Spookiest atmosphere in a film...
It doesn't have to be a great film or even a good one, but what movie had the sets and atmosphere to really give the chills? I have two favorites, Mark of the Vampire, with it's swirling fog and cool...
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John- Thanks for the comment! The Changeling is one of the few horror films that has ever given me the creeps, as a child or an adult. To this day if I were to watch it in a room with the lights out I...
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I'd have to say Dracula (1931) from the earlier films, since the sets, the atmosphere, and the feel were so delightfully creepy. The original Nosferatu also captured a lot of creepy atmosphere, but...
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Don't know how I missed this thread, but my votes go to; CARNIVAL OF SOULS NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD ISLAND OF LOST SOULS Just to name a few greats.
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In Schindlers List, the hellish roar of the Auschwitz chimney always terrifies me.
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Lots of great picks! I'd add DAUGHTER OF HORROR. And most of David Lynch. I definitely would NOT want to live in most of Lynch's films. Creepy fun to visit, though.
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Lots of good movies mentioned, but one that comes to mind that hasn't been mentioned is I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE.
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HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL and 13 GHOSTS always scared me ~ those movies are nothing BUT atmosphere! I'd put Norman Bates' house and motel in there too. "Snips and snails and poppydoc tails...."
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I would add that the film FREAKS, in particular the latter darker half of the movie, has a spooky atmosphere that is unsurpassed.
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>HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL and 13 GHOSTS always scared me ~ those movies are nothing BUT atmosphere! The 1960 13 GHOSTS????!!!!! Professor Von X
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Quote:The 1960 13 GHOSTS????!!!!!Yeah, I gotta question those as well... If there's one thing Wm. Castle never stood for it's "atmosphere".... After all, could one imagine a theater with wired...
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Quote:Hammer's Hound of the Baskervilles is exceptionally creepy.Hammer's HOUND showed me one thing: That one actor (out of a plethora) who did not conform to Doyle's conception of Holmes--in that...
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The Hammer Hound is great, and Cushing was very, very, good. It may be his single best performance. But I would suggest that Jeremy Brett eclipses just about every actor who has tackled the Holmes...
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DEAD MEN WALK....the scenes in the dark field at night with the light of the moon really evoke a chilly mood. This is an under-rated George Zucco film, to be sure. CARNIVAL OF SOULS when Mary Henry is...
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Quote:I think THE RESURRECTED has terrific atmosphere. You are correct in your deduction my dear Blagent. I would also add the first 5 minutes of FRANKENSTEIN 1970 to this too.... Yours, Skelkey Nags
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Most of the previous picks are dead on, but are a few more to thin about: MESSIAH OF EVIL seems like it takes place in a world of the dead. The whole thing is unnatural. ISLE OF THE DEAD also has some...
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Quote:HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL and 13 GHOSTS always scared me ~ those movies are nothing BUT atmosphere! Count me in agreement with ya there, Hal. Oddly enough, something that really creeped me as a...
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Agreeing with Dracula and Carnival of Souls. The sets in Dracula are very well done, certainly my favorite movie sets, but there's more to the atmosphere than that. The whole lack of sound in a sound...
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When I think "spooky atmosphere" I always think of KILL BABY, KILL!
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