Am I the only one that notices all these scary movies are just becoming too dull and outdated? They aren't as scary anymore like they used to be. It's mostly remakes or a bad storyline (or the budget is just awful). I've been into scary movies all my life but I never seem to get scared of them. I'll sit there the entire time and not budge when a scary part comes up, It's like I'm made of stone or something. A while back Paranormal Activity was called and I quote "The Scariest Film of all time" and when I bought it (HUGE mistake) and watched it, I seriously felt like burning it and bury it in my back yard it was that terrible. That was the worst $20 I have ever spent in my life. Do you think scary movies aren't what they seem any more and what was your scary movie that you didn't find..well...scary.
Scary Movies at an all time low
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Yeah.. Horror is not what it used to be. It is all the same crap over and over again.
"Oh look, something looking like amonster over there, in the darker part of the woods. I'm going to walk over there, just to make sure"..
OKay I like horror from 1920-1980.. but it's like comedy.. or "comedy" is a much bettre way to put it. In both horror and comedy, there is no timing anymore. You can't relate to the people in them, the monster/funny thing is not scary/funny and you just feel... "why did I waste my time on this".
And yes, true horror is dead in America. I would recommend you to look in to some asian horror. They make you give a damn about the character and what is happening to them.
They got it still at a good level, with suspens, good c
"Oh look, something looking like amonster over there, in the darker part of the woods. I'm going to walk over there, just to make sure"..
OKay I like horror from 1920-1980.. but it's like comedy.. or "comedy" is a much bettre way to put it. In both horror and comedy, there is no timing anymore. You can't relate to the people in them, the monster/funny thing is not scary/funny and you just feel... "why did I waste my time on this".
And yes, true horror is dead in America. I would recommend you to look in to some asian horror. They make you give a damn about the character and what is happening to them.
They got it still at a good level, with suspens, good c
They just don't know how to build suspence anymore. The reason why movies like Alien and Jaws are so successful is because they have so much suspence which makes them really scary. The less you see of something the scarier it is which is something nowaday horrors don't seem to get.
Yeah horror movies aren't what they used to be. I have the same feelings as you for PA, I saw it in theaters and at the end I was like "What the hell did I just watch?" Hell even I could've made that same exact movie. The most recent American horror movie I enjoyed was Dead Silence, of course it wasn't the best horror movie ever, but it had some pretty creepy parts.
The guy above me is right, asian horror is the best. I just watched Audition the other day, damn...that was intense.
The guy above me is right, asian horror is the best. I just watched Audition the other day, damn...that was intense.
You might check out the Marble Hornets videos on youtube. I wouldn't call it scary per se, but for a month after watching I was pacing the house at night, checking the doors and windows to make sure they were locked, and only sleeping after dawn had come and I had taken the dog and a loaded gun out around the property to make sure nothing was a amiss. Nothing I have seen in the last decade has managed to instill that sense of paranoia.
http://www.youtube.com/user/MarbleHornets#p/u/38/Wmhfn3mgWUI
http://www.youtube.com/user/MarbleHornets#p/u/38/Wmhfn3mgWUI
Yeah, asians seem to do horror a lot better than the west. Probably because there isn't any L's in it.
I look forward to directors in the west taking notes from Asia and rebooting horror though.
I look forward to directors in the west taking notes from Asia and rebooting horror though.
Scary movies aren't supposed to be scary...for everyone >=]
In my experience, I am only 19 but I do have experience, quite a few girls are scared of those movies for one reason or another, I've even used Dead Space 2 to get close to a girl. It works for some reason and is awesome because if those movies were really scary its really not too 'manly' if one gets scared while the other is.
In my experience, I am only 19 but I do have experience, quite a few girls are scared of those movies for one reason or another, I've even used Dead Space 2 to get close to a girl. It works for some reason and is awesome because if those movies were really scary its really not too 'manly' if one gets scared while the other is.
Thank you. Asina horror HAS all the old and good elements that other horror miss out on. The build up, intresting "monster", intresting people that you "Car" about. You get that.. "oh yeah *strange sound/thing on the tv* wtf was thatKenbo Slice said:
... Oh sh@! it's behind them.. AAAAAH WTF!!"This one : http://www.asian-horror-movies.com/shutter.php
THAT is horror my friend. Pure horror.
Dude... I have seen movies you could not even find if you tried. They don't scare me really, but you want that feeling of "What is going to happen" or "Sh?#.. that was intense!"Rem45 said:
What is the point of a horror, if you feel noting at all? If you see it and just go "Well that was boring"?
