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When I was really, really young anything would scare me. I'm pretty sure I was spooked by that Ernest Halloween movie. However, one movie really got to me but I don't remember what it was about, because I never finished watching it. I think there was a house in a forest and some creepy telepathic girl or something. Really I have no idea because I was four.
I haven't seen any movies as an adult though that have really scared me. I guess I just need to look harder, but I've been so heavily desensitized that nothing really does it for me.
Personally, I really do like Dreamcatcher. But it's just not a very good movie, in my opinion. I'm a bit jaded, maybe, for having read and loved the book, but whatever. A lot of the meat of the story seemed lost on me when it got translated to film.
I have to say, though, that I absolutely adore Jason Lee's characterization of Beaver in that flick.
Personally, I really do like Dreamcatcher. But it's just not a very good movie, in my opinion. I'm a bit jaded, maybe, for having read and loved the book, but whatever. A lot of the meat of the story seemed lost on me when it got translated to film.
That's the problem with King adaptations. His stories are so absurdly detailed it's very difficult to turn it into a movie or a TV series easily.
I liked The Stand too, but that's a different topic.
I haven't committed myself to reading The Stand yet, but damn -- that TV-movie deal was a committment in itself. 4+ hours? I really dug the movie, though.
It really is difficult to convey King on the screen. I think one of the best adaptations of his works is Misery, which isn't that far off from the book at all. On the other hand, The Shining is both one of my favorite movies and books, and they are absurdly different.
I haven't seen the TV-series they did a few years back for that, which apparently is closer to the book, but... c'mon, no Jack Nicholson?
Koshian, I love your sig/avatar. The Invisible Man is by far my favorite Universal horror flick. :]
thanks man,
I actually haven't watched any of the other ones
which are worth seeing?
The early silent films are great, like Hunchback of Notre Dame and Phantom of the Opera. As far as the 'Golden Age' is concerned, I dig Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula, and The Creature from the Black Lagoon. The Wolf Man tends to be slow at times, but it's not that bad. The Mummy, on the other hand -- I can't seem to make it through that without sleeping.
The last movie I watched that scared me was the original Haunting. I think because they never really ever show any ghosts or anything, and the imagination takes over. Plus the voice over really made you feel the person slowly going crazy. Or it could've been that I just watched it while I was tired, I'm way more easily scared when sleepy.
I was raised in the 80s and early 90s on a steady diet of Freddy Kreuger, Jason and Hellraiser movies. I remember once refusing to walk down a dark hallway to the bathroom by myself after watching one of those, I kept seeing Pinhead and Freddy in the shadows.
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I am the person who gave all of the sound bites of the G-men in Psychonauts.
It was pretty scary.
truth is, clint eastwood is far too handsome, so he balances out the terrifying story of the murderous obsessive stalker
For McNally.
It should be entertaining for us though.
CasinoGhost.
Goddamn, that took forever.
That is fine. I'll play 'Tube again and hopefully win.
There are no horror movies anymore, they are just gore fests and jump scares. Its kind of sad.
-Black Christmas (Original 1976. Disregard the remake)
-Sleepaway Camp (Campy 80s fun, with the most tweaked ending ever...)
-Cannibal Holocaust (Unsettling in that it portrays the human-monster, which is more grotesque than anything out of a creature feature film)
-Un Chien Andalou or Eraserhead (Scary in that you have no clue what is going on. Generally true for anything by Dali or Lynch.)
-The Last House on the Left (Again, unsettling human behavior)
-Don't Look Now (creepy, atmospheric horror. Great ending on this one, too.)
-Audition (This movie drags at a snail's pace, but there are a few very memorable moments that make it worth renting)
-The Exorcist (Spider-walk. Ughdflkga.)
Jurassic Park scared me when I was younger though. God knows why.
Alien is also a personal favourite.
Or is it the other way around?
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That bitch has some rude, wet titties in the movie.
I haven't seen any movies as an adult though that have really scared me. I guess I just need to look harder, but I've been so heavily desensitized that nothing really does it for me.
Can't wait for The Mist, trailer looked really good.
I sort of like Dreamcathcer though. Am I the only one?
that doesn't mean anything though
I have to say, though, that I absolutely adore Jason Lee's characterization of Beaver in that flick.
I covered my eyes during some parts of the dilophosaurus bit.
And man, that kitchen scene is pretty fucking scary the first time you see it.
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That's the problem with King adaptations. His stories are so absurdly detailed it's very difficult to turn it into a movie or a TV series easily.
I liked The Stand too, but that's a different topic.
And yeah, Jason Lee is fantastic in Dreamcatcher.
It really is difficult to convey King on the screen. I think one of the best adaptations of his works is Misery, which isn't that far off from the book at all. On the other hand, The Shining is both one of my favorite movies and books, and they are absurdly different.
I haven't seen the TV-series they did a few years back for that, which apparently is closer to the book, but... c'mon, no Jack Nicholson?
The early silent films are great, like Hunchback of Notre Dame and Phantom of the Opera. As far as the 'Golden Age' is concerned, I dig Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula, and The Creature from the Black Lagoon. The Wolf Man tends to be slow at times, but it's not that bad. The Mummy, on the other hand -- I can't seem to make it through that without sleeping.
Oh, no.
Sister Zelda from Pet Sematary scared the crap out of me when I was younger. Apparently that was a guy playing her as well?
I was raised in the 80s and early 90s on a steady diet of Freddy Kreuger, Jason and Hellraiser movies. I remember once refusing to walk down a dark hallway to the bathroom by myself after watching one of those, I kept seeing Pinhead and Freddy in the shadows.
I loved it.
JordynNolz.com <- All my blogs (Shepard, Wasted, J'onn, DCAU) are here now!