Who Here Likes Horror Movies?
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"Let Jesus f*** you!", followed by what you said. Yeah, her character did. But all her cursing and crucifix naughty-stuff was done by a double, Mercedes McCambridge, who actually died quite recently.Siren wrote:And the other reason were the scenes of Linda Blair where very disturbing for some, especially since this was a child doing and saying those things. People forget she's an actress I guess. I haven't seen it in a long time, but didn't she take a cross and yell "F*** me!" or something?
Oh yeah!! That was hilarious!....I'll problably burn in hell for that...but at least I can die laughingLazario wrote:"Let Jesus f*** you!", followed by what you said. Yeah, her character did. But all her cursing and crucifix naughty-stuff was done by a double, Mercedes McCambridge, who actually died quite recently.Siren wrote:And the other reason were the scenes of Linda Blair where very disturbing for some, especially since this was a child doing and saying those things. People forget she's an actress I guess. I haven't seen it in a long time, but didn't she take a cross and yell "F*** me!" or something?
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My favorite horror movie is Dario Argento's "Suspiria."
... and on a completely random note, I just saw 'Creepshow' tonight for the first time.
My favorite horror movie is Dario Argento's "Suspiria."
... and on a completely random note, I just saw 'Creepshow' tonight for the first time.
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I have Creepshow on DVD. It's like $5 at Wal-Mart.
I want Tales from the Darkside...There was a great gargoyle story on one of them. And I always liked the whole idea of the witch getting the little boy ready, so she could cook him, and he would tell her these horrific stories, LOL
Skeleton Key is suppost to be real creepy.
And The Devil's Rejects is a sequel to Rob Zombie's House of a 1000 Corpses.
Now that was a weird horror/gorefest. It was practically banned at every theater. ONE theater showed it in a 30 mile radius and only one showing at 11pm, on friday and saturday. I went to see it. I'm a Zombie fan, so it was a must see.
There was this one part where one character was going to shoot another character at point blank and it was like the sound on the movie quit. There was nothing. Just them. And the silence lasted for what seemed like over a minute. It was late, I had just had ice cream, which makes me giddy and giggly. So there we are, in silence. Watching a silent movie, waiting for him to pull the trigger. As the seconds, maybe minutes rolled by, with nothing, I started wanting to giggle. No reason. I didn't find it funny, just bizarre. I couldn't hold it back and started busting out laughing. Then the whole theater joined suit.
Same thing happened in I Know What You Did Last Summer. The guy has the girl hooked by her stomach and is just walking along with her, like she's some heavy gym bag. And it was funny and I laughed, and the whole theater joined with me. It is contagious.
I want Tales from the Darkside...There was a great gargoyle story on one of them. And I always liked the whole idea of the witch getting the little boy ready, so she could cook him, and he would tell her these horrific stories, LOL
Skeleton Key is suppost to be real creepy.
And The Devil's Rejects is a sequel to Rob Zombie's House of a 1000 Corpses.
Now that was a weird horror/gorefest. It was practically banned at every theater. ONE theater showed it in a 30 mile radius and only one showing at 11pm, on friday and saturday. I went to see it. I'm a Zombie fan, so it was a must see.
There was this one part where one character was going to shoot another character at point blank and it was like the sound on the movie quit. There was nothing. Just them. And the silence lasted for what seemed like over a minute. It was late, I had just had ice cream, which makes me giddy and giggly. So there we are, in silence. Watching a silent movie, waiting for him to pull the trigger. As the seconds, maybe minutes rolled by, with nothing, I started wanting to giggle. No reason. I didn't find it funny, just bizarre. I couldn't hold it back and started busting out laughing. Then the whole theater joined suit.
Same thing happened in I Know What You Did Last Summer. The guy has the girl hooked by her stomach and is just walking along with her, like she's some heavy gym bag. And it was funny and I laughed, and the whole theater joined with me. It is contagious.
I think there's three types of horror films. To me, all of the best horror films have traces of comedy in them. They're so over the top, they defy you to take anything seriously.
