Revenge is a common theme in horror.Someone once told me they found the original Carrie to be very scary. That doesn't even seem to qualify as a horror film, in my opinion. It's more like a revenge story.
Revenge is a common theme in horror.Someone once told me they found the original Carrie to be very scary. That doesn't even seem to qualify as a horror film, in my opinion. It's more like a revenge story.
I agree. There where two genuinly creepy moments in "The Exorcist" and it's the two quick flashes of the white face. That shit's creepy, the other stuff is not. I honestly found "Poltergeist" to be a scarier film.When The Exorcist was re-released into theaters, the younger people in the audience laughed at it.
That's because The Exorcist isn't really scary. It's got a great sense of style, but I wasn't scared by it. For that, you'd have to see Alien or the original Halloween.
I'll agree that "torture porn" (a label that is totally wrong, but I won't go there) isn't anything close to 1970s horror, though.
^ Two words: torture porn.
When The Exorcist was re-released into theaters, the younger people in the audience laughed at it.
^ Two words: torture porn.
When The Exorcist was re-released into theaters, the younger people in the audience laughed at it.
well, mostly at the doctors smoking and the huge loud clatter-clatter MRI machine (or whatever it was). But yes, they did laugh.
When The Exorcist was re-released into theaters, the younger people in the audience laughed at it.
I think that one of the things that plays into whether you find movies like "Excorcist" or "Omen" frightening, is if you believe in the powers depicted in the movie. I find both movies utterly terrifying, but primarily because I believe in the existence of demons, and the potential existence of an "anti-christ" If those things aren't real to you, they really won't frighten you much in a movie.
I'm not religious, I think that does it.
I am also a nonbeliever, so perhaps there is some merit to the point. I'd have to think of other examples of religious-based horror and whether they scared me or not...
I think that one of the things that plays into whether you find movies like "Excorcist" or "Omen" frightening, is if you believe in the powers depicted in the movie. I find both movies utterly terrifying, but primarily because I believe in the existence of demons, and the potential existence of an "anti-christ" If those things aren't real to you, they really won't frighten you much in a movie.
I'm not religious, I think that does it.
I am also a nonbeliever, so perhaps there is some merit to the point. I'd have to think of other examples of religious-based horror and whether they scared me or not...
I was about to say something to the same effect. The fact that I a believer is why I was outright frightened by "The Exorcist". The belief added to the air of possibility, which is what scares me more than anything else. Not that a film such as "Alien" isn't likewise effective, just not as much.
Well, if you want to creep the hell out of me it has to be something with clowns or insects.![]()
Well, if you want to creep the hell out of me it has to be something with clowns or insects.![]()
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