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Think Halloween is just for the kiddies? Think again. While the rugrats are out getting a sugar rush don't get sucked into a commercial-laden basic-cable "scary" movie. Instead, hit the video store and rent one -- or all ten -- of these scariest films ever made.
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Frightening flick:
The Ring, 2002 - U.S. remake
The scream-worthy scene:
While the contents of the mysterious videotape itself were frightening, the most disturbing scene would have to be when the 'she-devil possessed well-bottom girl' crawled out of the TV and did who-knows-what to Rachel Keller's would-be boyfriend, after he foolishly viewed the tape.
The lasting fear:
Every time a phone rings and private caller appears on the screen, it's hard not think back to this film.
DreamWorks Pictures
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Frightening flick:
28 Days Later, 2003
The scream-worthy scene:
The characters try to drive through a hoard of fast-moving zombies in a very dark tunnel -- emphasis on try.
The lasting fear:
Exotic viruses… possibly created by the government.
Fox Searchlight Pictures
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Frightening flick:
The Descent, 2006
The scream-worthy scene:
Trapped underground a group of women on a caving expedition use a video camera's night-vision mode, which reveals they are not alone and are being hunted.
The lasting fear:
The final shot from the British cut of the film, with the main character broken and hallucinating, left at the bottom of a seemingly endless cave as the grotesque inhuman cave dwellers close in on her.
Lionsgate
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Frightening flick:
The Exorcist, 1973
The scream-worthy scene:
Regan, possessed by a demon and confined to her bed, somehow rotates her head 360 degrees.
The lasting fear:
The devil walks among us.
Warner Bros.
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Frightening flick:
Alien, 1979
The scream-worthy scene:
What seems to be a case of simple stomach pains turns into something so horrifying and sudden, not many films have surpassed its shock value.
The lasting fear:
Something is out there in the universe...and it’s better we don’t find out what.
20th Century Fox
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Frightening flick:
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 1974
The scream-worthy scene:
The monstrous figure of Leatherface makes a brutal entrance, claiming his first victim.
The lasting fear:
Take your pick: abattoirs, chainsaws, hitchhikers. It's enough to make you a vegetarian who favours public transportation.
Vortex
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Frightening flick:
The Blair Witch Project, 1999
The scream-worthy scene:
When the filmmakers find children's handprints on the wall of the cabin and something - or someone - in the corner knocks the camera down.
The lasting fear:
Being lost in the woods no longer holds any adventure.
Artisan Entertainment
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Frightening flick:
Halloween , 1978
The scream-worthy scene:
There's just something about the way Michael Myers methodically stalks his victims. Any scene with him just walking in his weirdly robotic way is frightening.
The lasting fear:
Some of those trick-or-treaters may actually be psycho killers.
Compass International Pictures
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Frightening flick:
Psycho, 1960
The scream-worthy scene:
You know the one: A woman checks into a motel and, in the privacy and safety of her bathroom, has a shower...
The lasting fear:
Let’s just say, it’s better to have a transparent shower curtain.
Paramount Pictures
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Frightening flick:
The Shining, 1980
The scream-worthy scene:
Those endless tracking shots of little Danny riding his tricycle through the hotel's empty hallways -- until he finds something.
The lasting fear:
Family vacations have never been the same.
Warner Bros.
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