Bartimaeus Sequence Fan Forum

31 Oct 07 - 17:11

One quick question: What is your favourite horror film and why?

My own is probably "Misery" (1990) because it's so real- it doesn't need anything supernatural, it doesn't need any crazy effects, it's just wonderfully simple and scary. It's brilliant!

"Generally hearts are considered to be instrumental to the functions of the body, so it seems that using it as a weapon would be just as detrimental to yourself as it would be to your enemies.
Of course, perhaps it works differently for those with hearts of stone." -Dansariki

Nero Higher Spirit

31 Oct 07 - 19:37

6 senses. Not sure if its really a horror movie, and it would seem sissy compared to Texas Chainsaw Massacre. But I don't really watch horror movies, so six senses seems to be the best horror movie I've watched.

Mwamba Higher Spirit

1 Nov 07 - 01:32

I always turn into a baby during horror movies, even the dumb ones, maybe it's just the background music or something.

Can you believe they've made a Saw IV?

流口水的婊子和猴子的笨儿子。

Luciene Higher Spirit

1 Nov 07 - 01:43

The Shining! I love that movie...

or maybe The Exorcist. Is it true the little girl who acted in it went insane?

pensive-is-not-a-noun Mouler

1 Nov 07 - 15:32

I don't know, the Saw movies have pretty well cornered the "gorno" market- it's so sad, since the truly terrifying movies have almost not blood in them. Like the original version of the "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974)- all the really horrible things happened behing closed doors. Or Duel (1971)- that is a freaky movie. No slaughter, no crazy man with a knife- but it's pure horror. I think the '70s were probably the golden age of American horror... But as for Saw, I'd but surprised if there isn't a Saw V- there were eight Hellraisers and there've been nine Halloweens so far.

Mmm, I don't think the girl who acted in that movie went nuts. But I know that they had trouble filming that infamous scene where she uses the crucifix for a very inappropriet purpose, becuase they couldn't let let her know what the scene was supposed to depict, but they had to tell her enough to get the shots right.

"Generally hearts are considered to be instrumental to the functions of the body, so it seems that using it as a weapon would be just as detrimental to yourself as it would be to your enemies.
Of course, perhaps it works differently for those with hearts of stone." -Dansariki

AnukSuNamon Afrit

4 Nov 07 - 02:39

Dawn of the Dead is the only movie that really scares me, so, naturally, it's my favorite.

"If you take [a copy of] the Christian Bible and put it out in the wind and the rain, soon the paper on which the words are printed will disintegrate and the words will be gone. Our bible IS the wind and the rain." Herbalist Carol McGrath as told to her by a Native-American woman.

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NARUTO FOREVER!

Post Higher Spirit

4 Nov 07 - 05:18

Heh. Stay alive is good. I saw it recently.

Horror films are quite formulaic. ;) Shame the formula works.

Shame of the Super Son

AnukSuNamon Afrit

4 Nov 07 - 22:23

Hn.

Yea, it's true. They all have the same endings, the same stupid characters that stare at the monster as it walks over...The same dumb chick that trips every time she runs....

"If you take [a copy of] the Christian Bible and put it out in the wind and the rain, soon the paper on which the words are printed will disintegrate and the words will be gone. Our bible IS the wind and the rain." Herbalist Carol McGrath as told to her by a Native-American woman.

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NARUTO FOREVER!

Post Higher Spirit

5 Nov 07 - 12:41

Plot is secondary. It's the sound that does most of the scaring. Sight is a more cerebral experience. Sound plays more to instinct.

Heh, the standard of discussion improves around here when I'm around.

Shame of the Super Son

Luciene Higher Spirit

5 Nov 07 - 22:08