Thread: What scary movie cured you of ever being afraid again? Or did it?

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Is it sad that I can't remember being really scared of any movies as a kid?

I remember a TV movie called "The Car" that was (I think) about a possessed black car (not sure if this was a rip-off of Christine or not). I was REALLY mad that our dad made us stop watching because "older sister will be up all night if we don't"

Actually saw Poltergeist (most of it, anyway) when I was 9 in the theater. My sister wanted to go for some reason, so the parents let us go together (this was before the PG13 rating, so the film was actually rated PG). I remember the clown doll really creeped me out and the tree... but not so scary I couldn't watch.

BUT during the scene towards the end, where the skeletons are popping up out of the ground and the swimming pool area... my sister LOST it and ran out. I had to go find her and calm her down and for at least a week after, the static on the TV would send her into hysterics. And I had to wait until I was older to actually see the whole thing.

Originally Posted by halloween_sucks_in_the_uk

I haven't been scared by a movie, but sickened by a few. Uwe Bolls awful horror called Seed made me feel ill. In the opening credits it features footage of real animal torture snuff, being watched by the psycho. PETA gave the director the footage probably because he donated money but this does not support animal rights at all, it's purely used for sick entertainment purposes, if you love animals don't watch this movie it'll give you nightmares for weeks.

There was also a scene of a baby being held captive and starved to death and then he was watching is decompose, a scene where an elderly woman has her head slowly bashed in with a hammer until there is nothing left. I'm surprised it wasn't banned or even heavily cut. I couldn't watch the animal torture bit or the entire movie.

For me I like my horror to be fantasy stuff supernatural and monsters, I'm not a fan of torture porn. I feel it does more damage than good and just promotes violence because it's more realistic.

Ok...that movie would cause massive psychological damage to me...lol. I hate stuff like that . How did you even happen to come across a movie like that? I'm afraid to look it up on google. I remember watching this show that gave like the top 100 scariest films and one of them was called Audition. The clip they showed was enough to disturb me for a few weeks. It involved a piano wire and this guys foot being cut off by this girl who was a real nut job. She cut off his tongue and all this other nasty stuff. If that was what they showed as a clip I'd hate to see the whole movie.

Originally Posted by hannibal

Ok...that movie would cause massive psychological damage to me...lol. I hate stuff like that . How did you even happen to come across a movie like that? I'm afraid to look it up on google. I remember watching this show that gave like the top 100 scariest films and one of them was called Audition. The clip they showed was enough to disturb me for a few weeks. It involved a piano wire and this guys foot being cut off by this girl who was a real nut job. She cut off his tongue and all this other nasty stuff. If that was what they showed as a clip I'd hate to see the whole movie.

I just realized that I am terrified of things that contain the name "Uwe Boll" in them. You just know they will be terribly, terribly bad.

I would probably freak out over animal torture. I get VERY upset about horrible things happening to kids/animals in the news, and I'd avoid anything that I knew contained that as a plot point.


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I wasn't that impressed with Audition. It was okay, but not scary. (I saw the film with the subtitles, but that's how I usually watch foreign films). The movie was like a regular old date movie until it gets to the last 15 minutes or so, and then veers off into Hostel country. *shrugs shoulders*

I also get very bored with the "torture porn" type of horror. It's sad and disturbing that this is becoming mainstream in movies since it's just desensitizing folks to acts of atrocity... and we have enough of that without silly kids thinking that is cool.


Well, that, and the fact that a good story and building suspense is no longer necessary if you splash enough blood and gore in there. (nothing wrong with blood and gore, just prefer the story to be interesting too)

(sorry for the slight hijack... )

Originally Posted by Frankie's Girl

I just realized that I am terrified of things that contain the name "Uwe Boll" in them. You just know they will be terribly, terribly bad.

I would probably freak out over animal torture. I get VERY upset about horrible things happening to kids/animals in the news, and I'd avoid anything that I knew contained that as a plot point.


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I wasn't that impressed with Audition. It was okay, but not scary. (I saw the film with the subtitles, but that's how I usually watch foreign films). The movie was like a regular old date movie until it gets to the last 15 minutes or so, and then veers off into Hostel country. *shrugs shoulders*

I also get very bored with the "torture porn" type of horror. It's sad and disturbing that this is becoming mainstream in movies since it's just desensitizing folks to acts of atrocity... and we have enough of that without silly kids thinking that is cool.


Well, that, and the fact that a good story and building suspense is no longer necessary if you splash enough blood and gore in there. (nothing wrong with blood and gore, just prefer the story to be interesting too)

(sorry for the slight hijack... )

So what I saw was mainly the last 15 minutes? i know the storyline was he was looking for a new girlfriend, I think, and holding auditions(is that right?). I can take a lot but excessive torture of anything-adults, animal,s children -just does me in. Then as usual when there is scene like that it's long and drawn out which makes it worse to me. I'll stick with my michael myers, freddies and jasons.

Originally Posted by hannibal

So what I saw was mainly the last 15 minutes? i know the storyline was he was looking for a new girlfriend, I think, and holding auditions(is that right?). I can take a lot but excessive torture of anything-adults, animal,s children -just does me in. Then as usual when there is scene like that it's long and drawn out which makes it worse to me. I'll stick with my michael myers, freddies and jasons.

Yup.

The man's wife died and he is talked into using fake auditions to find a new girlfriend/wife. The first half at least is pretty tame and they're dating and it's really just about the developing relationship. He is a "nice" guy, but the girl begins to think he is using her, so she goes nuts. (there is evidence that she was being abused sexually and physically as a child by her father that really messed her up).

It may have been 20 minutes, may have been 10. Just that all the gory/horror was at the back end of the movie and kind of came out of left field with the intensity. Only some dream sequence stuff towards the second half of the movie popped up to try to get the point across (not very well) about her past.

Ôdishon (1999)

My hats off to you for watching it..lol. Like I said the few minutes I saw were more than enough to mess with me. Ok I'm done hijacking the thread now. Nice talking to you Frankie's Girl...

I'd have to say Silence of the Lambs. It bothered me for weeks after watching it. Probably because we know, from watching the nightly news, that those types of whack jobs really do exist.

Originally Posted by hannibal

Ok...that movie would cause massive psychological damage to me...lol. I hate stuff like that . How did you even happen to come across a movie like that? I'm afraid to look it up on google. I remember watching this show that gave like the top 100 scariest films and one of them was called Audition. The clip they showed was enough to disturb me for a few weeks. It involved a piano wire and this guys foot being cut off by this girl who was a real nut job. She cut off his tongue and all this other nasty stuff. If that was what they showed as a clip I'd hate to see the whole movie.

It was in the local video store, I'm really shocked it was so easily available to view.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The original from 1974.

Scared the bejeesus out of me like nothing since. I still wince when I hear a chainsaw. Even those mini backyard models.

The Exorsist was it for me. I was around 10 with my parents at the drive-in. I spent most of the movie in the back floorboard with fingers in my ears going "la la la la la la". LOL