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What's often creepiest about some horror movies is the backstory to them. The Strangers was pretty darn scary and the story that inspired the movie (not directly based on) is apparently unsolved and rather STRANGE!
There hasn't been a decent horror movie made in years. They've all been dumbed-down to the point of being moronic, so as to cater to the miniscule attention span of today's teens, who have pretty much lost their ability to hold a coherent thought for more than 45 seconds, due to brain damage from walking around all day with cell phones surgically attached to their heads. Or the recent so-called horror movies are merely slice-and-dice bloodfests like the absurd "Saw" series.
Do yourself a favor and rent an old classic, like "The Omen" or "Silence of the Lambs" or "The Exorcist"-- which recently came out with a digitally re-mastered 35th Anniversery Addition with some added scenes that were originally deleted because they were deemed "too disturbing." (The one with Regan spider walking down the staircase will cost you a night's sleep, though. Be forewarned! LOL)
Seriously, you have to see The Mist if you feel this way. I agree that there will never EVER be a movie scarrier than The Exorcist (I've even stopped watching it because I'm somehow much more of a scaredy cat now than when I was a kid) but The Mist has all the qualities of a good old fashioned creature feature where you don't get to see the monster for a while and you finally get a pay off towards the middle of the movie. It's well thought out and it's based on a Stephen King book so it's not just about the monsters but the people as well. I can't describe it past that without spoiling it.
Hard to believe you compared the Saw movies to Jason movies. You need to figure so much stuff out to understand and follow Saw (even using clues from previous Saw movies to figure out later ones) unlike Friday the 13th. No, the Friday the 13th series pales in comparison.
Your probablly right...I think I only saw the first 'Saw'..(no pun intended)
And it was cleverly written, it was a slasher movie that actually made you think...like a jigsaw puzzle...your right in that you have to be a thinking person to follow it...at least the first one...what are they up to now? as far as sequels...
Seriously, you have to see The Mist if you feel this way. I agree that there will never EVER be a movie scarrier than The Exorcist (I've even stopped watching it because I'm somehow much more of a scaredy cat now than when I was a kid) but The Mist has all the qualities of a good old fashioned creature feature where you don't get to see the monster for a while and you finally get a pay off towards the middle of the movie. It's well thought out and it's based on a Stephen King book so it's not just about the monsters but the people as well. I can't describe it past that without spoiling it.
The sequels to the Excorcist were very disappointing to me, very...
They did not have the same creepy demonic build up as did the first...
The first one felt totally real...the sequels and the one prequel, felt like well...movies...
Very rarely have I seen a movie where the sequel is as good or better than the first...
Hell Raiser 1&2 were decent...at the time, that hell raiser concept was new...but now that too is played out...
Your probablly right...I think I only saw the first 'Saw'..(no pun intended)
And it was cleverly written, it was a slasher movie that actually made you think...like a jigsaw puzzle...your right in that you have to be a thinking person to follow it...at least the first one...what are they up to now? as far as sequels...
They are making Saw 7 for release this October. It's heavily rumored that 8 will be the final one, but who knows for sure.
I've never had a movie scare me like "The Exorcist" did. I'd read the book and it scared me badly and I thought I had nothing to lose seeing the movie. I went with my sister. We both cried all the way home. That movie haunted me for months and I truly wished I'd never seen it. Have since re-read the book, but will not see the movie again especially since someone mentioned it has scenes cut from the original because they were too distubing? Spider walking down the staircase? No thanks. Just imagining it brings back too many memories of sitting through the original.
Three Dog Night said it best...
I've seen so many things I aint' never seen before
Don't know what it is, but I don't wanna see no more
I actually thought the book was much scarier. The description of the scenes where she was getting possesed were gut wrenching and, when she did the spider walk down the stairs, yeah, it was scary but not as much as the way they described her doing it in the book. The book also clarified a lot of things like the relationship with Regan and her mother.
I went to the theater with my sister and our cousins when it got remastered and they included that scene and I ended up making them all spend the night. We slept in the living room with all the lights on and they made fun of me the next day yet they didn't go home the night before.
As far as Saw goes; I figured out the ending about half way through the first one so I wasn't interested in any of the sequels. Can you compare Saw to Friday the 13th? I say yes you can but only the first ones because the first Friday the 13th had that surprise ending that Saw attempted to have as well. Spoiler::: Also, the first Friday the 13th was about a crazy person getting revenge while the first Saw was about a dying person's crazy way to teach other people how to live better. :::End Spoiler.
First Saw was good. Saw II not as good. Saw III...milking the cash cow.
Every subsequent sequal: Dragging the dead horse.
At around 10 minutes into Saw III I officially wrote off the series. Haven't seen even a smidgeon of anything since. Stick a fork in it, it's done.
I haven't, though I admit it's the first horror movie in a long time I'm actually eager to see.
As a life long horror hound I was very happy to see Trick 'r Treat!!!! What a flashback to the good old campy fun (and gratuitous b & g!).
The Wolfman is very refreshing as well if you like the old Famous Monsters type horror. I'm not into the Grudge, Ring and all that stuff. I like old school blood & guts witha killer on the loose and everyone being scared. Storylines are ok for drama, but in Horror as long as you have the brutality and some decent acting the story don't really matter. But then again I understand today we all need to be intrigued and mystified... I'll stick with Texas Chainsaw and the ORIGINAL Halloween's!!
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