Do you like scary stories including stories in movies? :confused:
Personally I hate them because I hate being scared. :(
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Do you like scary stories including stories in movies? :confused:
Personally I hate them because I hate being scared. :(
I myself like being scared and watching scary movies, although I still use my fingers to cover the view when something scary is coming out, or mute the sound completely just to prevent the shock. Watching hundreds of movies already, I just can guess when all the scene will coming out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guo Xiang ( :
I don't know why but I find scary stories quite interesting. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Guo Xiang ( :
In scary movies, they usually make them so that things pop out when you least expect it.
I don't mind reading scary literature, but I don't like scary movies. Mostly because what passes for "scary" these days seems to require lots of gore and people being dismembered in horrible ways and I hate that.
I like scary movies except for the ones that are extremely violent like as sniffles described it.
i like scary movies, even the really gory ones. most don't stay with me. ie, i'll think it's scary when watching it, but i'm not the type of person to think about it afterwards and be too scared to go to sleep.
i AM scared of scary books and things like that. especially the ones that are "based on a true story." :hairraise
I am an avid horror fan. I like horror books, horror stories, horror movies, horror games... I love to be scared as long as I'm safe...;-)
As for gore - I love that too. One of my favorite film directors is Lucio Fulci...;-) Films like that don't bother with intellectual stuff and go straight for your sense of self-preservation and fear of pain. The terror of the inevitable is just as good as the good old fear of the unknown. (And when they succesfully join forces - that's even better...;-))
It would of course be a huge pity if ALL horror films looked like Argento, Fulci or Deodato... But I'm glad and grateful that all those wonderfully disgusting flicks do exist...:D
I used to be a horror trashbin. :D But my interest in horror has died down in recent years. Nowadays I don't even feel like watching horror movies anymore.
Horror novels are all right for me though. I used to love buying/reading horror/thriller books due to my now ex-interest...
I suppose I now prefer happier stuff. :D
Uhmm, is that means you also like Hostel (1 and 2). Ugghh, that show is super gross, even I can't stand to watch it, and I'm a guy. For gross horror, my favorite is the Saw series.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cesare
Haven't seen Hostel but planning to, some day...
(I wonder if it's going to be worse than the last 30 minutes of Odishon...)
It's not my priority, though - no time for that now; I'd much rather focus on Italian gore and gialli. There's still a whole lot of movies I haven't seen. Another area I'd like to explore a bit are Thai, Korean and Japanese horror films...
Hahaha, Odishon, not even close, that one got the wire-saw I admit which is scary and also gross, but Hostel, it is just the worst kind of gross, they got everything in there. Hostel is what they called a torture porn film, very-very bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cesare
In the first Hostel, they even have Takashi Miike doing cameo :)
As for Odishon - not exactly graphic or gross compared to some other films, but the *sadism* was quite terrible. And I personally had more trouble watching what she was doing with the needles than with the wire-saw thing...
I'm not saying that Hostel can't be worse, though...;-)
Yeah, in case if you're watching it (Hostel II), don't watch the ending heheQuote:
Originally Posted by Cesare
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"This film is creepy and weird for the first 45 minutes," Roth told Interview, "but it doesn't get gory until this one scene that's so horrific and graphic that it punishes the audience. There should be a moment where people are passing out and throwing up and storming out in protest."
Eli Roth is the director :)
Oh, but I definitely *will*...;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by atlantean0208
I think you should watch coz the movie was shot in Prague, I'm sure you're familiar it ;).Quote:
Originally Posted by Cesare
i liked the first hostel. 2 was just all right. kinda predictable, and imo, more tame than the first one. hostel 1 was one of the few gory movies where i actually turned my head during one part: eyeball.
i actually prefer the hills have eyes (first one). i got more into it and was cheering for the good guys. fav part: when the dude killed a guy by stabbing him through the neck with an american flag. yay good old US of A! woot! :p
You mean the original Wes Craven one or the remake. Yeah I also like the remake, the first one not the one with the Army. I kinda like how the protagonist kickass at the end killing all those mutant bastard.Quote:
Originally Posted by pemberly
I also like Wrong Turn, the first one, the one with Eliza Dushku. That is also badass.