The Evil Dead films are a good example, as are the later Childs Play/Chucky films and Friday 13th films. Freddy Vs. Jason was another good example.
Basically, they're just a bit of fun. I still can't understand why people rubbish Jason X because it was "unbelievable" being set in space, but support the Friday 13th films 6-8. Or even 3+. All of the Jason sequels are carnivals of unbelivability. But that's where the fun comes from. Jason X was tongue-in-cheek and I loved it.
Same with Bride of Chucky which is hands-down the best Chucky film ever. Sadly, Seed of Chucky tried to be the same, but suffered from having too little story.
Other films in this category include the Dark Castle films (House on Haunted Hill remake, Ghost Ship and Thirteen Ghosts remake). All good silly fun and obviously fantasy.
The second type of film, such as The Ring or even The Blair Witch Project try to depict supernatural happenings in all seriousness. Personally I'm so-so on these, unless they are done well. Oddly, I've found the ones that are done well, such as the two I just mentioned, seem to work better because of the lack of excessive gore. The Exorcist could fit in here, but to me it's never worked as a film. The third Exorcist film is so much better than the first.
The third type is the type which depicts gore, but does so seriously. Personally, I have no time for films like these. Films such as Silence of the Lambs, I feel, can be very dangerous. Showing killing in a 'naturalistic way', and in the 'real world', not only doesn't appeal to me, but it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I don't really see the appeal of such a film in the first place. While I'm not a firm believer of films affecting behaviour, I feel films like Silence of the Lambs are more likely to affect and influence the thinking of an already mentally disturbed viewer than, say, The Evil Dead because it places the actions and interaction in an environment familiar to the viewer.
And yet, whenever censors come down hard on horror films, they always pick on the obviously OTT or fantasy ones first
As for laughing. Laughter is a method of releasing emotions. Sometimes it's just good to laugh at a film if you are worried or scared. Or sometimes you just laugh at a film because you find it so unbelievable or illogical. Much the same way as people laugh at surrealism.
The Exorcist is a film that divides the audience. People with a more religious background can find the film terrifying. People without a such a strict religious background (such as myself) often wonder what all the fuss is about, and the film really is a non-event. I guess Siren, like myself, is laughing at the absurdity of what we are being asked to believe in order for the film to work, being as we never have, and never will, believe in demons.
The Evil Dead films are a good example, as are the later Childs Play/Chucky films and Friday 13th films. Freddy Vs. Jason was another good example.
Basically, they're just a bit of fun. I still can't understand why people rubbish Jason X because it was "unbelievable" being set in space, but support the Friday 13th films 6-8. Or even 3+. All of the Jason sequels are carnivals of unbelivability. But that's where the fun comes from. Jason X was tongue-in-cheek and I loved it.
Same with Bride of Chucky which is hands-down the best Chucky film ever. Sadly, Seed of Chucky tried to be the same, but suffered from having too little story.
Other films in this category include the Dark Castle films (House on Haunted Hill remake, Ghost Ship and Thirteen Ghosts remake). All good silly fun and obviously fantasy.
The second type of film, such as The Ring or even The Blair Witch Project try to depict supernatural happenings in all seriousness. Personally I'm so-so on these, unless they are done well. Oddly, I've found the ones that are done well, such as the two I just mentioned, seem to work better because of the lack of excessive gore. The Exorcist could fit in here, but to me it's never worked as a film. The third Exorcist film is so much better than the first.
The third type is the type which depicts gore, but does so seriously. Personally, I have no time for films like these. Films such as Silence of the Lambs, I feel, can be very dangerous. Showing killing in a 'naturalistic way', and in the 'real world', not only doesn't appeal to me, but it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I don't really see the appeal of such a film in the first place. While I'm not a firm believer of films affecting behaviour, I feel films like Silence of the Lambs are more likely to affect and influence the thinking of an already mentally disturbed viewer than, say, The Evil Dead because it places the actions and interaction in an environment familiar to the viewer.