The Descent was quite a good horror movie of the late years.
I cant recall if it was made by an American Director but its one of the few recent horror movies that doesnt suck balls.
I cant recall if it was made by an American Director but its one of the few recent horror movies that doesnt suck balls.
Yeah, horror has lately gone through the gutter. Sure, I like slasher films as much as the next guy. Sure, I like cheesy horror films like Wishmaster, etc. But genuinely scary? No. Horror nowadays seems to revolve around a monster/psychopath waiting around the corner going "BOO!", which gets both predictable and redundant extremely fast. They just don't make 'em like Eraserhead anymore, when horror was about the psychological aspects. Personally, I find Eraserhead to have been the most frightening film I have ever seen in my entire life.
Furthermore, all the Blair Witch Project-esque films are really beginning to annoy me. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for another Evil Dead (films brilliantly exploring the comedic aspects of horror) or Bruce Campbell's rumoured horror project, which he described as "The Expendables of horror". In other words, anything with Bruce Campbell will be awesome!
Furthermore, all the Blair Witch Project-esque films are really beginning to annoy me. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for another Evil Dead (films brilliantly exploring the comedic aspects of horror) or Bruce Campbell's rumoured horror project, which he described as "The Expendables of horror". In other words, anything with Bruce Campbell will be awesome!
I've heard about Shutter...do you know if they have it on netflix? Have you ever seen this J-Horror called Infection?Wade-DeadPool said:Thank you. Asina horror HAS all the old and good elements that other horror miss out on. The build up, intresting "monster", intresting people that you "Car" about. You get that.. "oh yeah *strange sound/thing on the tv* wtf was thatKenbo Slice said:
This one : http://www.asian-horror-movies.com/shutter.php
THAT is horror my friend. Pure horror.
Uhmm.. The name rings a bell, but I can say for sure that i have seen it.Kenbo Slice said:I've heard about Shutter...do you know if they have it on netflix? Have you ever seen this J-Horror called Infection?Wade-DeadPool said:Thank you. Asina horror HAS all the old and good elements that other horror miss out on. The build up, intresting "monster", intresting people that you "Car" about. You get that.. "oh yeah *strange sound/thing on the tv* wtf was thatKenbo Slice said:
This one : http://www.asian-horror-movies.com/shutter.php
THAT is horror my friend. Pure horror.
I did rent that movie years back, so i don't kow if they have it on netflix, but if they do, it is worth it
See, I love Asian horror, but I don't find it to be scary at all, just good. Audition wasn't scary, though intense is definitely a good word to use for it.Kenbo Slice said:
And I really liked PA, mainly because it followed several of the premises set up by Asian and horror: focus on the character's relationships relative to the events, don't show much, give false leads (be it in dialogue or music) so that you don't know if a build-up is going to give you something (I find this to be the most important, if every build-up leads to a payoff, you expect one, if they don't you can't properly prepare). As for "I could've made that exact same movie," yeah, anyone could have, it was a really simple film, but no one else did. It's nice to see someone playing around with the genre and trying things out, even if looking back on it, it looks really simple and obvious.
EDIE: Forgot to include my take on the genre. Yeah, nothing is scary anymore. I don't find old ones scary either, but at least they had a psychological aspect, a lot of the ones today are just mindless. That being said, I still really enjoy them, just for a different set of reasons. Along with East Asia, the Brits seem to handle the genre pretty well.
Wade-DeadPool said:
Well horrors aren't generally scary but some have pretty damn good story lines. A lot break barriers and have some cool back story. Others are just weird and should be shot. *cough* The Village *cough*
I got A Tale of Two Sisters lined up on my instant queue and I just watched Ichi the Killer, but is A Tale any good?Wade-DeadPool said:Uhmm.. The name rings a bell, but I can say for sure that i have seen it.Kenbo Slice said:I've heard about Shutter...do you know if they have it on netflix? Have you ever seen this J-Horror called Infection?Wade-DeadPool said:Thank you. Asina horror HAS all the old and good elements that other horror miss out on. The build up, intresting "monster", intresting people that you "Car" about. You get that.. "oh yeah *strange sound/thing on the tv* wtf was thatKenbo Slice said:
This one : http://www.asian-horror-movies.com/shutter.php
THAT is horror my friend. Pure horror.
I did rent that movie years back, so i don't kow if they have it on netflix, but if they do, it is worth it