Like, BOO!!!: Scariest Movies of the Last 50 Years-- Part 1

From the October 2013 AARP Bulletin by Carol Kaufmann.

"It's the month of ghouls and goblins, but who needs a slasher film to produce a chill down the spine? In the last half-century, we've seen some movies that terrify us, not with whiz-bang special effects but by playing to out worst nightmares." Maybe one of these has given you nightmares:

THE HAUNTING (1963) Paranormal experts investigate-- and stay in the ultimate haunted house.

THE CHANGELING (1980)-- A grief-stricken composer retreats to an old country estate to be alone-- only to learn he's anything but.

THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (1979) Is an allegedly true story, a family moves into a nice suburban house and discovers that the previous family hasn't left...exactly. (OK, the red eyes peering into the upstairs window got me.)

THE SHINING (1980) A timid wife, a psychic son and a father who is slowly going mad-- all locked away in a remore hotel during winter... What could possibly go wrong? (Is it possible for someone to be more deranged than Jack Nicholson?)

Like, BOO!!! --DaCoot