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re: Seasoned fans of horror: Do horror movies scare you anymore?
Posted on 9/7/16 at 10:34 am to Rounder1
Posted on 9/7/16 at 10:34 am to Rounder1
quote:I think I am just the opposite. Slasher movies and that kind of stuff can be intense, yes. I say they are kind of scary, or can be.
Horror movies that center around the supernatural no longer phase me at all.
A horror movie that is based around things that a living, evil person could actually do can still shake me some. I am thinking of the types of movies that may be make believe but could actually be done by a depraved person.
But movies and shows that contain a subjective "creep factor" like an unexplainable element, supernatural, scifi, uncontrollable force of nature, a nameless evil, etc. are the ones that can give me the chills. In other words, I'm thinking that for me, being scared is more than splashing blood and guts around; there's a mental imagination factor that is most important.
These are a few examples of movies that scared me:
Alien
The Exorcist
Rosemary's Baby
Psycho
Jaws
Halloween
Silence of the Lambs
The Horror of Dracula
The Blob (50s original)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (50s original)
The Werewolf of London (1930s)
Invaders from Mars (1950s)
The Thing (both versions)
The Uninvited (Ray Milland)
And yes, I do agree that a person's age when you see these makes a difference, too.
This post was edited on 9/7/16 at 10:40 am
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Posted on 9/7/16 at 10:38 am to mizzoukills
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I've seen parts of Audition. It's not scary so much as it is disturbing.
It's entirely possible that Audition creeped me out because at the time I saw it, I had a crazy ex girlfriend who left threatening messages on my phone and slashed my tires
Posted on 9/7/16 at 10:39 am to JawjaTigah
quote:
Alien
Saw this when I was 9, chestburster scene fricked me up for months
Posted on 9/7/16 at 10:39 am to mizzoukills
After some thought, there's one scene in Exorcist III that legitimately scared me...I won't spoil it, but if you saw the movie, you probably know what I'm talking about.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 11:12 am to Vols&Shaft83
VolShaft
Never dip your "fate" in crazy
Never dip your "fate" in crazy
Posted on 9/7/16 at 11:14 am to mizzoukills
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VolShaft
Never dip your "fate" in crazy
Lesson learned
Posted on 9/7/16 at 11:30 am to Vols&Shaft83
Last movie that I really remembered scaring the absolute mess out of me was when I was a kid. The 1989 McPherson Tape. It came on late one night and the show that aired it presented it in a way that me and my brother thought it was real. It's really cheesy and corny to watch now, but we thought that shite was real when we were young. I thought aliens were going to abduct me for months after that. No internet back then, so no way to find out it was a fake. Original Blair Witch did a good job of reliving that for me.
Anything with a clown fricked with my head too. When I was really young, my aunt kept a full size clown doll seated at the dinner table at her house for some retarded reason and my cousin/brother always tortured me with it. Thing was scary as frick.
Anything with a clown fricked with my head too. When I was really young, my aunt kept a full size clown doll seated at the dinner table at her house for some retarded reason and my cousin/brother always tortured me with it. Thing was scary as frick.
This post was edited on 9/7/16 at 11:32 am
Posted on 9/7/16 at 12:05 pm to Dam Guide
The Day After still messes with me. It's about a group of families who live near Kansas City, MO and witness the beginning and aftermath of nuclear war with Russia.
I still occasionally have nuclear holocaust nightmares because of this movie.
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When I was really young, my aunt kept a full size clown doll seated at the dinner table at her house
What...the...frick? That's like a real life nightmare!
Posted on 9/7/16 at 12:26 pm to mizzoukills
Not really. I'm always thinking "get in your fricking car and drive away, dumbass."
Posted on 9/7/16 at 12:46 pm to mizzoukills
Nah, that wasn't the Exorcist III scene I was talking about, although that scene was pretty creepy. I'll just say it takes place in a hallway, and leave it at that, lol. If it was a movie I knew everyone had already seen, I'd just come out and say it, but I bet alot of folks didn't see it, probably because of the horrible Exorcist II....
Posted on 9/7/16 at 1:03 pm to mizzoukills
As a YUGE horror movie fans, horror movie don't exactly scare me. The Witch disturbed me while watching it. It Follows is probably the only one I can think of recently that had me a little uneasy going to bed.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 1:25 pm to mizzoukills
I love horror films
The last one that truly scared me...where I had to run up my stairs really fast like a girl was Lake Mungo
It's very polarizing though. Some people think it's stupid, but I thought it was extremely scary
The last one that truly scared me...where I had to run up my stairs really fast like a girl was Lake Mungo
It's very polarizing though. Some people think it's stupid, but I thought it was extremely scary
Posted on 9/7/16 at 1:29 pm to Pilot Tiger
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Lake Mungo
Never heard of this film
Posted on 9/7/16 at 1:40 pm to mizzoukills
Honestly, the last one to get me emotionally was 10 Cloverfield Lane, but I can't tell you if I was scared or hopeless. Those are two related but distinct feelings.
And here's another question that I want other horror fans to discuss with me: Does a feeling of hopelessness have to be an element of a good horror movie?
There's the jump scare which is the cheapest way to get a reaction and then there's the psychological aspect where your fricking child is possessed by a demon and she's masterbating with crusafix (sp?)
My point being that you can inspire a feeling a hopelessness with both supernatural and realistic horror-based movies. That's why both The Texas Chainsaw Murders and The Ring scared the shite out of me.
And here's another question that I want other horror fans to discuss with me: Does a feeling of hopelessness have to be an element of a good horror movie?
There's the jump scare which is the cheapest way to get a reaction and then there's the psychological aspect where your fricking child is possessed by a demon and she's masterbating with crusafix (sp?)
My point being that you can inspire a feeling a hopelessness with both supernatural and realistic horror-based movies. That's why both The Texas Chainsaw Murders and The Ring scared the shite out of me.
This post was edited on 9/7/16 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 9/7/16 at 2:00 pm to LesMiles BFF
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Does a feeling of hopelessness have to be an element of a good horror movie?
It helps. Watch Martyrs and another French movie called Frontiers for good examples.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 2:55 pm to mizzoukills
I like horror as long there is thought to it and not 100% reliant on jump scares and gore. Obviously, that's hard to find but even some movies that aren't even that good actually surprise me and do a decent job of it. Don't Breathe was actually a pleasant surprise that I enjoyed a lot more than I thought I would. Another was the original Paranormal Activity, I loved how unique and different it felt. Unfortunately, that series has been ruined but you get the idea. I like originality, first and foremost.
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