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I've been trying to watch some horror movies but it feels so weird watching them and not getting scared like I used to as a kid, it feels like you are missing the point of the whole thing. But then again, does anyone get scared by them anymore? Like, who the gently caress actually believes in ghosts (i know we have a thread going on gbs about that too)/curses/whatever in 2022? With that said, any horror movie recommendations???????
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If you want to get scared turn off your monitor lol
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Jun 16, 2022 02:50
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Past age 35 or so, most of your natural fear response goes away because you're already supposed to be dead. Anyway, it's not exactly a horror movie but Mulholland Drive is the movie that still creeps me out the most. It's also my favorite movie! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yusKlHgtvIE
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Jun 16, 2022 02:52
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Hereditary had parts that scared me in the theater.
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Jun 16, 2022 03:35
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Dread>fear try Green Room, maybe?
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Jun 16, 2022 03:37
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BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:If you want to get scared turn off your monitor lol
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Jun 16, 2022 03:37
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Big Scary Owl posted:I've been trying to watch some horror movies but it feels so weird watching them and not getting scared like I used to as a kid, it feels like you are missing the point of the whole thing. But then again, does anyone get scared by them anymore? Like, who the gently caress actually believes in ghosts (i know we have a thread going on gbs about that too)/curses/whatever in 2022? Depends on how many jumpscares are present
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Jun 16, 2022 03:38
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They're not scary, no. Startling, maybe, but jump scares are so played out now that they're hardly even that anymore. But I have to say I've gotten squeamish with age. I was once able to watch the goriest of gory scenes, but I really can't tolerate blood at all nowadays.
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Jun 16, 2022 03:44
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Old horror movies still scare the poo poo out of me. Jump scares are the loving worst and some movies have been entirely based off of them. Stuff like The Exorcist still scares me. Actually I think that's my #1 horror movie, if not one of my favorite movies ever. It's more psychological and a slow burn. Alien is a good one too. For some reason Wes Craven's New Nightmare kinda gets me too. Oh god, The Thing. That's a great one. I don't know of a newer horror movie that really got to me. edit: torture porn is the worst and I hate everyone who makes those types of sick movies
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Jun 16, 2022 03:46
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Seriouspost: What frightens you the most about real life/existence, OP? (That might give us some ideas.)
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Jun 16, 2022 03:46
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BigBadSteve posted:Seriouspost: What frightens you the most about real life/existence, OP? (That might give us some ideas.) Diseases I guess. poo poo's hosed up. Pennywise the Frown posted:Old horror movies still scare the poo poo out of me. Jump scares are the loving worst and some movies have been entirely based off of them. I actually don't recall ever watching The Exorcist, I'll try checking it out this week. AKZ posted:Dread>fear Will do, I'll add to the list.
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Jun 16, 2022 04:01
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i dont feel much anymore OP
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Jun 16, 2022 04:02
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AKZ posted:Dread>fear This. Green Room gave me a nightmare the night I watched it.
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Jun 16, 2022 04:20
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Big Scary Owl posted:I actually don't recall ever watching The Exorcist, I'll try checking it out this week.  Oh man, you're in for a treat.
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Jun 16, 2022 04:26
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Exorcist is (in)famous for having some of its scary scenes actually be torturous to the actors involved.
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Jun 16, 2022 04:29
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That's true. There's a bit of some behind the scenes stuff that was not great for the actors. Still, one of the best movies ever made.
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Jun 16, 2022 04:43
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I'm glad you're going to watch The Exorcist, OP. You don't gotta be religious to find it unsettling. Unsettling is what I look for in horror movies these days more than scared. I like how it lingers. Poster above mentioned Hereditary, but for more of this feeling I also recommend The Innocents (1961) The Haunting (1963) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (you know which one) The VVitch It Follows The Shining The Thing The Terror (miniseries) The Ritual Creep And for a great time with some great creatures, please watch Return of the Living Dead
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Jun 16, 2022 04:44
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I started watching it and the theme tune just started playing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN6jIvKiYOs It reminds me so much of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR6dzwQahOM Das Boo posted:I'm glad you're going to watch The Exorcist, OP. You don't gotta be religious to find it unsettling. The Shining and The Thing I've watched, I'll add the others to the list. I read about It Follows and the premise sounds so weird. Wonder how they make it work.
