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I know I'll be pilloried for this, but Blair Witch Project scared the crap out of me. But then, I've spent the night in the woods, been lost in the woods, and have no sense of direction. So believe you me when I say the thought that that could happen went through my mind more than once. 
I also thought Signs was pretty damn scary. They were pretty stingy about showing you the monster, which helped ramp up the scariness. When they finally did show you a brief, fuzzy glimpse of it, in that one scene with Joaquin Phoenix freaking out in front of the television, I damn near wet my pants watching that.
I not too long ago wrote a scary scene in my story where nothing really happened. I wanted it to be very creepy, not show anything, and never give a reason for it to be really scary. But the plan was going to be scary anyways. It's a bout someone going into a dark kitchen at night to basically set up a prank, and ending up running out of the kitchen in terror. But nothing at all happens while he's in the kitchen. It took place inside his head. I'd say it worked pretty well. Like someone said, never really show what's scary and what's inside the reader's (or viewer's) head will fill in something far scarier than you can write.
I also thought Signs was pretty damn scary. They were pretty stingy about showing you the monster, which helped ramp up the scariness. When they finally did show you a brief, fuzzy glimpse of it, in that one scene with Joaquin Phoenix freaking out in front of the television, I damn near wet my pants watching that.
I not too long ago wrote a scary scene in my story where nothing really happened. I wanted it to be very creepy, not show anything, and never give a reason for it to be really scary. But the plan was going to be scary anyways. It's a bout someone going into a dark kitchen at night to basically set up a prank, and ending up running out of the kitchen in terror. But nothing at all happens while he's in the kitchen. It took place inside his head. I'd say it worked pretty well. Like someone said, never really show what's scary and what's inside the reader's (or viewer's) head will fill in something far scarier than you can write.
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