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When i was little I was scared of chucky and nightmare on elm street. Now I just find them funny, the movies that still get to me are AmnityVille Horror and Pulse was pretty good.
Grudge has its pop out scary moments but thats just a cheap way to get a scare. Movies that make me think but not generally scary would have to be Identity, number 23, and probably my favorites tie up at Fight Club and the machinist, the psychological factor is a big deal to me in movies and im pretty critical of psychological thrillers
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I liked the number 23. I felt people attacked it too much. Which version of Pulse did you see? I did not enjoy the American version. But then again, I was not a huge fan of the original 'Kairo' [The japanese film that Pulse was based upon]. It was extremely boring. The story was quite interesting and thought provoking, but there were only 2 even slightly interesting scenes in the film. That was when the main character walked into the red room and one of the other-worlders talked to her directly. The effect they used on the 'ghost' was extremely interesting. I also liked the scene where she leaves her friend alone, and her friend dies, and she walks back into the room, and it's now empty except for an echoing voice. That was a little eerie. I liked 'The Grudge' [both versions] though I don't think it was scary. It's another example of where I like the ideas; I did like the Japanese version better though. A little more actually happened in it, and I liked the way it was structured and the subtley of the curse when they showed it. The big budget 'Theres a giant hair-octopus on the wall!' didn't get me at all, and there are a few scenes where the curse/ghost of Kayako in the Japanese version come off as a little creepy because the effect is so much more subtle.
If you like psychological horror, you would like the two I mentioned, ESPECIALLY Jacob's Ladder. I'm not gonna spoil it for you, but it's one of the greatest examples of 'things aren't as they seem.'
NUK380Y {RD} wrote...
Well, my experience is very limited, but I would have to say that "The Prestige" was absolutely mind blowing. I'm still trying to put all the pieces together.
Two others that really get my thinking are "The Sixth Sense" and "Pan's Labyrinth" (aka "El Laberinto del Fauno"). Both are awesome movies, but not really horror/thrillers.
I wouldn't say 'The Prestige' was horror, but mind blowing? Yes. I absolutely LOVE the prestige. The Sixth Sense is a thriller, and Pan's Labyrinth cannot be put into the same genre of horror as most, but it can be considered horror. It was heavily inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and his theory that dreams can kill, and no one denies that H.P. Lovecraft is a horror writer. Sadly, there exists very few Lovecraft movies that are nothing more than stupid splatterfests. I felt cheated when Pan's Labyrinth didn't win the oscar for best foreign film, yet it was winning oscars in so many other categories. Pan's Labyrinth was a wonderful film.
I wouldn't say that Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a scary movie Obsert. Sure, the premise may be a bit unnerving, especially when you consider the fact that it was a true story, but the fact they turned it into another teen splatterfest ruined it. In fact, the series itself went the way of Chucky, if you ignore the remakes. In one of the sequels, they decided that Leatherface was a transvestite [non-visual, thankfully] and it got even weirder from there.
