If a movie made a guy known as the king of horror feel “helpless terror,” it’s definitely worth watching for those who are fans of scary movies.

You would think that the legend is Stephen King wouldn’t be scared easily due to the fact that he makes a living writing some of the scariest stories readers ever caught on, but one movie really managed to scare the living daylights out of him.

Just in time Halloweenthe legendary author has revealed his favorite horror of all time film as really gave him the heebie-jeebies.

He already is recommended some must see movies that you can come up with Netflix and previously disclosed what supernatural movie he couldn’t bring himself to sit throughbut now he’s letting us all in on what cinematic masterpiece made him experience “pure atavistic” fear while watching it.

That’s right, even King throws his popcorn and covers his eyes sometimes, folks.

Stephen King has shared his recommendations for horror movies that will hook you (Mathew Tsang/Getty Images)

In a new one essay to Variety, the 77-year-old explained that he had “thought deeply” about what he would crown as the scariest horror movie he’s ever seen, which probably took him quite a while since he’s had the pleasure of watching thousands of them.

King believes that age has a lot to do with the answer to this question, as when he was 16 years old he believed that The Haunting was the most spine-tingling thing he had ever seen.

The 1963 supernatural horror film directed by Robert Wise follows the story of a paranormal investigator who gathers a group of people to help him determine if the rumors that the infamous Hill House is haunted are true.

But after maturing a little more, King’s taste for horror changed.

He said: “As an adult, it was The Blair Witch Projectwith the building sense of doom and that really awful last 35 seconds.”

The writer revealed that George A. Romero’s 1968 film is the one that takes the top spot for him (picture ten)

Horror fans will be familiar with the plot of the 1999 film, but for those who aren’t, three young filmmakers travel to a Maryland village to create a documentary about a mythical creature known as the “Blair Witch”.

But things take a dark turn when they walk into the woods and start hearing strange noises – and the trio disappear, leaving only their equipment and camera images behind.

The 81 minute long film as viewers will see, this creepy “found footage” is seriously creepy, but unfortunately for its creator, it was knocked off the top spot in King’s ranking by another film.

He revealed that George A. Romero’s 1968 “low-budget masterpiece” Night of the Living Dead is the terror that managed to keep him awake at night, and even after all these years it still sends shivers down his spine.

The film tells the story of seven people who find themselves trapped in a remote Pennsylvania farmhouse while zombie-like corpses – called “ghouls” in the film – are after them.

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King explained: “I’ll never forget the smarmy older brother doing his bad Boris Karloff impersonation – ‘They’re coming for you, Barbara… there’s one now!’

“He points to the elderly wino stumbling among the tombstones, only the elderly wino turns out to be a reanimated corpse, and when Barbara locks herself in her car, she discovers that the smarmy brother – Johnny – has taken the keys. Meanwhile, old man tries get to her, and the viewer understands that he will not stop.

“It’s a moment of pure atavistic horror. Barbara puts the car in neutral (probably impossible without a key, but that’s movies for you) and rolls it down the hill, getting away… temporarily.”

The Brilliant the author said that while the film may not have the same power these days, he still can’t shake the fear he was left with after first watching Night of the Living Dead.

He continued: “In the end, nobody survives. This film has lost its elemental power over the years – has almost become a Midnite Madness joke, which Rocky Horror – but I still remember the helpless horror I felt when I first saw it.

“And now that I think about it, there is a real resemblance to Blair Witchboth with minimal or no music, both with unknown actors who seem barely capable of summer camp in Paducahville, both with low-tech special effects.

“They don’t work in spite of these things, but because of them.”

So ditch your big budgets, Hollywood, because King believes it’s the cheap ones that leave a lasting impact on horror fans.