Your favourite movie ?
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Your favourite movie ?
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Even tough my favored genre is horror, I honestly can never really get into horror movies. They always focus more on the effects and dramatics than the actual plot, not to mention that, often times, the screen writers are going for the "startle" effect rather than suspense and terror. I recall watching Halloween when I was nine, and it didn't scare me a bit. If anyone can direct me to a horror movie that actually provides proper horror, I would greatly appreciate it.(Two that have been suggested to me are The Exorcist and The Omen, but I probably will not want to watch the exorcist anytime soon considering that I want to read the book first.)
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How about The Ninth Gate and Rosemary's Baby? Old fashioned horrors were the atmosphere still counted more than sea of blood and special effectsSophius wrote:For me, it would be a three way tie between Caddyshack, What About Bob?, and Rose Red.( as always, my choices are vastly different.)
Even tough my favored genre is horror, I honestly can never really get into horror movies. They always focus more on the effects and dramatics than the actual plot, not to mention that, often times, the screen writers are going for the "startle" effect rather than suspense and terror. I recall watching Halloween when I was nine, and it didn't scare me a bit. If anyone can direct me to a horror movie that actually provides proper horror, I would greatly appreciate it.(Two that have been suggested to me are The Exorcist and The Omen, but I probably will not want to watch the exorcist anytime soon considering that I want to read the book first.)

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Not really. Movies like Paranormal Activity, The Ring and The Exorcist are excellent examples of a strong psychological story bolted to some genuinely arresting acting to create a terrifying story which stays in your mind. And your example of The Haunting is apt, as that is another timeless classic without a drop of blood. I personally see action movies as a waste of time with nothing but "wild special effects with no meaning", thats because im not a fan of action movies. Preference comes into play a lot of the time.Bighuey wrote:You are right, most horror movies are all blood and guts and wild special effects that have no meaning.