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Jun 16, 2022 05:05
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Surprisingly I wasn't the biggest fan of The Shining movie. I love the actors and Kubrick is ok I guess, but it was even too slow for me. It was Kubrick who did it though. Boring shots and holding onto them for too long. I like the pace a little but he held it for too long. In my opinion. I just read the book maybe 2 years ago or so and it was absolutely fantastic. Probably one of my favorite books ever. edit: I think he did 2001 too, which holy poo poo. Watching monkeys dancing around an obelisk for 20 minutes was infuriating. I don't think I made it through that movie after multiple attempts (on TV). I'm sure he's a great artist but I have my limits. Pennywise the Frown fucked around with this message at 05:25 on Jun 16, 2022 |
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Jun 16, 2022 05:23
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Devils Affricate posted:Past age 35 or so, most of your natural fear response goes away because you're already supposed to be dead. Anyway, it's not exactly a horror movie but Mulholland Drive is the movie that still creeps me out the most. It's also my favorite movie! Soul mates! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wCfI2Czhjc Drunk Nerds fucked around with this message at 05:30 on Jun 16, 2022 |
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Jun 16, 2022 05:25
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I still find myself getting caught off guard and flinching at those jump scares when I'm look at Instagram. Like when you are not expecting a baseball or snapping turtle to come right at the screen. So I guess... it's possible still? Though I can't actually remember being scared by a horror movie growing up. Sort of inured to them from a young age. My mom took me to a kids movie (The Black Hole??) and then walked us over to sit for the remainder of the movie my older cousins were watching, Friday the 13th. I remember finding the finale jump scare of Jason to be disturbing, but not necessarily scary. Return of the Living Dead freaked me out because the zombies could run at normal speed. The possibility of zombies becoming reality and not being able to outrun them horrified me for many years. Also I remember a really vivid childhood nightmare (age 5-6) of me becoming that Antartic seed-pod creature from the old Tom Baker Dr Who episodes. So I guess you don't entirely suspend your disbelief in the moment and process fear in different ways later? Fright Night was one of my 80's favorites. The Blob and Them! were some cool classic 50's horror movies.
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Jun 16, 2022 05:29
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I hate jump-scares. I do not like them.
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Jun 16, 2022 05:33
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Big Scary Owl posted:I've been trying to watch some horror movies but it feels so weird watching them and not getting scared like I used to as a kid, it feels like you are missing the point of the whole thing. But then again, does anyone get scared by them anymore? Like, who the gently caress actually believes in ghosts (i know we have a thread going on gbs about that too)/curses/whatever in 2022? If you're looking for horror movie non-jumpscare subversion, the best I've seen in the past ~25 years are It Follows, Hereditary, The Witch, and Resolution. Resolution is really a hidden gem imo
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Jun 16, 2022 05:39
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Big Scary Owl posted:I started watching it and the theme tune just started playing. It Follows has one of the worst premise descriptions I've ever seen compared to the actual product. "Teens transmit a monster through sex" while accurate, really does severely undercut the actual plot
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Jun 16, 2022 05:45
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"True horror is seeing something approach." Sadly, however, is that modern western society only sees inevitable harm and terror approach. Whether it be climate change, economic nihilism, or the oppressive encroachment of fascism, there is so little to truly tap into the generational zeitgeist which we do not otherwise experience regularly in our daily lives. The specters of mass shootings, random acts of violence, or capricious changes of fortune (not to mention the inundation from lackluster offerings) have rendered the jump scare almost ineffective. We expect bad things to happen, and maybe they're nothing, maybe they're something, but it's something that can be laughed off an instant later. At least until the next one occurs. The most terrifying things of our age, at least to me, are those that we see approaching in a measurable, constant state. Climate change and the societal demands of capitalism being the greatest example. The film "Don't Look Up", despite any flaws, for example fed upon that constant unease about the future and the seeming ignorance of the global populace and elite toward an existential threat to create such a true sense of despair and isolation that only amplifies societal terror at the expected resolution of our misfortune. Modern cinema has moved beyond the concern of city destroying monsters or unstoppable serial murders, because we recognize that there are greater threats which do not require indulgence into secret Nazi monster drugs or supernatural revenge. Because we know that the most immediate threat to our personal lives are those of ignorance, complacency, and obeisance to malicious elements.
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Jun 16, 2022 05:52
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Event Horizon was pretty scary
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Drunk Nerds posted:It Follows has one of the worst premise descriptions I've ever seen compared to the actual product. This. I had a real hard time selling it to my horror-loving family, but it ended up becoming a favorite. There's lots and lots of creeping camerawork and it does a wonderful job of playing on paranoia. One of the few agoraphobic horror films I can think of. Wasn't crazy about the pool scheme, but it's mostly excellent. It was one of those films where a few weeks after I'd look around at my surroundings and think, "Wow, if that thing from It Follows showed up right now I'd be hosed."
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Jun 16, 2022 06:02
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cult_hero posted:"True horror is seeing something approach." I’m still scared of cannibal hillbillies. They need to make more cannibal hillbilly movies.
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Jun 16, 2022 06:17
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I don't know if I do really get scared during horror movies without it being dumb rear end jump scares just startling me, but they do make me feel pretty tense when they're good. It's fun. I watched the Exorcist the other night! I'd seen it before but it'd been so long that I forgot like most of everything about it. It was almost like watching it again for the first time. It Follows was great. Someone else mentioned Return of The Living dead, which is a goofy comedy mostly, but it's also kinda scary because, like, NOTHING kills those zombies except fire I guess, and fire just spreads around whatever's making them zombies so you just get more zombies. Also, yeah, they're fast. Tar Man looks cool, they did a good job on him. It's just a fun movie all around. I haven't watched part 2 in a long rear end time. Throwing Jacob's Ladder, The Descent and Pontypool into this list.
