Spooky movie assignment, Need Help. - by LancerChronics
SD on 12/10/2006 at 17:36
Quote Posted by Haegan
I am aware that the following film is rubbish.
Blair Witch Project is fucking ace if you don't make the mistake of going to see it in a packed-out multiplex. I saw it at a lunchtime showing where there were about 3 people in the entire auditorium, and it chilled me to the bone.
Stitch on 12/10/2006 at 18:02
I initially saw it in a packed theater and it worked even then; the audience was utterly hooked, silent except for the occasional nervous laughter, stunned gasps, and scattered sobs at the end.
The movie didn't hold up to the enormous hype that followed (as well as the inevitable backlash) but at the time it was one unsettling experience.
Hewer on 12/10/2006 at 18:17
I saw the Blair Witch Project after seeing all the hype and found it all right- interesting and really pretty scary. It was a couple nights later when I went camping and there were little kids a couple of campsites over playing kick the can or something- then the movie started coming back somewhat. The kids were giggling and alternately sneaking and running through the trees and brushes.
It was then that I got the good ole chills up the backbone.
Agent Monkeysee on 12/10/2006 at 18:29
Quote Posted by Stitch
I initially saw it in a packed theater and it worked even then; the audience was utterly hooked, silent except for the occasional nervous laughter, stunned gasps, and scattered sobs at the end.
The movie didn't hold up to the enormous hype that followed (as well as the inevitable backlash) but at the time it was one unsettling experience.
Yeah I saw it under similar conditions and it worked just fine. The Blair Witch Project is a perfectly respectable movie and all the backlash in the world doesn't change that.
Fragony on 13/10/2006 at 10:45
Quote Posted by Haegan
I am aware that the following film is rubbish.
However....
I think it is trying to be presicely the type of film you need:
'The Blair Witch Project.'
OOH! BLOKE STANDING IN CORNER! BIG CLIMAX!!!
Not rubbish at all, it is one of the scariest movies I have ever seen.
Another suggestion, Audition. kidikidikidikidi
Thief13x on 13/10/2006 at 12:04
Quote Posted by LancerChronics
Oh, and thats University of Florida. Go Gators 6-0!
wooh! gators fan here, I've thought about transferring to ufc from FIT. uf's a hell of alot cheaper:p no flightschool though
LancerChronics on 13/10/2006 at 13:06
Wow lots of ideas, thx guys, keep em coming. I gonna run a few by my instructor this afternoon and see what she thinks.
Quote:
I gotta say, though, why the heck is your teacher against using horror films? Sounds like the age old bias against the genre to me. As if horror movies somehow don't count in the history of cinema. Puh-leeeze.
I probably should tell you that she is not biased against it at all. In fact, the only reason horror is not allowed, is that we will be talking about this genre as a class, and not as a private research project. My family also suggested"Paranormal" as a genre which would be very and quite easy for me to select movies(maybe even a ghost documentary, not sure if i believe them, but they are really fun to watch). If you know any, please list them plz.
So here's what I'm gonna try running by her:
Genres: Paranormal(aka Ghost Stories), Psychological Thriller(using that quote, Oneiroscope, incase she thinks Thriller=Horror=Terror), Terror(basically the same as Thriller)
Movies(you guys gave me ALOT, and I have to narrow it down to 2 by the 16th): Blair Witch Project, Jacob's Ladder, The Manchurian Candidate(original), In The Mouth of Madness, Stir of Echos, The Sixth Sense, The Others, Secret Window, The Haunting (old), The Innocents(old), The Night Watch, Dark City, White Noise, The Village.
So yah, i've got a lot of narrowing down to do, but keep em coming. I may try to lean out of horror entirely, just to be on the safe side(Secret Window, Manchurian Candidate, that kind of stuff). Or I may not, some of these would be just too good to pass up.
Paz on 13/10/2006 at 14:00
I don't know if you could get hold of it (from a torrent site, maybe), but Derren Brown's (
http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/M/mindcontrol/trick/seance.html) Seance documentary/experiment could be handy for a "Paranormal" angle.
It also demonstrates the suggestability of people placed under a certain amount of psychological and mental strain, which you could use as a bit of a discussion point.