And yet, whenever censors come down hard on horror films, they always pick on the obviously OTT or fantasy ones first
As for laughing. Laughter is a method of releasing emotions. Sometimes it's just good to laugh at a film if you are worried or scared. Or sometimes you just laugh at a film because you find it so unbelievable or illogical. Much the same way as people laugh at surrealism.
The Exorcist is a film that divides the audience. People with a more religious background can find the film terrifying. People without a such a strict religious background (such as myself) often wonder what all the fuss is about, and the film really is a non-event. I guess Siren, like myself, is laughing at the absurdity of what we are being asked to believe in order for the film to work, being as we never have, and never will, believe in demons.
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one of my all time Comedy/Horrors is Army Of Darkness .. They promoted it as such a horror it was brutally funny.
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I don't come from a religious background, so I didn't find it disturbing. But I think it's a good, serious horror film. I didn't laugh because it was so serious. Sometimes too, it catches me off guard and I do find my jaw drops or my mouth stays open inexplicably.2099net wrote:The Exorcist is a film that divides the audience. People with a more religious background can find the film terrifying. People without a such a strict religious background (such as myself) often wonder what all the fuss is about, and the film really is a non-event. I guess Siren, like myself, is laughing at the absurdity of what we are being asked to believe in order for the film to work, being as we never have, and never will, believe in demons.
Same can't be said though for the sequels, where you're either left feeling queasy and naseaus (part 2), or yes rolling on the floor laughing (3).
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I've never even heard of The Wicked. Is it new?
What scene? The Crucifix scene? Is that really the only scene in that movie you find funny? Because it seems to me you'd think the whole movie is a riot. Well, I still think it's too serious to laugh at. And sad, because I would be terrified if I were that girl's mother... Oh wow- I just thought: did her father know at all? About her being potentially possessed by Satan? That would be a bad thing not to tell him.DisneyFan 2000 wrote:Most people treat Horror movies seriosuly. I also laugh quite a lot during that scene. It doesn't seem believable, thus funny.
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I don't understand how you could say that. Other than perhaps you're mistaken about what parody means. I mean, it's a very serious film about people who's lives are completely uprooted when the daughter is possessed by Satan. If you think about it, it's not even funny at all. It would devastating. If it had been real, the mother, maybe the daughter, and the priest who lives, would all have gone insane.
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If I'm not mistaken , that movie was based on true events.Lazario wrote:I don't understand how you could say that. Other than perhaps you're mistaken about what parody means. I mean, it's a very serious film about people who's lives are completely uprooted when the daughter is possessed by Satan. If you think about it, it's not even funny at all. It would devastating. If it had been real, the mother, maybe the daughter, and the priest who lives, would all have gone insane.
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2099net>WELL SAID!
Exocist was always meant to be disturbing. But so was Dracula. Now people watch it and laugh. Same with Exocist, though those who find it funny are few and far between. It's just that as new generations are born, we grow out of what was scary before that. You know how many people fainted watching Jaws? Do you know anyone that has ever fainted watching it? No. Because times change. People change. What was once disturbing, is funny or simply, no longer disturbing. For some. I certainly see why Exocist is so disturbing and emtionally based. I am open to understanding that. But I don't feel that way personally. Doesn't make someone weak to be disturbed and doesn't make me sick to find it funny.
We all have our likes and dislikes.
Exocist was always meant to be disturbing. But so was Dracula. Now people watch it and laugh. Same with Exocist, though those who find it funny are few and far between. It's just that as new generations are born, we grow out of what was scary before that. You know how many people fainted watching Jaws? Do you know anyone that has ever fainted watching it? No. Because times change. People change. What was once disturbing, is funny or simply, no longer disturbing. For some. I certainly see why Exocist is so disturbing and emtionally based. I am open to understanding that. But I don't feel that way personally. Doesn't make someone weak to be disturbed and doesn't make me sick to find it funny.
We all have our likes and dislikes.