SD on 10/2/2007 at 03:33
Quote Posted by Sypha Nadon
The only time I've ever been really scared during a film was at the end of "Don't Look Back", I think it was called. Donald Sutherland
getting slain by a deformed dwarf woman.
Don't Look
Now.
Also I woulda thought you would be more freaked out by the explicit hetero love scene ;)
Sypha Nadon on 10/2/2007 at 17:44
I find Lynch's films comforting, not really scary. They're places I'd like to exist in because I can relate to the imagery. Though I agree that "Fire Walk With Me" can be pretty chilling. But not in a "scary" way.
Thief13x on 10/2/2007 at 17:53
generally I don't like gory movies, but the saw series is by far my favorite. I think it's the fact that it could almost fall under the horror category but doesn't get its horror aspect from startling the crowd. I love the sadistic mind of jigsaw, but [SPOILER]the needles scene in saw 2 was too much for me[/SPOILER] and had me climbing my theatre seat unintentionally.
I think the real attraction from these movies comes when you actually leave the theatre, and suddenly realize how fortunate you are not to be in the situation, it also kinda makes dying in a car accident or some other painful death seem less horrible:p
Risquit on 19/2/2007 at 15:51
Did you see the gore in Flags of Our Fathers? [SPOILER]Especially those Japanese guys that blew themselves up with grenades...yecchh![/SPOILER]
War movies need a certain level of gore to realistically portray the horrors. Yet even the above movie had a scene where you only see the reaction of soldiers looking upon one of their dead comrades.
Z on 19/2/2007 at 18:21
I thought the Saw series was good as those kind of thriller/horror things go, though I didn't enjoy it very much on any level. Hostel was pretty shit all-round IMO, unconvincing acting, pretty ridiculous scenario, not remotely scary (as someone said on the last page, it's not horror) What particularly annoyed me is that they never attempted to explain (as far as I could see anyway) why all that shit happens. Maybe this makes me a highbrow prick or whatever, but the only way that kind of violence would interest me is if it attempted to explain what drove people to inflict that kind of cruelty on others, rather then just using "psychos" as an excuse for uber-gore.
I'd condemn the people who watch it and like it, but it would raise an uncomfortable question for me at which I've often wondered: Why is that gore and violence in movies repulses me, but I'm perfectly fine with any kind of gore in video-games, and even relish it? Maybe I'm more of a psycho then the Hostel fans. :erg:
Z
