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In Reply to: Your top 15 best " horror movies " here are mine-------- posted by patrickU on July 24, 2005 at 07:15:03:
...looking at people's lists.I do not typically find anything horrific about things like Aliens, Exorcist, Dracula and several others listed in this thread. They produce nothing but boredom in me and no shivering or raised hairs.
I agree with Harmonia - I do think all that fake blood is so ridiculous it is not even funny. Give me the Repulsion any day over that stuff.
Aliens? Nothing a good mouse trap would not fix.
I find it hard to beieve any adult would find it horrifying.
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It also depends upon your age and experience. I am at the age where no movie can scare me. On the other hand, when I was in grade school I saw When a Stranger Calls, about a serial killer who has killed the children whom a babysitter is babysitting, and is calling from the second floor to tell her that he is going to kill the kids. When you are in grade school, and are occasionally being babysat, that was scary. Now? Nope.Are Aliens scary at the ripe old age of whatever it is to be in horror at the misunderstanding of a girlfriend for a daughter? Probably not. But for those young enough to believe they exist somewhere, it is scary. Those are the people for whom these films are made.
I believe the opening post called for horror movies, not teenage slashers.I agree with your point that someone is supposed to grow out of early impressionable years and into something more mature, and the nature of what creates the sense of horror also changes.
But this is not to say horror movies simply disappear as you grow older. The TRUE horror remains. It is the plastic one that starts to look silly.
For instance, if you recall the M, there is that scene where mother sees an open door with no one behind. That is the moment that is bound to create accute sense of horror in mature audience, as the teenage one will simply miss it. But to me that was a horryfying moment. So no, not exactly scare me, but certainly disturb, and have potential of returning in a hightmare.
I feel sorry for your lack of imagination and inability to suspend disbelief. Were you ever a kid?
Rob CThe world was made for people not cursed with self-awareness
Many of the movies listed are more sci-fi than horror.
Personally, I go for mood/atmosphere, over shock or gore.
The exorcist may seem somewhat tame now,due to lots of imitators, but when it first came out, it was pretty radical. Its one of the only two horror movies that truely freaked me when I saw it.
Jack
The Exorcist this one I saw in London back then. I did get out in a kind of shock...
Few months back I bought in on DVD...Well it lost its power, but still enjoyable.
The first reaction often leaves lasting mark. Since I saw most of these when already an adult, not when they came out, they certainly did not create any strong reaction in me. I think I saw Exorcist in 1980, even though I knew all about it from the books. It was a complete ho-hum.But I in general do not consider all those devil/posession films worth my time.
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"...looking at people's lists.
I do not typically find anything horrific about things like Aliens, Exorcist, Dracula and several others listed in this thread. They produce nothing but boredom in me and no shivering or raised hairs."
I would agree with you on Dracula. I found it to be boring. The exorcist OTOH is IMO simply the best horror film ever made. But no movie works for every individual.
"I agree with Harmonia - I do think all that fake blood is so ridiculous it is not even funny."
What fake blood ae you talking about? Was there any in Dracula? There was very little in The Exorcist.
" Give me the Repulsion any day over that stuff.'
To each his own. I'll take the superior character development and intricate weaving of personal stories in The Exorcist any day. The introspective study of good v. evil and the brilliant directorial choice to allow the audience to make up their own minds as to the meaning and consequenses of evil and the human existance. you just don't find that kind of depth and layers in horror films.
"Aliens? Nothing a good mouse trap would not fix."
Not really sure how that even entered the discusion. Aliens is an action scifi movie. Alien OTOH was a real horror film. Classic lurking monster movie with great art direction. Very very cool movie. Had me on edge the whole way.
"I find it hard to beieve any adult would find it horrifying."
Wasn't meant to be horrifying.
at least after the oft mentioned baby alien jumping out of Hurt's chest, was when the head of the science officer/android, with slimy liquid spurting out of it, was telling Ripley they were facing a perfect indestructible being and they had no chance.For the 10 year old kid sitting a row in front of us, I believe that was his most memorable moment as well as he screamed hysterically at the top of his lungs, to his big brother(?) who evidently had drug him there, "GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!!!". Poor kid was scared shitless. Doubt if he got a goodnights sleep the rest of the year. Big bro made him sit thru the whole thing.
I agree that this was most definitely a horror movie, the second most definitely an action flick, and damn good as well on its own merits.
Good Points and I thought of it while coming up with my list of horror films.I go with the effect at the time. How did it affect me while watching and how did it effect me in the future? Many of the movies on that list do very little for me now, but back when they first came out, they were quite effective in freaking me out. I love watching a horror, and going back to the most shocking part for me. The mind grows and doesn’t find it as shocking, but some still hold their own.
Regards
Bolt
Frankenstein one & two ( Bride of ) are very poetic films. They are not scary any more.
Or take " The Golem " this one is a wonderful gem.
Bride of Franenstien is a comedy. I never thought it was all that funny though.
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