So you just ok without any reaction with the ending of Hostel II, the one involve the dog, when I saw that, I'm like - ewwwww. That's just super gross - haha.
I enjoy horror movies so yes I also like scary stories.
I like scary story and always watching the story especially ghost movie. but sometimes its make me afraid when I'm sleep alone in the night because I'm remember the film and its make me can't sleep :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Guo Xiang ( :
The only scary movie I could ever watch is the Mr.Vampire series because it was also a bit of a comedy and I was still a little scared of that.
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I love the Mr Vampire series!! Lam Ching Ying will always be remembered will be missed by many. :( I like him for his leading roles in many of his (HK) horror movies.
Yeah, Mr Vampire is super funny especially the first one and Lam Ching Ying is cool and badass while Ricky Hui is hilariously funnyQuote:
Originally Posted by Bubblegum
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stop breathing!, stop breathing! :)
Do you mean stop breathing because the vampires could only "see" you if you were breathing? :confused:
Since the moment I saw photos of real-life accidents on an infamous website (r****n.com) 7 or 8 years ago fictional horror stuffs have become pretty boring to me. Real stuffs are the real deal, they always make you want to puke no matter how many horror movies or stories you've seen or watched.
What horror games do you like playing? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Cesare
I find horror games a lot more scary than watching the movies, 'cos you feel so immersed in the surroundings around you.
yeah, it's funny is it :rofl:, stupid jumping vampire :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Guo Xiang ( :
My scary moment in horror are:
1) When Sadako is going out from the Tv in Ring 1 ending, I just can't bear to watch how she move after she got out from the tv
2) When Sadako chase someone in the water well in Ring 2
3) The lift scene in The Eye
4) Going to the basement in Evil Dead 1
5) The licking food scene in The Eye
6) I'm-Cold Scene at the hospital in The Eye
My problem with most "scary" stories is that they fail to be scary.
But I found this very short one by our own Radken to be pretty good.
I find them pretty cool, especially when they dress up in their Qing dynasty costumes. If I turned up to a Halloween costume party that's what I'll wear. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by atlantean0208
because Ken and also the others, you just doesn't have the abilities to completely immerse yourself in there, to the moment, in the movies. When I watch movies, I'm completely forgot my surrounding and lost myself in the environment of the movies that I'm watching. It's like I'm in there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken Cheng
When I watch horror movies, I'm the only one who always jump out of my seat - haha - funny. When I'm startle, it is also very bad. People actually scared not because of the movie but because of how hard I startled because of the shock. Yeah I know I concentrate too much.
I find the scariest stories/movies are the ones that are entrenched in enough "realism" to actually be sort of believable. Those are scary because you think to yourself, "This is remotely possible." Think the original BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, or the original EXORCIST.Quote:
Originally Posted by atlantean0208
But if it's really outlandish, then it's hard to be frightened by it because it's so implausible.
Ken you watch scary movies because you want to be scared you heart out, not because you want to try to find realism or if those scene is really possible to happen. I mean how in the hell can a woman in a water well comes out from it and comes to this world through a tv - haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken Cheng
If you want something real, you should watch faces of death instead ;), even that show is clearly stage.
But that's just it: to be scary, there has to be a perception of a credible threat. If I go in with the mindset that what's on screen is utterly impossible, then it fails to feel menacing or threatening.Quote:
Originally Posted by atlantean0208
The more realistic it is, the more threatening (and hence, frightening) it is because the mind recognizes the possibility of an actual threat.
I myself ken have a very vivid imagination and I can just transfer myself or just accept that those things can happen in 2 hours I stay in the cinema and enjoying myself and get scared my heart out ;). Well I pay for it :). Yeah that is what we call suspension of disbelief (SOD). If SOD is not exist anymore in people heart, cinema will need to close coz most of them need SOD to be enjoyed. At that time I think we should just stay in the comfort of our home watching the discovery channel ;).Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken Cheng
I dressed up as a "Mr.Vampire" vampire when I was around a 7-8 for Halloween with white makeup all over my face, fangs, and black circles around my eyes. :D No one knew what type of vampire I was though. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Bubblegum
I like scary movies but haven't watch any recently. I like Mr. Vampire series =)