A scene from The Exorcist 3 just popped into my head...the nurse station scene with the long shot down the hospital hallway...for some reason that just terrifies the living crap out of me. Found the clip on YouTube and yep, it still gives me a jolt. Just goes to show you don't need expensive CGI gore to make people jump out of their skin, in fact it's way scarier without it. I'll refrain from posting the clip in case some oversensitive soul complains. 

Exorcist... That bit where mother makes to go up into the loft space... And then she does! I mean, FFS, don't go into that loft!!

I don't really know of a particular scene that scares me (usually the loud noise after a very quiet moment makes me jump). Generally, it's the unknown/unseen element in a horror movie that usually creates fear.

I've seen a LOT of horror movies over the years. Don't watch them now, they got less appealing as I got older. I did watch The Omen a while back, really enjoyed that, great atmosphere.
 
The one that creeped me out for years was the end scene in Tod Brownings 'Freaks' where they tar and feather...etc... the girl...'gabba gabba hey, we accept you, we accept you, one of us...''

Mesh
I don't really know of a particular scene that scares me (usually the loud noise after a very quiet moment makes me jump). Generally, it's the unknown/unseen element in a horror movie that usually creates fear.

Oh well I guess you'll love the scene I was talking about then 
What the heck, here it is.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH8ynu0jRvY

I find modern horror movies to be utterly unscary. They focus too much on effects and gore with none of that genuinely weird creepiness which taps into your nightmares. The movies of the 70's and 80's, particularly the 70's, were much better at harnessing this kind of inner terror. Maybe it was because everyone was dropping acid back then, I don't know. 
 

I'm not a horror genre aficionado. I think most such movies are either lame or resort to gore overload when they run out of ideas. I don't enjoy movies that exist only to glorify evil and man's inhumanity to man. All dramatic entertainment attempts to manipulate the emotions of the audience to a certain degree, but horror movies demand that their audience must respond in a certain way. To me, this is the difference between suspense and horror. A suspenseful movie will draw me in, encouraging me to identify with one of the characters and living vicariously through them. I face their obstacles and feel their emotions (to some degree). In a horror movie, I don't identify with anyone so I don't feel their emotions and I actively resist (and resent) the clumsy attempts to manipulate me.
 
That being said, the final scene in Phantasm (where the main character is seized and pulled into a mirror as the tall man shouts, "Boy!")  immediately came to mind when I read the title of this fred. That's funny since I haven't seen that movie in the last 35 years. While I hated the movie, that last scene obviously left a mark.

The matter of fact insanity of Kathy Bate's chatacter in Misery scared the bejubus out of me because that could happen!

Although I can appreciate the artistry of well done fx, cg is simply not scary. Occasionally it is well done like in Pan's Labyrinth, but that was more creepy than scary.

An interesting modern horror that uses only camera effecs is Mr Badadook. Very well done.

UbiquitousBubba
I'm not a horror genre aficionado. I think most such movies are either lame or resort to gore overload when they run out of ideas. I don't enjoy movies that exist only to glorify evil and man's inhumanity to man. All dramatic entertainment attempts to manipulate the emotions of the audience to a certain degree, but horror movies demand that their audience must respond in a certain way. To me, this is the difference between suspense and horror. A suspenseful movie will draw me in, encouraging me to identify with one of the characters and living vicariously through them. I face their obstacles and feel their emotions (to some degree). In a horror movie, I don't identify with anyone so I don't feel their emotions and I actively resist (and resent) the clumsy attempts to manipulate me.
 

Completely agree 100% and my view on it as well..........great minds? or fools seldom differ?

sharke
I find modern horror movies to be utterly unscary. They focus too much on effects and gore with none of that genuinely weird creepiness which taps into your nightmares. The movies of the 70's and 80's, particularly the 70's, were much better at harnessing this kind of inner terror. Maybe it was because everyone was dropping acid back then, I don't know. 
 

 
I was telling Steve about this film recently, 'Whistle and I'll Come to You', it's one of my favourites. M R James' ghost stories are often set in desolate coastal areas in the UK, and feature something half-glimpsed, and a slow-building sense of dread. This is worth watching just for Michael Horden's wonderful performance.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYjtxHHjZ00