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[CharleyH]

Hide and seek, the Grudge, the Village, Forgotten, Saw, the Ring . . . what exactly happened to the horror in horror movies?

Last time I was truly scared was Alien 2, last time I felt suspense and on edge? Terminator 2, no 6th Sense, still . . ..

Everytime a new preview comes up . . . do I want to pay 12 bucks? To what? Be dulled. Where did horror go? A simple thought.

 

[Evil Alpaca]

Hide and seek, the Grudge, the Village, Forgotten, Saw, the Ring . . . what exactly happened to the horror in horror movies?

Last time I was truly scared was Alien 2, last time I felt suspense and on edge? Terminator 2, no 6th Sense, still . . ..

Everytime a new preview comes up . . . do I want to pay 12 bucks? To what? Be dulled. Where did horror go? A simple thought.

Unfortunately, the move to pg-13 has scared-down a lot of horror films. I like some of them, but don't find any of them scary. Now Jaws . . . that was scary.

 

[CharleyH]

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Unfortunately, the move to pg-13 has scared-down a lot of horror films. I like some of them, but don't find any of them scary. Now Jaws . . . that was scary.

OMG! A post. Well, Jaws, yes. Line ups around the block. I was too young to get in, but we did play it on surf boards in those 70's months . . . one on board and a shark. LOL - ok not terrifying, but . . . thanks.

Edit: not terrifying to us playing, but scared the hell out of those who saw it at the time. Why? Fake shark, looks dumb now, but, anticipation? Forgotten had its moments, and so did Saw, but the Grudge? The Ring?

 

[Guest]

My intro to horror (and beauty) as a child was the original "Frankenstein" and "Dracula". As an adolescent, "Psycho".

The Ring (movie, not the operas) bored me. Won't see any of that other crap; it's not imagination so much as formulaic consumption.

Perdita

 

[CharleyH]

anyone ever read Robin Wood?

Edit: Robyn? Damn memory!

 

[cheerful_deviant]

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Unfortunately, the move to pg-13 has scared-down a lot of horror films.

Like it or not, PG-13 is where all the money is. It caters to the widest audience. Violent enough to have a few good scenes for the trailer. Clean enough that you can let the kiddies go (not really, in my opinion, but that's another debate). So writers/directors are pushed by the movie houses to get the PG-13 rating.

As for me personally, the last time I was really scarred in a movie was Battlefeild Earth. Did you see John Travolta's hair!

 

[shereads]

"The Others" with Nicole Kidman.

When it was new and the theater was crowded, there was a memorable moment when at least 300 people all squealed like terrified piglets and shot upward from our chairs in unison without any assistance from our feet (this is what is known as a scary-ass movie.) Then we all laughed at how we'd been had.

That's what's good about seeing movies in a theater instead of at home.

I like surprise endings. I hardly ever get one at the movies. And I won't see anyting with torture and/or bloody gore, so my horror films are few and far between. Liked the 6th Sense and The Others because I never saw the endings coming. In The Others, I thought I did but I was soooo wrong.

Another suspense film, not exactly horror, but with some good creepy moments and some laughs too: M. Night Shamalan's "Unbreakable."

An old favorite: Rosemary's Baby

Hide and seek, the Grudge, the Village, Forgotten, Saw, the Ring . . . what exactly happened to the horror in horror movies?

Last time I was truly scared was Alien 2, last time I felt suspense and on edge? Terminator 2, no 6th Sense, still . . ..

Everytime a new preview comes up . . . do I want to pay 12 bucks? To what? Be dulled. Where did horror go? A simple thought.

 

[carsonshepherd]

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OMG! A post. Well, Jaws, yes. Line ups around the block. I was too young to get in, but we did play it on surf boards in those 70's months . . . one on board and a shark. LOL - ok not terrifying, but . . . thanks.

Edit: not terrifying to us playing, but scared the hell out of those who saw it at the time. Why? Fake shark, looks dumb now, but, anticipation? Forgotten had its moments, and so did Saw, but the Grudge? The Ring?

Jaws! *scream*

I get yucky chills just thinking about it. Ugh.

 

[Evil Alpaca]

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Like it or not, PG-13 is where all the money is. It caters to the widest audience. Violent enough to have a few good scenes for the trailer. Clean enough that you can let the kiddies go (not really, in my opinion, but that's another debate). So writers/directors are pushed by the movie houses to get the PG-13 rating.

