn't have the money when local stores were carrying it and it disappeared into obscurity really fast.

Other Games: 
Eternal Darkness (not really scary but had some impressive moments and mechanics)
Stalker series (being out at night or the underground labs, helps if you download a nice sound pack mod)

Other Movies:
Audition
The Skeleton Key (This one surprised me.  I was expecting standard american mediocreness and got a really neat story with a genuine horror ending.)

[Max White]

Yes the game! Was very good, I recommend it.

[Cthulhu]

Call of Cthulhu's okay.  It's very difficult though, and being killed over and over again in the same spot really dilutes the horror.

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I can think of one thing that really scared me.  Near the end, a massive bottomless cavern below Yha'nthlei.  I'm creeping along the tiny bridge across the abyss when the wind picks up, big time.  Bad enough that I almost fell off.  I'm trying to figure out where the wind comes from when I turn around and there's a flying polyp about ten feet away from me.  I freaked out.  There's a certain physiological reaction I experience when I see something I can't explain that's probably dangerous.  I can't really describe the feeling, except that it's almost like I can feel the adrenaline being released into my blood.  It's this intense wave of panic that starts in my lower back and spreads outward until I realize what I'm looking at.  I don't yell, I don't jump, I just feel it in my back.  That's what I felt when I saw it, and I died because I couldn't get into gear before it blew me off the bridge.

[Max White]

Yea, it was harsh some times. Also, the guy went insane from heights way too easy. Spending time looking at a wall to calm down isn't the best thing gameplay wise.

[SalmonGod]

I don't like the way sanity and panic effects are kind of overdone in many horror games.  They cheapen the concept, really.  I understand they want to show off their game mechanics, but we should still be allowed to play characters with the will to hold themselves together better than a paperclip.

[Max White]

On that note, SuteF is a great indie horror game. Go give it a try!

[SalmonGod]

On that note, SuteF is a great indie horror game. Go give it a try!

Oh I think I remember hearing some genius stuff about this.  Yes, I will definitely try it.

[Cthulhu]

I've been playing suteF.  Does it ever start to make sense?

[ToonyMan]

Oh right I played the first few chapters of that.  I actually kinda forget it was suppose to be a horror type game and just played it for the box puzzles.

[Max White]

I've been playing suteF.  Does it ever start to make sense?

No. In the end you manage to make some level of sense of it, but that is human error.