I don't know about years, but...

I used to be bit of a movie geek in highschool/college. And in my college town we had this smal arthouse cinema which was connected to the larger cultural centre, which was more focussed around theater performances, but also hosted concerts etc.

I remember one night, my than girlfriend had invited me to come and watch a movie with her, which she had read good critiques about:

El Orfanato

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464141/

My God. It was creepy as hell. Not because of what is shown, but the suspense is built up, and up, and up, and up, and it never releases, untill it does, in a terrible twist, which at first provides a calming relaxing moment amid the tension, untill a few seconds later, it is revealed that that moment was the creepiest the movie had been up untill than. I remember from that moment onwards, there were people in cinema, grown adult people, with their hands in front of there eyes, because it became unbearable. Please, bring in some mad-axe man who slaughters everybody, so that we at least know what will happen or where it will come from,...

I remember that once the movie was finally over (don't get me wrong, good movie, but a little too intense for me), we went to the cafetaria, and both of us where pale, and could use an extra drink. And yes, I looked around very good before turning off the light that night. Never been s afraid by a movie since.