The movie was an old-fashioned hair-raiser.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The original sci-fi hair-raiser, published over 100 years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [By The Numbers: Top-Grossing Film AdaptationsBy The Numbers: Top-Grossing Film Adaptations] Reference

He also scored hits with the gospel-fueled hair-raiser "Will It Go Round In Circles" and the jaunty "Nothing from Nothing" (listen carefully and you'll hear a banjo burbling under that horn section).    From Wordnik.com.  [Goodbye, Billy] Reference

And he was a hair-raiser of quality ... everything about him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Red Fleece] Reference

Tom laughingly admitted that it was a "hair-raiser" and John continued.    From Wordnik.com.  [Polly and Eleanor] Reference

"That was a regular hair-raiser, as the fellow said when he finished the blood-and-thunder story.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Frank Merriwell's Races] Reference

That panther story was a veritable hair-raiser; and we were never tired of hearing the old man tell it.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Busy Year at the Old Squire's] Reference

The hair-raiser that led to a raise … Oren Peli, pictured presenting his film Paranormal Activity in Madrid, is getting a much bigger pay packet for his new film.    From Wordnik.com.  [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference

Bollinger survives hair-raiser AUSTRALIAN paceman Doug Bollinger helped the Chennai Super Kings cruise to an IPL victory, but endured a hair-raising encounter with a teammate.    From Wordnik.com.  [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference

I mean a real rip-snorter hair-raiser.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter III] Reference

A hair-raiser, "one MCP official was quoted as saying.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

A hair-raiser, "one fuming MCP official was quoted as saying.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Given the trickery that’s going to be involved in tomorrow’s repair of the Advanced Camera for Surveys (think 100+ screws taken out by a guy wearing high-tech ski gloves), I’m guessing that tomorrow will be another hair-raiser. farkItButton (encodeURIComponent ( 'Astronauts 2: Robots 0'), encodeURIComponent ( 'http://blogs. discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/05/15/astronauts-2-robots-0/'), "16x16").    From Wordnik.com.  [Astronauts 2: Robots 0] Reference