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Do horror films scare you?

Started by Illbethewriter, May 07, 2011, 06:06:10 PM

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DeterminedJuliet

#15
May 08, 2011, 04:28:27 PM
Horror movies scare the crap out of me. I am a huge wimp.

After I saw "paranormal activity" I slept with the lights on for a week. I have no idea why they effect me so much, because I know they aren't real. I was even freaked out after I saw "Devil" and it wasn't even that great. 

I think I have an over-active imagination.
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Tank

#16
May 08, 2011, 04:34:49 PM
I saw the original King Kong on the TV when I was 8 'ish. It scared the living daylights out of me! The other horror film I do not like, but can't help watching, is the remake of 'The Thing'.
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history_geek

#17
May 08, 2011, 09:38:25 PM
To be honest I hate the whole horror genre. Mostly due to my over-active imigination, like DetermonedJuliet.

But I really don't get scared watching a movie with zombies (ála 28 Days Later) or skeletons anymore (Dude, behind you. Dude, come on look behind...ah, f*** it). Psychological ones however can really ruin my day. Ever worse is pretty much any movie that comes from Japan or Korea (those guys are nucking futs!), or where the ghost/spirit/evil being is in the form of a child. Nothing quite disturbs me like those.

Now, it's funny though. If there's a lot of gore in a horror movie, I get grossed, but i can watch pretty much any war movie with no matter how many spilled guts and hardly loose my apetite. I wonder why...

And vampires hardly scare me at all (and I'm not talking about whatever was in these..."Twilight"...movies or whatever. Think more like "Interview with the Vampire") and Anime/Manga horror stories hardly make me flinch. Go Alucard! ;D
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amppax

#18
May 08, 2011, 10:17:41 PM
Horror movies aren't my cup of tea, but if there's not much gore i'm usually ok. blood totally freaks me out, which is why i won't be majoring in pre-med

Ubi Dubium

#19
May 09, 2011, 11:04:17 PM
If there's anything supernatural involved, then I really don't find a movie scary.  Some of them are fun and creative, or may have a big "ugh" factor attached, but nothing like that will keep me up at night afterwards.

I'm with those above who mentioned the psychological movies.  Those are the scary ones, 'cause they could actually happen.  One of the scariest for me was Fatal Attraction, although maybe A Clockwork Orange beats it for nightmare fuel.
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Poptop

#20
May 27, 2011, 06:07:46 PM
Quote from: Ubi Dubium on May 09, 2011, 11:04:17 PM
If there's anything supernatural involved, then I really don't find a movie scary.  Some of them are fun and creative, or may have a big "ugh" factor attached, but nothing like that will keep me up at night afterwards.

I'm with those above who mentioned the psychological movies.  Those are the scary ones, 'cause they could actually happen.  One of the scariest for me was Fatal Attraction, although maybe A Clockwork Orange beats it for nightmare fuel.

This is what I was going to type. 
The supernatural stuff is just silly.
Any scary film where the plot could really happen is fun.   

Willow

#21
May 29, 2011, 09:26:14 PM
The Hole is great and I loved Wolf Creek.
But I can't watch some kinds of violence.  War is okay, domestic violence definately not.  This is incongruent with the fact that I don't get nightmares from work (Young Offenders) where real people really suffer some hideous stuff.

Stevil

#22
May 30, 2011, 08:09:07 AM
Alien
13 Ghosts
Omen II
Evil Dead
Resident Evil

Poltergeist was great when I was a kid.

darkcyd

#23
May 31, 2011, 03:56:59 PM
I watched the Silver Bullet by Steven King and scared the shit out of me. Also the Forbidden Forest on the Commodore 64 was friggin evil scary. I found I am not fond of being scared but love to scare the shit outta others.

Too Few Lions

#24
May 31, 2011, 03:59:35 PM Last Edit: May 31, 2011, 04:03:37 PM by Too Few Lions
I stick to 1970s horror movies. They're not that scary and have lashings of nice bright red paint for blood which give any murders a nice pop art aesthetic!

I can remember being scared s***less when I watched 'The Omen' at the age of 14, but I just find it rather cheesy now I'm an adult.
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