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Scary Movies

Riggs BlitzkriegRiggs Blitzkrieg Registered User regular
edited November 2008 in Social Entropy++
I don't get why scary movies are scary movies. What's the difference between a horror movie and a 'drama'? Silence of the Lambs had some scary shit in it but people would consider it a drama. Anton Chigur was a pretty scary character but that movie isn't a horror.

Is it just fictionalized things that make it a horror? Unrealistic thrillers? I don't know.

Anyways horror movies are pretty cool. The Orphanage was the last good new scary movie I saw. I want to see Prince of Darkness soon.

[REC] Was pretty good too. I never saw Quarantine though.

Let the Right one In looks good too.
http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/let-the-right-one-in/red-band-trailer

PRETTY GOOD!

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Ho! Ho! Ho! Drink Coke!Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I don't like scary movies because I don't like being scared

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  • Jacques L'HommeJacques L'Homme BAH! He was a rank amateur compared to, DR. COLOSSUS!Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    I don't like scary movies because I don't like being scared

    I was honestly starting to think that I was the only person who thought this.

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  • humblehumble Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    i dont like them for the same reason

    i used to go get a cup of water at nights and just stare out into my backyard where it was all woods and expect some mike myers type guy to come out and walk towards me

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  • NewtronNewtron Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    there's too many zombie infection movies.

    I wanna see an old style zombie flick with just regular magically undead people.

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  • Riggs BlitzkriegRiggs Blitzkrieg Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    humble wrote: »
    i dont like them for the same reason

    i used to go get a cup of water at nights and just stare out into my backyard where it was all woods and expect some mike myers type guy to come out and walk towards me


    That's just weird

    you weirdo

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  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I like the 1963 version of The Haunting.

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  • mrpakumrpaku Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    check out Session 9 to see the last interesting thing David Caruso ever did!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrTkmDLUm2w

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Ho! Ho! Ho! Drink Coke!Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I still expect some hideous thing to come lurching out of the blackness whenever I enter a dark room

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  • Riggs BlitzkriegRiggs Blitzkrieg Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    I still expect some hideous thing to come lurching out of the blackness whenever I enter a dark room

    I think thats just repressed guilt you have over something

    must be

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  • KilljoyKilljoy __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
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  • humblehumble Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    I still expect some hideous thing to come lurching out of the blackness whenever I enter a dark room

    my power went out at work last night because of a snowstorm.

    i had to wait in the total dark for like an hour until beavs came and got me

    i kept expecting someone to emerge from the dark and get me

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2008
    Bambi was so terrifying

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I like scary movies but I dont like rollercoasters.

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  • mrpakumrpaku Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    I don't like scary movies because I don't like being scared

    being scared can be a fantastic adrenaline rush!

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    I still expect some hideous thing to come lurching out of the blackness whenever I enter a dark room

    I'm the same way, yet I still see any horror flick that looks pretty terrifying.

    I think I have a problem.

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    We keep telling you that.

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  • Jacques L'HommeJacques L'Homme BAH! He was a rank amateur compared to, DR. COLOSSUS!Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Goatmon wrote: »
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    I still expect some hideous thing to come lurching out of the blackness whenever I enter a dark room

    I'm the same way, yet I still see any horror flick that looks pretty terrifying.

    I think I have a problem.

    I can handle scary movies, but I lose sleep over horror flicks.

    Shit, I can't even watch the Saw series without getting physically ill.

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  • FizFiz Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I don't like to watch scary movies because my memory really holds on to stuff like that. My childhood was screwed up because of the scene by scene remakes of movies that would haunt my dreams each night after seeing a scary movie or reading a horror story

    Which is a bitch because I have a starring role in Saw 6

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  • mrpakumrpaku Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Newtron wrote: »
    there's too many zombie infection movies.

    I wanna see an old style zombie flick with just regular magically undead people.

    the Serpent and the Rainbow is a pretty good zombie flick

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I watched The Thing and Dawn of the Dead when I was about 6. It was pretty awesome for my psyche.

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Jacques L'Homme wrote: »
    Goatmon wrote: »
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    I still expect some hideous thing to come lurching out of the blackness whenever I enter a dark room

    I'm the same way, yet I still see any horror flick that looks pretty terrifying.

    I think I have a problem.

    I can handle scary movies, but I lose sleep over horror flicks.

    Shit, I can't even watch the Saw series without getting physically ill.

    See, that's what I dislike about the horror genre.

