The dark side, my wife says

Mr. Ed

Mr. Ed

Be what you is not what you what you ain’t
Location
Central NY
Yesterday my wife said that I and my two daughters have a likening for the dark based on movies and tv shows we enjoy watching. I replied not having an answer to her statement.
In retrospect I enjoy dark movies and tv show mystery, suspense thrillers, including the supernatural, witches, magic, fantasy, horror movies & tv shows.

I cannot explain why I engage my attention to movies and tv shows like these, nonetheless I am intrigued by them. I draw the line, however, in matters of slasher/cannibalism and Satanism.

Good vs evil and underdog movies are my favorite. Political thrillers/corruption are also top of my much see list. I like action movies, fight scenes, guns blaring and twisted humor. None of which my wife appreciates nor engage in for long periods of time. We Both agree certain movies & tv shows are distasteful and brazenly objective, to each their own I suppose.

I think a certain amount diversity in a marriage is healthy and beneficial as in the skills and talents we share. However, I do not foresee my wife and I watching a Stevan Seagal movie together, nor am I interested in watching certain Hallmark movies with her. It’s a good thing to be different.
 

My o/h and I are very different also in our tastes of Movies, TV and Literature..

I'm with your wife... I wouldn't want to watch any Satanic movies or anything similar (neither would my o/h he's into Sci-fi which I'm not)... I still get nightmares if I was the Birds by Hitchcock..:ROFLMAO:
 
hollydolly said:
My o/h and I are very different also in our tastes of Movies, TV and Literature..

I'm with your wife... I wouldn't want to watch any Satanic movies or anything similar (neither would my o/h he's into Sci-fi which I'm not)... I still get nightmares if I was the Birds by Hitchcock..:ROFLMAO:
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For the record I don’t watch satanic movies either
 

I enjoy "dark" things myself, but also draw the line at "slasher" and "gross-out" flicks. I read and enjoy horror literature, but most of it is psychological or suspenseful rather than graphic. Horror, as Stephen King observed, is a sublime emotion, and hard to do well.

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Mr. Ed said:
However, I do not foresee my wife and I watching a Stevan Seagal movie together, nor am I interested in watching certain Hallmark movies with her.
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Steven Segal movies, and Hallmark, are two reasons I watch little TV

Now, gimme a good movie.....like Tombstone, and I'm makin' popcorn
My lady pops that in after a half dozen or so of her movies
It's good I have books
 
Gary O' said:
Steven Segal movies, and Hallmark, are two reasons I watch little TV

Now, gimme a good movie.....like Tombstone, and I'm makin' popcorn
My lady pops that in after a half dozen or so of her movies
It's good I have books
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Tombstone is a good movie. I’m a fan of Kurt Russell, Johnny Depp. Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, George Clooney, Sandra Bullock, Dianne Keaton, Meryl Streep, Julie Roberts , Cameron Diaz, Lucy Lu, Julia Styles, and many more.
Movies I like., Salt, Underworld Trilogy, Resident Evil Film series, Matrix Trilogy, The Wild Bunch 1969, Jason Bourne, Tv shows a Discovery of Witches also on Audible, Stan against Evil tv series,

I Subscribe to Netflix, Hulu. Amazon Prime and YouTube.
 
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I'm with you @Mr. Ed....if I don't watch at least one tv show mystery/crime, suspense thrillers, including the supernatural, witches, magic, fantasy each day, I feel like I'm missing something....my intrigue and mystery solving has to be satisfied on a daily basis, lol....
 
One of my sons enjoys stuff like Steven King but I avoid horror, occult, suspense thrillers Like the plague. (Tbh, not a big fan of hallmark either lol... too saccrine). I *used* to enjoy murder mystery series but it seems like they have to bring in a lot of additional ‘dark/twisted’ stuff so I’m off those now. Oh for Agatha Christie/Dorothy Sayer with a nice, ‘tidy’ corpse and the intellectual process if figuring out WhoDunIt 🤓
 
CinnamonSugar said:
One of my sons enjoys stuff like Steven King but I avoid horror, occult, suspense thrillers Like the plague. (Tbh, not a big fan of hallmark either lol... too saccrine). I *used* to enjoy murder mystery series but it seems like they have to bring in a lot of additional ‘dark/twisted’ stuff so I’m off those now. Oh for Agatha Christie/Dorothy Sayer with a nice, ‘tidy’ corpse and the intellectual process if figuring out WhoDunIt 🤓
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You can find all those mysteries and more on Britbox and Acorn TV -- subscription services I use through my Roku box.
 
1975 'Rollerball,' a SF filme with James Cann (the original, not the remake) no monsters, no supernatural critters, just human beings without
values, living a meaningless existence
The minions kept in check by providing them with brutal entertainment (much like the Roman Arena).
 
I prefer movies I can learn from, mostly historical or literary but I have also learned from serial killer and satan movies. As long as I'm learning something, that's what I enjoy. I dislike violence and gore for the sake of shock effect and try to avoid those kinds of films.
 
hollydolly said:
My o/h and I are very different also in our tastes of Movies, TV and Literature..

I'm with your wife... I wouldn't want to watch any Satanic movies or anything similar (neither would my o/h he's into Sci-fi which I'm not)... I still get nightmares if I was the Birds by Hitchcock..:ROFLMAO:
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What does "o/h" mean? (I googled it and all I came up with is Ohio and overhead.)
 
I enjoy murder mystery shows alot. I loved Criminal Minds and shows like that. My Husband enjoys watching Political shows and shows like Pickers. When he wants to watch some shows I just go on the computer to enjoy myself. He will watch some of my shows but often falls asleep while they are on.
 
jerry old said:
1975 'Rollerball,' a SF filme with James Cann (the original, not the remake) no monsters, no supernatural critters, just human beings without
values, living a meaningless existence
The minions kept in check by providing them with brutal entertainment (much like the Roman Arena).
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Slapshot or is it Slapstick with Paul Newman and the Hansen brothers is one of my faves
 
Netflix, Designated Survivor and Nikita. I like Historical Fantasy like A Discovery of Witches book #1 of the All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness.
I remember as a kid watching monster movies on the Big Movie Shocker, hosted by Bestoink Dooley aka George Ellis who was primarily responsible for introducing a certain generation of Southerners with the big screen horror canon in the 1960s. The invention of local actor George Ellis, Dooley wore something like a magicians uniform, complete with bowler hat and a flower on his lapel.

Big Movie Shocker aired Friday nights at 11:30pm on WAGA-TV Channel 5; Dooley showed The Mummy and Cat People, The Wolf Man, and The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.

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