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Were the early Horror Movies Scarier than the ones Nowadays?
Posted on 6/30/16 at 5:38 pm
Posted on 6/30/16 at 5:38 pm
Me and my dad were talking about movies a few days ago and somehow Psycho and Alfred Hitchcock came up. He said those movies were probably scarier because, take the shower scene for example, you didn't have to (nor could you with the restrictions back then) see the actual stabbing. Your imagination took over and you imagined what happened to the woman. And your imagination is always gonna be more colorful than what they can show you. He said that absolutely freaked so many people out that they would hesitate to shower. I could see the validity in that assessment. Kinda like how after Jaws people were extremely scared to get in the ocean.
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Posted on 6/30/16 at 5:40 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Yes/ thread
Posted on 6/30/16 at 5:41 pm to Mrtommorrow1987
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Yes/ thread
Posted on 6/30/16 at 5:46 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
This is why I thought the Witch was good. It left something to the imagination
Posted on 6/30/16 at 5:48 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Not really, and before people break out the pitchforks and torches... much like every other genre of movie when we think about older horror movies we remember the classics, not the turds.
Whether you show the monster, don't show the monster, show the monster taking a chainsaw to Linnea Quigley, or show Linnea Quigley taking a chainsaw to the monster most horror movies, like most movies over all, are going to suck. There is a vast horde of really bad old horror movies.
Get a good director, a good script, good actors, and as a few horror flicks have shown recently you can come up with a good movie.
Whether you show the monster, don't show the monster, show the monster taking a chainsaw to Linnea Quigley, or show Linnea Quigley taking a chainsaw to the monster most horror movies, like most movies over all, are going to suck. There is a vast horde of really bad old horror movies.
Get a good director, a good script, good actors, and as a few horror flicks have shown recently you can come up with a good movie.
Posted on 6/30/16 at 5:51 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
older horror movies are scarier because you were younger when you watched them IMO.
Scary movies today usually have something sadistic or torture involved which I'm not in to.
That's why I like the ghost/religious/possession type of scary movie more than Saw/Purge/Hostel stuff.
Freddie was in your dreams, Jason was in the woods, Myers was crazy and out for revenge. That was scary to me when I was young.
Some dude cutting your toes off in a room while Du Hast plays is just messed up
Scary movies today usually have something sadistic or torture involved which I'm not in to.
That's why I like the ghost/religious/possession type of scary movie more than Saw/Purge/Hostel stuff.
Freddie was in your dreams, Jason was in the woods, Myers was crazy and out for revenge. That was scary to me when I was young.
Some dude cutting your toes off in a room while Du Hast plays is just messed up
Posted on 6/30/16 at 6:00 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
No but they were better.
Posted on 6/30/16 at 6:01 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Today's horror movies tend to focus strictly on shocking you with elaborate images and effects. Early horror movies focused much more on suspense, which takes time and skill. Early horror movies are usually more scary in my opinion.
Posted on 6/30/16 at 6:04 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
I find horror movies today to be jumpy, but not usually truly scary. Some of the old ones don't hold up as well but the classics transcend time. The original Halloween, The Exorcist, Psycho, Nightmare on Elm Street, etc etc. Some of them were just really good movies, genre aside.
The lack of real scary ones makes the really good ones that come out today stand out like The Strangers, The Ring, The Witch, etc
The lack of real scary ones makes the really good ones that come out today stand out like The Strangers, The Ring, The Witch, etc
This post was edited on 6/30/16 at 6:07 pm
Posted on 6/30/16 at 6:09 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Posted on 6/30/16 at 6:10 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
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Were the early Horror Movies Scarier than the ones Nowadays?
As a huge horror fan, No.
Like any other genre, the stuff that's the best is often off the beaten path.
Horrors released in the last few years that are both scary and more "classic:"
The Conjuring
Insidious
The Others
It Follows
Woman in Black
The Witch
The Ring
28 Days Later
Mama
The Descent
Etc. Horror is fine and is still scary.
Even more underrated stuff:
Frailty
Splinter
Audition
1408
Also Etc.
And I'd add, you're probably desensitized or jaded as well. It takes a little suspension of disbelief/pure imagination to let horrors get to you. If you like them, but they still don't scare you, just try and let go of reality for a bit. Watch them with wonder rather than skepticism.
Posted on 6/30/16 at 6:11 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Suspense horror is always better than jump scare slasher porn
Posted on 6/30/16 at 6:12 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
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Kinda like how after Jaws people were extremely scared to get in the ocean.
You ever seen the numbers on caller ID sales before and after Scream?
Posted on 6/30/16 at 6:18 pm to Freauxzen
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And I'd add, you're probably desensitized or jaded as well. It takes a little suspension of disbelief/pure imagination to let horrors get to you. If you like them, but they still don't scare you, just try and let go of reality for a bit. Watch them with wonder rather than skepticism.
Oh no, don't get me wrong, I'm in no way a horror/suspense movie guy. Just got on the topic of those movies.
Posted on 6/30/16 at 6:40 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
No, you were a child when you watched them.
Posted on 6/30/16 at 6:43 pm to putt23
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Some dude cutting your toes off in a room while Du Hast plays is just messed up
Posted on 6/30/16 at 7:07 pm to Freauxzen
Frailty is so underrated
Posted on 6/30/16 at 7:18 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
The old movies did a better job of building atmosphere, Nosferatu being a perfect example. The biggest difference is in the audience. Today's audience has seen it all. Movies like Dracula and The Mummy were horrifying to audiences in the 1930s but look a little corny today.
Posted on 6/30/16 at 7:30 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Older horror movies were better because they had to rely on acting/music/setting to generate fear rather than relying on special effects like today. These days we get absurd looking CGI monsters/ghosts/demons and jump scares.
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