re: What’s the scariest movie of all time?

The scariest movies to me are the ones that last with you when you're done watching.

Paranormal activity felt like it could happen. Best example of a modern horror movie I can think of. I actually thought PA3 was the scariest one because it touched on one of my biggest fears which is witchcraft/satanism.

The ring and the months surrounding its release was incredible. I was in 7th or 8th grade and there were widespread prank calls going on. It was pretty genius marketing with the whole meta "you die 7 days after you see the Ring"

Blair witch project for obvious reasons.

Jaws was another one. It single handedly made me scared to go in the water, even pools for more years than I'm comfortable to admit, although I wasn't really scared in a horror sense while I watched it.

But I would have to say the absolute scariest movie ever released relative to the time it was released was the Exorcist.

Now for my unpopular picks:

The grudge, the American version. I don't know if I was just in the wrong frame of mind when I saw it because I don't see a lot of people agreeing with me here, but so many things in that movie horrified me. The noises, the kid, the cat. It just killed me.

The Witch. If for no other reason than the witchcraft/satan angle I found it extremely disturbing. I feel like this movie is criminally underrated. I don't know if it was how slow it was or if it didn't have any jump scares or what. It's a slow burn thriller with great atmosphere and it's pretty beautifully shot.

The one that stuck with me, even thought now I watch it and I'm not incredibly terrified is Strangers. But I saw it when I was 16 and was very scared.

Now other movies stick with me. The executions in Sinister are especially disturbing.

Vivarium is maybe the most disturbing of them all. Something about that movie really didn't sit right with me. It wasn't all that suspenseful but there was something truly horrifying about it.

I am scared to watch anything that deals with Satan or being possessed. Fire in The Sky with Aliens made me very paranoid for about a month. I went to see a psycharitrist and was on an antipsychotic for three months.

The original , "Don't be afraid of the Dark (1973) keep me up when I was young.

The movie, Coma(1978), had me so scared that I slept on my parents bedroom floor.

The Body Snatchers did a number on me too.

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The Gate

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I remember The Gate. I don’t remember it being scary, more of a kids adventure with some intense bits. Been a while, though.