The Ring was very good, not saying believable or any of that, but a great thriller. Had same effect on my girlfriend as I think it did on many other guys chicks. Scared the daylights out of her!!!
The Ring 2: Wasn't AS scary, but still a good shocker to make you jump a few good times. The storyline is good because you can see how everything comes together etc....
The Shinning was, amazing. IT scared the bajezuz outta me when I was a kid, I was terrified of clowns for ages after that.
You guys forgot 1 major one for anyone born around my time, JAWS!!! I grew up on the great lakes and that movie half ruined the water for me! Even though as a kid I knew there were NO sharks in the lakes, still couldn't go anywhere I couldn't see my feet/the bottom/not go into murkey water...
I've read is probably between Stephen King's Gerald's Game and Whitley Screiber (sp?) Communion. I'm afraid of aliens!
You should see the MOVIE Communion, absolutely out of this world freaky! Fire in the Sky is another good one! Really crazy stuff. I'm going to look for this Gerald's Game you mentioned, I like Stephen King.
For a great cheesy classic occult/demonoligy horror flick, try The Gate, part one is best, part two is well, more B-moviesh but ok.
Another one that really absolutely seriously terrified me as a child was a movie called "Dolls"... About well, demonic dolls that are brought to life by an evil warlock and witch. Kinda B-movie, but it had me terrified as a kid of even the outline of barbiedolls at nighttime.
I rather liked the first Ginger Snaps movie also, quite gorry. Not the second though, complete cheese.
Here's a neat horror movie made recently about a platoon of soldiers from England who engage werewolves in a remote area of forest in England and are trapped! It was a very good english/european made flick, I suggest it to anyone who likes the gorry werewolf/realistic looking werewolves/special effects. It's called Dog Soldiers...
Bad Moon also very good for special effects (another werewolf one), and of course the classic American Werewolf in London.
Anyway...
Joe
PS> Anyone have any good suggestions for good horror/supernatural novels to read?
PPSS> A suggested book on futuristic army/military stuff (pure sci-fi though) is called On My Way to Paradise, published back in the 1970's but absolutely mind-blowing. Gets into the mind over matter thing and soldier mentality etc...