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Jun 16, 2022 06:20
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They ought to just call all the new poo poo “Surprise!” movies. Like why even bother with ghoulish makeup and poo poo, just have some rear end in a top hat in spandex and a lovely powder job come out from behind some planter trees and yell “surprise!” and then like a hot chick wets herself and takes a nap in the puddle.
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Jun 16, 2022 06:26
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Devils Affricate posted:Past age 35 or so, most of your natural fear response goes away because you're already supposed to be dead that;s tight as hell
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Jun 16, 2022 06:32
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Yes OP. I legit cannot watch the Passion of the Christ without getting scared shitless. What a horror movie.
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Jun 16, 2022 06:36
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Last movie that was scary to me was No Country For Old Men, in the theater those scenes where they're stalking around those motels and make any sound and they're dead, the tension got to me. When I was a kid stuff about the devil, selling your soul, stuff like that was always scary to me.
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Jun 16, 2022 07:10
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i get scared when there's a ghost
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Jun 16, 2022 07:11
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i dont get personally scared like i did when i was a kid but i get viariously scared through putting myself in the shoes of the characters true crime stuff is more scary on a personal level than horror imo but in a fun way
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Jun 16, 2022 07:15
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Pennywise the Frown posted:Old horror movies still scare the poo poo out of me. Jump scares are the loving worst and some movies have been entirely based off of them. The Exorcist never really scared me, and I am a giant frady-cat when it comes to horror. Event Horizon however kept me up for a night after watching it. The gallon of Coke I drank while watching it absolutely had no effect.
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Finished watching The Exorcist, great movie overall and an excellent ending imo, but THE DEVIL was quite ineffectual imo, just got strapped onto a bed like a bitch all day, owned.Colonel Cancer posted:Exorcist is (in)famous for having some of its scary scenes actually be torturous to the actors involved. I gotta read about that now Pennywise the Frown posted:Surprisingly I wasn't the biggest fan of The Shining movie. I love the actors and Kubrick is ok I guess, but it was even too slow for me. It was Kubrick who did it though. Boring shots and holding onto them for too long. I like the pace a little but he held it for too long. In my opinion. I just read the book maybe 2 years ago or so and it was absolutely fantastic. Probably one of my favorite books ever. Might be showing my age here but 2001 was one of the couple movies where I had to watch most of it on 2x speed. I like The Shining, but Kubrick seems to have a thing for long, drawn-out shots. Drunk Nerds posted:If you're looking for horror movie non-jumpscare subversion, the best I've seen in the past ~25 years are It Follows, Hereditary, The Witch, and Resolution. Resolution is really a hidden gem imo Evis posted:Event Horizon was pretty scary Skratte posted:I don't know if I do really get scared during horror movies without it being dumb rear end jump scares just startling me, but they do make me feel pretty tense when they're good. It's fun. I watched the Exorcist the other night! I'd seen it before but it'd been so long that I forgot like most of everything about it. It was almost like watching it again for the first time. It Follows was great. I'll check those out too eventually. I saw Event Horizon ages ago and I'm almost sure I've watched Hereditary but I could be confusing it with something else. Also Jacob's Ladder is loving sick yeah. cult_hero posted:"True horror is seeing something approach." I agree, plus we have so much more access to information to all the poo poo that's going on in the world so things like monsters/ghosts/etc seem like child's play compared to what we've gotten ourselves into.
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i was scared of the clown op
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Big Scary Owl posted:I agree, plus we have so much more access to information to all the poo poo that's going on in the world so things like monsters/ghosts/etc seem like child's play compared to what we've gotten ourselves into. maybe, but none of this stuff actually scares me. sometimes it depresses me, shocks me, but it's not related to horror in my mind. horror is sort of child's play, that's kind of the point. i work alone at night in a big empty building sometimes and i can let myself get spooked at the idea of weird apparitions or inexplicable creatures lurking around in a dark corner or suddenly appearing in mirrors etc. the idea that normal things i understand about life just suddenly changing. people doing stupid things that will kill us all is pretty mundane. even serial killers are mundane. it's just some hosed up loser. i'm not saying this is the only way to think about it, it's just how i think about it. i can still get scared by ghosts if the atmosphere is right, and i like it.
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sometimes i browse the meme thread and some whitenoise poster does a clown meme from 2016 about the clussy and it freaks me out because it comes out of nowhere and then im like is the clown watching me and then i freak out and to calm down i jerk off and pass out to some xvideo that is shouting "uhhh uhhh gently caress this tight teen pussy" until my neighbor cliff knocks on my door to ask me how to delete his ps3 search history because he is slow
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