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Post by tresix on Jan 31, 2018 18:52:56 GMT
Wouldn’t that be like a comedy with no laughs? If a horror movie wasn’t scary to me, then it’s not good.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Feb 2, 2018 15:32:06 GMT
Wouldn’t that be like a comedy with no laughs? If a horror movie wasn’t scary to me, then it’s not good. If that was the case then I think a lot of fans would say there are almost no good horror movies.
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Post by Marv on Feb 2, 2018 21:05:35 GMT
No. There are elements of horror that have become staples, utilizing those staples to make a good film doesn’t always result in the effect of being scary, but it still falls under the horror umbrella.
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 2, 2018 21:09:58 GMT
Wouldn’t that be like a comedy with no laughs? If a horror movie wasn’t scary to me, then it’s not good. But what if it were still a quality movie? The entire Universal monster series, for example? Or The Haunting? Or The Innocents? Or (here Salzmank lists a huge number of movies ad infinitum)…?
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Post by tresix on Feb 6, 2018 3:09:08 GMT
Wouldn’t that be like a comedy with no laughs? If a horror movie wasn’t scary to me, then it’s not good. But what if it were still a quality movie? The entire Universal monster series, for example? Or The Haunting? Or The Innocents? Or (here Salzmank lists a huge number of movies ad infinitum)…? But those are scary movies.
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 6, 2018 3:27:18 GMT
But what if it were still a quality movie? The entire Universal monster series, for example? Or The Haunting? Or The Innocents? Or (here Salzmank lists a huge number of movies ad infinitum)…? But those are scary movies. Well, irrespective of your or my personal thoughts, I can assure you that the majority of fans and viewers do not consider, say, Bride of Frankenstein to be scary. Or even Frankenstein or Dracula—especially not a monster-mash like Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man. Fun? Absolutely. Good movies? Yes. Scary? Nope. They weren’t particularly scary to audiences in the ‘30s or ‘40s, we know from the then-contemporary reviews ( Drac and Frank notwithstanding), and they’re not scary now. I don’t find The Haunting particularly scary, but I recognize the quality of Robert Wise’s direction and the first-rate performances. I find The Innocents creepy, yes, but not scary (which my online dictionary defines as “causing fear”). I love M.R. James’s short stories, but I’m not afraid of bed-linens. (Kudos to anyone who gets the reference.) Etc.
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Post by Flynn on Feb 10, 2018 18:03:13 GMT
I think it comes down to age. It's well known know that the emotional part of the human brain stops developing around 25. If you are under 25, you'll probably be scared by a horror film (assuming it's trying to frighten), but if you're older, you probably won't be scared by a film. By that point, your brain is too rational to let a film frighten it; you have real-world concerns that frighten you more, like losing your house.
So, I think what happens is that we tend to be drawn to horror when we are young, maybe age 10-20. We find horror movies that do in fact frighten us at this age. Then, as we approach and pass age 25, horror movies stop scaring us. We at first chalk it up to our having seen and become numb to all the cliches. We start saying things like, "horror movies aren't scary anymore" or "this movie wasn't scary" because we are trying to regain that experience we had at 16 or 18. But the truth is that WE have changed, not the films.
When we get to our 30s, we have to form a new appreciation of horror. Sadly, horror films will never scare us again, and we have to find other qualities to enjoy.
I do disagree with RiP, IMDb in that I think most serious horror movies would scare a typical 6-year old, thus proving that they can be scary to a particular audience, but I get the point that horror movies aren't scary overall, especially to the average adult, and even more particularly to RiP, IMDb.
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Post by outrider127 on Feb 14, 2018 23:49:17 GMT
Scary? No Disturbing? Yes
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Feb 21, 2018 14:37:46 GMT
I very rarely get "scared" anymore. I would use the terms "made uneasy" or "freaked out" now. Some movies just get under your skin, while others you watch and find entertainment value in but they don't affect you much. The same can be said of any genre, some dramas and comedies are just better than others.
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Post by sjg on Feb 21, 2018 16:40:22 GMT
Interesting question. As an adult films don't scare me anymore so for me the answer is no. In fact the majority of horror films don't affect me at all because they fail to generate a believable atmosphere. Occasionally they do though and that creates tension, suspension and an immersion that can freak you out or make you jump which i think some people class as being scared.
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Post by ghostintheshell on Feb 21, 2018 17:50:24 GMT
That's how it is supposed to be but I guess we've gotten used to all kinds of horrors that nothing scares us anymore so filmmakers resort to nausea inducing blood splatter/ disembowelment/ and other disgusting scenes to give us nightmares.
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