As for me personally, the last time I was really scarred in a movie was Battlefeild Earth. Did you see John Travolta's hair!

Funny ducky!
I agree that the reason why pg-13 allows for these movies to make more money, but I also think it leads to luke-warm scare factor. I think a movie that is ACTUALLY scary, regardless of gore or nudity, should be rated R, but I'm not the one trying to make moolah off of them.

 

[Evil Alpaca]

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Jaws! *scream*

I get yucky chills just thinking about it. Ugh.

No, "Scream" is a different movie all together, and it wasn't really scary.

 

[Guest]

Yea, Sher! I love The Others. Didn't scare me for the beauty and sorrow though. Rosemary's Baby I saw when it came out, excellent horror, still watch it from time to time as a fillum .

Perdita

 

[Liar]

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Now Jaws . . . that was scary.

I found Jaws hilarious (and I mean that in a good way, it had lots of humor), but never really scary. Those classic cliché monsters, vamires and werewolves, oversized animals with big teeth, ugly, slimy aliens... never really got to me.

I kind of liked The Ring, although the american remake of it was much tamer than the original.

#L

 

[carsonshepherd]

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No, "Scream" is a different movie all together, and it wasn't really scary.

Shaddup. I have a phobia of sharks thanks to that damn movie. Is there a word for shark phobia?

 

[shereads]

Scariest ever, too damned scary to watch alone when it comes on cable: "The Exorcist."

I have a friend whose stoner teenaged cousin took her to see it when she was six years old. She was in therapy for three years afterwards and still can't hear the musical theme without turning pale.

Loved "Poltergeist" for the audacity of the moment when the kid sees the creepy old tree moving outside his bedroom window. You think, "Ooh, the tree is going to tap on the window. That'll be scary." Instead, it reaches in the room, grabs the kid and eats him.

Creepiest clown doll: "Poltergeist," no contest.

 

[SeaCat]

I don't know where all the scary movies went, but the last one I actually enjoyed was "House on Haunted Hill". It wasn't all that scary but it was still a fun movie.

Cat

 

[fairysong]

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No, "Scream" is a different movie all together, and it wasn't really scary.

Right "Scream" is a movie that wasn't scary....they gave it the wrong name

 

[shereads]

Has anyone seen the original b/w version of "The Haunting" based on the book, "The Haunting of Hill House?"

There are some moments of sheer why-am-I-putting-myself-through-this terror, where nothing more is happening than an unexplained banging noise in the hallway outside a closed door...and a slowly turning doorknob.

 

[impressive]

"Ghost Story" still creeps me out more than any movie I've seen.

 

[Evil Alpaca]

Has anyone seen the original b/w version of "The Haunting" based on the book, "The Haunting of Hill House?"

There are some moments of sheer why-am-I-putting-myself-through-this terror, where nothing more is happening than an unexplained banging noise in the hallway outside a closed door...and a slowly turning doorknob.

Some of my favorites are the old Edgar Allen Poe stories roughly turned into movies and starrring Vincent Price. Not necessarly scary, but always creepy.

I haven't seen the original Haunting, but I'd like too. Didn't much care for the remake.

 

[shereads]

Yea, Sher! I love The Others. Didn't scare me for the beauty and sorrow though. Rosemary's Baby I saw when it came out, excellent horror, still watch it from time to time as a fillum .

Perdita

Rosemary's Baby beat to a pulp the movie cliche of the sweet-but-eccentric next-door neighbors. Boy howdy. Ruth Gordon, you're a treasure and I adore you, but if you come near me I'll have to decapitate you.

 

[Liar]

Last jumpy moment I saw on film was in Mulholland Drive. The devil behind the dumpster, of you've seen the film. It's all so uttely stupid, and you know it is coming, but the buildup to it is masterful.

 

[CharleyH]

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And I won't see anyting with torture and/or bloody gore,

Says the chick in ever tightening chains

But, right The Others was a good surprise.

 

[woodnymph_O]

I don't know why

But I enjoyed Jeepers Creepers and Joyride, both out in the last couple of years. To be honest though it was more suspence than horror
Nymphy

 

[Evil Alpaca]

"What's your favorite scary movie?"

"Showgirls."

 

[Evil Alpaca]

Re: I don't know why

But I enjoyed Jeepers Creepers and Joyride, both out in the last couple of years. To be honest though it was more suspence than horror
Nymphy

Actually, this one reminded me of "The Hitcher," which seriously wigged me out.