Best scary movie in the 21st Century

Rating: 10/10 (10 July 2007)

I can only give my opinion, as movies touch people differently. I can tell you, I am someone who has not been scared by movies since the 80's. Not 80's movies Per-Se, simply the decade itself. By the time the 90's came I was 8 years old, and no longer scared of anything fictional, until 1408.
I have read several Steven King books, and literally dozens (if not all) of his published short stories. 1408 the story was boring, and really short. Dude gets a talking to, walks into room (once he could get it open, different in the movie) some pictures move, some words appear and he's out. That was it. I love Steven King but 1408 the story was crap. I say this so you don't decide to stay away from the movie because of the story.
This movie blew my mind. It is so much more deep than I could imagine a scary movie could be. It sucked me in from minute one and I was literally on the edge of my seat the whole movie. It scared the crap out of me, and yet the few moments of peace he gets once in the room (like seeing his daughter)(not a spoiler its in the damn previews) made me feel so overwhelmed with emotion that I sometimes just begged for some more basic thrills to come. It pushes and pushes, and just when you think it's selling you short, it tricks you, and scares even more. Hands down the best scary movie/thriller/whatever in the 21st Century. If you have any dignity and you like scary movies, or thrillers, or even plot for that matter, you have to watch this masterpiece to the very end.