    Hollywood turned it from films that are genuinely scary as fuck, into a genre of torture porn.

    Like how Repo is being categorized as horror. This movie is about music and gore, not being scary, people need to label movies better.

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  • FizFiz Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Oddly enough, I watched a lot of stories that involved evil puppets and clowns and I am now sexually attracted to hot guys wearing clown outfits

    Could just be the hot guys but the outfits make me happy

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  • mr0rangemr0range Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    I still expect some hideous thing to come lurching out of the blackness whenever I enter a dark room

    Watch the Strangers ... alone ... at night. Good luck going to sleep.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCU0k_jbCUo

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Clown fetish! D:

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2008
    fuck the Saw movies
    not because they terrify me, but as Goatmon says they're just torture for titillation's sake
    they are terrible films

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  • JarofmoldymayoJarofmoldymayo __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    I've never been scared by a movie.


    I can also beat you up.

    HURRG YEAH INTERNET TOUGH GUY.

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  • FizFiz Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Recently I was reading a story about a murderer who was basically trying to copy Jack the Ripper and I had a nightmare about it a week later but didn't realize it was that same fucking story until I was trying to recall all the information to a friend

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  • J3pJ3p Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Saw isn't horror it's just gorn. Yes, that was a portmanteau of gore and porn. I know, it was terrible.

    Okay well actually Saw 1 was decent in its own way but the delicate balance between shock, intrigue and mindgames was shattered with the entirely derivative and utterly banal sequels.

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Druhim wrote: »
    fuck the Saw movies
    not because they terrify me, but as Goatmon says they're just torture for titillation's sake
    they are terrible films

    From what I hear the first one was actually pretty decent if you can stomache it, while the rest are just pure TP.

    The only one I ever saw much of was Saw IV, which is indeed just gore upon gore for the sake of being disgusting.

    Fuck that mess.

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  • NewtronNewtron Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    mrpaku wrote: »
    Newtron wrote: »
    there's too many zombie infection movies.

    I wanna see an old style zombie flick with just regular magically undead people.

    the Serpent and the Rainbow is a pretty good zombie flick

    never been a big wes craven fan, but i'll have to look into this.

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  • MathildaMathilda Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
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    These dudes right here. Best horror/sci-fi flicks ever.
    Except those two crossover ones, they're just silly.

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    J3p wrote: »
    Saw isn't horror it's just gorn.

    gorn.jpg

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  • J3pJ3p Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Yeah Alien and Aliens were pretty great.

    Pitch Black was also pretty decent and enjoyable!

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  • mrpakumrpaku Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Jarofmoldymayo wrote: »
    I've never been scared by a movie.


    I can also beat you up.

    HURRG YEAH INTERNET TOUGH GUY.

    hey have you ever seen Eraserhead

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  • Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    mr0range wrote: »
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    I still expect some hideous thing to come lurching out of the blackness whenever I enter a dark room

    Watch the Strangers ... alone ... at night. Good luck going to sleep.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCU0k_jbCUo
    the strangers was a piece of shit movie

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  • J3pJ3p Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Synthetic Orange wrote: »
    J3p wrote: »
    Saw isn't horror it's just gorn.

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    ahhahahah oh fuck

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  • JarofmoldymayoJarofmoldymayo __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    mrpaku wrote: »
    Jarofmoldymayo wrote: »
    I've never been scared by a movie.


    I can also beat you up.

    HURRG YEAH INTERNET TOUGH GUY.

    hey have you ever seen Eraserhead

    No now shut up before I flex my muscles at you.

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  • MathildaMathilda Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    mr0range wrote: »
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    I still expect some hideous thing to come lurching out of the blackness whenever I enter a dark room

    Watch the Strangers ... alone ... at night. Good luck going to sleep.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCU0k_jbCUo
    I actually had no trouble doing this at all. Both at home and at school.

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  • Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    probably because it sucked dicks

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  • Jacques L'HommeJacques L'Homme BAH! He was a rank amateur compared to, DR. COLOSSUS!Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    J3p wrote: »
    Saw isn't horror it's just gorn. Yes, that was a portmanteau of gore and porn. I know, it was terrible.

    Okay well actually Saw 1 was decent in its own way but the delicate balance between shock, intrigue and mindgames was shattered with the entirely derivative and utterly banal sequels.

    Gorn? Sounds more like Hostel than Saw really.

    Seriously one of the shittiest films I have ever seen.

    Given it's a modern horror film but God damn it was bad.

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