Nostalgia

Many years ago, before CGI, horror movies relied on more visceral effects to elicit scares. Monsters, ghosts, and all things gory had to be created with hours upon hours of special effects wizardry. It was, arguably, a much scarier way of making horror movies. Some of those movies became vintage classics. These types of movies are often fondly remembered as a person’s “first time”… forever attracting them to the genre. 1. Audition (1999) buzzfeed A widower holds "auditions" for women to be his new wife, but the lady he chooses is a completely different person than he expected. You'll be confused for all but 10 minutes of the movie, and those 10 minutes are utterly unrelenting. 2. Black Christmas (1974) Warner Bros. A sorority house keeps getting dirty, creepy prank calls, and each girl starts dying off one by one. The worst part? Not every girl is aware that there are dead people in the house. 3. Cube (1997) Trimark Pictures Years before Saw, there was Cube — another movie about a group of people finding their way through a series of traps in order to survive. Except in this movie, they're in a gigantic cube, and the only thing they can remember about themselves is their own name. 4. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Bryanston Pictures A group of friends pick up a hitchhiker who ends up being from a family of cannibals. The villain, Leatherface, was inspired by real-life serial killer Ed Gein. HAHAHA, NOPE. 5. Funny Games (1997) Concorde-Castle Rock / Turner This bad boy's mostly terrifying because it could definitely happen in real life: Two guys hold a wealthy family hostage and play some really sick mind games with them. 6. It (1990) Warner Bros. Television An entity, referred to as "It," appears in the form of it's victim's worst fears in order to exploit them. Um, that's TERRIFYING?! 7. The Hills Have Eyes (1977) Fox Searchlight Pictures A family from the 'burbs is on a road trip when they encounter a group of savages in the middle of nowhere, Nevada. You'll never want to vacation again after watching this. 8. The Last House on the Left (1972) MGM Two teenage girls are on their way to a concert in New York City when they stop to buy weed. Unfortunately for them, their drug dealers are actually murderers. 9. "Trilogy of Terror" (1975) denofgeek "When the little doll came to life ... that is the only one that freaked me out. I love horror movies." -- Dreya Robinson-Sharp 10. "Mark of the Devil" (1970) "They gave out puke bags before you entered!" -- Beverly Sanko Jupina Credits: buzzfeed Share this story on Facebook with your friends. Related: Can You Name These 15 Action Movies from the ’80s Halloween Horrors: DYR’s Top Scary Movies of All Time