Can you watch horror films?

Pinky said:
Knowing how the gore is made, due to having a Props Man brother .. I don't scare easily. More often than not, I'm figuring what was used to make a certain effect šŸ¤“

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I enjoy psychological thrillers.
Loved "Silence of the Lambs"
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Yeah... after watching FX and FX-2 it exposed how a lot of the gore scenes were created.
Myself... I still like and watch the old kinda cheesy 50's films. Giant crab monsters, lizards, and other assorted atom age mutants. :ROFLMAO:
That and things like Hitchcock movies that let your imagination do the deeds.
 

Well for me, it's not about being squeamish. Usual "horror" movies don't tend to scare me because my logical mind dismisses them as nonsense fantasies where directors purposely work to scare target science simpleton audiences.

Science fiction with more believable terror, I do allow myself to enjoy being scared. Like those in The Thing, Alien, Predator, or Star Trek, etc. So I tend to avoid watching any horror, slasher, gore movies so they don't pollute my mind with disgusting thoughts. Likewise don't ever watch seks porn because it can pollute one's mind.

We are what we experience and do due to neuroplasticity. Same reason I avoid filling my mind with all the current political news diarrhea.
 
No horror films since the original Night of the Living Dead. Just don't want the images floating around. I did like the cheesy 50s films like The Tingler, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Them, and others.
 
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We had two guys on TV who dressed up like ghouls and presented classic horror and bad sci-fi movies on TV in Indianapolis, first Selwyn the Ghoul and later Sammy Terry. Another famous one was Svengooli, who, I believe operated out of Chicago. Svengooli I watched later in life in Detroit.

The shows were on Friday nights and we loved to watch them but we'd make my poor grandmother stay up and watch them with us because we were scared. She couldn't lay on the couch and doze off, oh no, she had to be sitting up with her eyes open and her arms around as many youngsters as she could reach. That's a good example of why my grandma was the best ever.

My all-time favorite horror movie was "Plan 9 from Outer Space" that has gone down in history as one of, if not THE, worst movie of all times. It's so bad, it's good.
 
Anybody ever see the 1958 version of 'The Fly'
That movie stuck in my mind for a very long time....


"The film tells the story of a scientist who is transformed into a grotesque humanā€“fly hybrid after a common house fly enters unseen into a molecular transporter with which he is experimenting, resulting in his atoms being combined with those of the insect. The film was released in CinemaScope"
 
Rose65 said:
I find it curious how some people, like my husband, can remain apparently unmoved by the most ghastly scenes on TV. He even laughs!
Me - I just cannot take beyond a certain level and refuse to inflict such stuff on my mind. I hide behind a cushion or cover my eyes! We were recently watching what we assumed was a science fiction film and suddenly it became an absolute horror full of blood and evil. I switched off.
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So, are you a fan of horror films or squeamish like me?
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I can't stand horror movies, and I'm perplexed why people like them. My sense is that many horror film lovers like not so much the gore as they do enjoy being scared. The former is disgusting, whereas the latter is harmless enough-- a thrill, like the roller coaster.
Years back I enjoyed Psycho, The Exorcist, Jaws, and later The Shining; but soon after I lost all interest in horror movies. They're so good at the realism today, and I don't enjoy the tension or the fright. The old Frankenstein, Dracula, and even Creature From the Black Lagoon were okay, sometimes even evoking a giggle. But today they're too damn rough for me.

Jump scares are the worst. Here's arguably the first jump scare in film, which is tame, memorialized as "The Lewton Bus", from the 1942 picture Cat People. It was filmed by the great Nicholas Musaraca:
 
Mizmo said:
Anybody ever see the 1958 version of 'The Fly'
That movie stuck in my mind for a very long time....


"The film tells the story of a scientist who is transformed into a grotesque humanā€“fly hybrid after a common house fly enters unseen into a molecular transporter with which he is experimenting, resulting in his atoms being combined with those of the insect. The film was released in CinemaScope"
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The remake was pretty good, too!
 
ChiroDoc said:
I can't stand horror movies, and I'm perplexed why people like them. My sense is that many horror film lovers like not so much the gore as they do enjoy being scared. The former is disgusting, whereas the latter is harmless enough-- a thrill, like the roller coaster.
Years back I enjoyed Psycho, The Exorcist, Jaws, and later The Shining; but soon after I lost all interest in horror movies. They're so good at the realism today, and I don't enjoy the tension or the fright. The old Frankenstein, Dracula, and even Creature From the Black Lagoon were okay, sometimes even evoking a giggle. But today they're too damn rough for me.

Jump scares are the worst. Here's arguably the first jump scare in film, which is tame, memorialized as "The Lewton Bus", from the 1942 picture Cat People. It was filmed by the great Nicholas Musaraca:
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That looks good! I tried to find a free version, but no luck. It's on Prime Video for $4.00.
 
I can tolerate sci fi horror movies involving aliens or monsters such as King Kong and Godzilla. However, if the film involves the supernatural, as in The Exorcist, and The Shining, then I try to avoid it. Neither do I enjoy watching slasher films, such as Friday the 13th.
 
I'm not squeamish, I have seen way to much blood and real-life horror in person. But never have been a fan of slasher horror flicks. Suspense type I do enjoy.

Anyone here ever seen the movie "BUG"
 
It depends. Some are just too, too gory. Others may be gory but I can still watch. The original Night of the Living Dead is still one of my favorites. I'm now watching Train To Busan, an Asian film, that was recommended by my grandson. I also read an article that touted it as being one of the best zombie films.

Believe it or not, I started this movie months ago. It was on Amazon for free and before I got back to it, Amazon started charging. I finally found it on Fawesome and am trying to get through it. As I've noted in posts in other threads, I watch movies in segments, as if they are series due to my ADD. The exception is if I'm completely engrossed, then I'll get through a film quicker.

I remember the horror films from when I was young. They were not that gory, but scary nonetheless. I loved The Wolfman and Dracula movies back then. I remember being in the theater when The Tingler came out and chairs vibrated during a certain scene. For me The Exorcist was the ultimate scary horror film. My then BFF and I went to New York City and stood in a long line in the cold to see the movie. It was night when we boarded the bus for home. I got off first and was afraid to walk home (one block).
 

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