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I think it has a lot to do with your age and the ability for the filmmaker to have you suspend your disbelief.
I was around 10 when I saw the original Halloween.......and it scared the hell out of me.
ANother John Carpenter movie "Prince of Darkness" was intensely creepy.
The exorcist, if you didnt catch it before all of the parodies, wont have the same impact as it did for those that saw it prior to all the jokes.
Recent films that I thought were well done and either creepy/scary/gory, etc.:
The Haunting in Connecticut (really well done and creeped me out)
House of 1,000 corpses (zombie doesnt pull any punches)
The Others was pretty good (Nicole Kidman)
The Ring/Grudge both were well done (IMO)
Cabin Fever was good
The Strangers (with Liv Tyler) was hands-down, one of the best horror movies of the past 10 years.
Another from my younger days......Phantasm scared the sh*t out of me the first time I saw it.
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