Ok, so I haven't blogged in a while and will give you a recap tomorrow. Right now, since Halloween is right around the corner I want to tackle the theme of scary movies. I was talking to a couple co-workers today and we were trying to come up with a scary movie. Now, there were movies that scared us as kids but when you back and re-watch them, they are not that scary. I would like you the reader to throw out there a couple scary movies that you have seen.
To go a little further, I really think that you need to be in the right setting for a movie to really be scary. I dare anyone to rent a log cabin in the woods, watch Strangers and not be scared out of their mind. I do not think it is possible. Then you have a movie like Jaws. Tell me that doesn't make you think twice about swimming in the ocean.
It is no doubt that the Exorcist was the scariest movie growing up in my eyes. Now, I am not so sure. I really do put Strangers up there and I think the Shining needs to be in the conversation.
Anyway, I think the movie, Paranormal (is that the name), has a chance of being really good too.
Happy Halloween!
Here is a small list to help.
The Shining, Carrie, Poltergeist, Jaws, Silence of the Lambs, Halloween, Strangers, Seven, Blair Witch Project, Exorcist, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Saw - Just to name a few.
5 comments:
I agree that The Shining was one of the scariest movies ever. It was scary because it was suspenseful without being too gory...you coulc feel yourself there in the hotel. I saw Paranormal Activity. I will say this...its has some suspenseful parts but it didn't leave me as terrified as when I saw Blair Witch or The Ring in the theater. Now the new one, The 4th Kind looks scary as hell.
I think, to this day, Jaws is one of the reasons I am so uncomfortable swimming the ocean. It was unrealistic and ridiculous, but totally affected me.
I really hated all slasher movies growing up - there was one where the psycho killer thrust his butcher knife up through the ceiling killing people sleeping on the floor - I had to sleep on a friend's floor in her attic bedroomt, needless to say I did a bit more crying than sleeping. Of course I was, like, 8.
I'm not a fan of slasher movies, but do like the creepy ones. You did leave out Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street. The Shinning is one of the creepiest ever. Also liked Misery, Kathy Bates was awesome, but not really horror. Disturbia, with Shia LaBeouf, was creepy too.
I find most horror movies to be stupid and they really don't scare me much. The movie that freaked me out the most though was White Noise. The weird part is that I never actually watched the move. It was the commercial that really creeped me out completely. That person or whatever walking Michael Keaton totally made me lose it.
Paranormal Activity wasn't really all that scary, with the exception of 2 scenes near the end.
The top 3 movies that really freaked me out (after childhood) were: The Ring, The Grudge, and Signs.
And I agree Strangers was really good, because it is so realistic.
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