What kind of horror do you like ?

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What kind of horror do you like ?

With october being horror season, I wanted to find out what type of horror movies others like for me I like supernatural horror, vampires, witches, ghosts, ext

I hate Gore (saw) and found footage based

examples of some movies i liked, mostly made by the same person but hes made what i like.

1. Poltergeist.
2. Insidious
3. The Conjuring
4. Dead silent
5. The Frighteners
6. The Ring
7. Stay Alive
 
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What kind of horror do you like ?

With october being horror season, I wanted to find out what type of horror movies others like for me I like supernatural horror, vampires, witches, ghosts, ext

I hate Gore (saw) and found footage based

examples of some movies i liked, mostly made by the same person but hes made what i like.

1. Poltergeist.
2. Insidious
3. The Conjuring
4. Dead silent
5. The Frighteners
6. The Ring
7. Stay Alive
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I'm like. I hate films that rely on jump scares too. Sign of a poor film IMO,
 
robfosters said:
I'm like. I hate films that rely on jump scares too. Sign of a poor film IMO,
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I know what you mean, a lot of horrors dont pull it off, you get a jump scare mostly due to sound but the movie is normally not scary.

Not many movies pull it off but when they do they are great, I think its the build up and finish that makes the difference.

To me if jump scares are done correctly its he best thing about the horror movies.

look at my list they all use jump scares and do it well, its one of the best thing about them. I think thats one of the thinks i love about horrors the jumpscare, even if its poor poor movie you still have that scare.
 
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I'll watch any, but I can't think of any that I actually genuinely like. I don't think there's been a decent horror film released in the past decade or two.
 
Clov!s said:
Physiological films that try and make you believe it's real.
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Psychological by any chance ;)

robfosters said:
I'm like. I hate films that rely on jump scares too. Sign of a poor film IMO,
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Films 2 and 3 in the list you quoted rely almost entirely on jump scares and loud music. They're damn good movies though, to scene with the wind/washing in Conjuring freaks me out.
 
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Saying jump scares are crap is a lazy criticism IMO. They can be excellent if used effectively - it's just a tool in the box. Most people seem to confuse jump scares with false scares, which are really annoying.

Obviously I know the reference above is to films that RELY on jump scares but I don't think that makes them automatically bad. I thought the Daniel Radcliffe 'Woman in Black' was pretty much a masterclass in jump scares... despite having a tonne of false scares too.

Best jump scare - Exorcist 3... oh Lordy *poops*
 
Oh actually answering the thread...

I don't really 'enjoy' hyper disturbing 'how far can you push it' films. I much prefer more rounded ones and really enjoy goofy ones with 'villains'.
 
SixTwoSix said:
Psychological by any chance ;)



Films 2 and 3 in the list you quoted rely almost entirely on jump scares and loud music. They're damn good movies though, to scene with the wind/washing in Conjuring freaks me out.
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My phone kept changing it so I gave up.. :p
 
The classics mainly but a bit of everything

Alien
Jaws (a nightmare scenario on couple of different levels)
The Thing
Halloween (original)
Don't look Now
The Omen
The Orphanage (Spanish film)

I also love baddies that are almost supernatural, like Michael Myers in Halloween. That unstoppable force that you can hurt but not seem to kill. I find that very nightmarish. Westworld did this well and I wonder if that or Halloween might have influenced The Terminator.

I like some Dario Argento / Italian style "Giallo" stuff too
Susperia
Deep Red
Opera
Dressed to kill

Also a massive fan of the film Videodrome although not that keen on Cronenberg's other stuff.
 
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Horror is without a doubt one of the greatest genres in cinema simply because almost anything with a heavy emphasis on drama can be a 'horror' to someone out there.

Sicario for me personally is still one of the best horror flicks in years. Deeply unsettling in a very real world sense.

If you want specific examples however, 'The Babadook' shook me to my very core.

The creeping revelation that the Babadook is in fact more a metaphor for her own guilt, desire and hatred for her own child deeply unsettled me. That emphasis in mental illness and instability had me up the entire night.

The Witch is another great example of horror through ambiguity, though it could be perceived as a lot more clear cut then something like 'The Babadook'.

However, I still the the understated master of horror is David Lynch. Fire Walk With Me, Eraserhead and especially Mullholland Drive are THE BEST examples of horror done properly in the industry and have never really been bested. Take this scene from Mullholland Drive for instance. The creeping dread, the suspense and the eventual reveal are masterfully done. It is a perfect example of how to do a jump scare right. The fact that all this takes place on a daylight set is just incredible and adds ever more to the horror.

 
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Nitefly said:
Saying jump scares are crap is a lazy criticism IMO. They can be excellent if used effectively - it's just a tool in the box. Most people seem to confuse jump scares with false scares, which are really annoying.
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This. Jump scares are the most effective tool in a filmmakers arsenal, but should not be used without the greatest of care and attention to detail. The Mullholland Drive scene I posted above is one of the best examples of it done correctly imo.
 
Sicario for me personally is still one of the best horror flicks in years. Deeply unsettling in a very real world sense.
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This exactly what I said to my wife when we left the cinema "That was a horror film". One of the best films I have seen in the past few years. The scene when they head into the tunnel was incredible. It was literally like entering the lair of evil.
 
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Monster movies. Anything which isn't based in reality. Aliens, monsters, the supernatural, all that kind of stuff.
If I want to watch horror based on how evil people can be to each other then I just switch on a tv news channel.
 
MookJong said:
This exactly what I said to my wife when we left the cinema "That was a horror film". One of the best films I have seen in the past few years. The scene when they head into the tunnel was incredible. It was literally like entering the lair of evil.
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Yep. Roger Deakins is my favourite cinematographer working in the industry today. He has the ambition and creative prowess of Emmanuel Lubezki without the pretension and his work never ceases to astound me. His work on Sicario is some of the most impressive I think anyone of us has seen. Those highway shots... :eek:

checjb said:
Monster movies. Anything which isn't based in reality. Aliens, monsters, the supernatural, all that kind of stuff.
If I want to watch horror based on how evil people can be to each other then I just switch on a tv news channel.
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I see your point. But I think this is where horror and comedy share a great relationship. Both can satirise and outline the profundity of certain situations in very distinct ways. Anything can be funny or scary in the correct context. Then of course there's the fact that humour and fear are SOOOO subjective, but that's something else entirely xD

I think there's merit to all sub genres in horror. Creature features like 'The Thing' or 'Alien' aren't any more or less terrifying then something like 'The Shining' or 'Rosemary's Baby'. It's all just contextual.
 
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I dont generally like horror, I have found it hard to be "scared".

My guilty horror pleasure is house of 1000 corpses. Love that film.
 
I enjoyed both of The Conjuring the first was the better though.

One of my recent fav's is Sinister which I've managed to get for £1 in poundland on Blu-ray :cool:

The Babadook was quite cool as well, Havent watched The Witch yet but it is on the list.
 
Nitefly said:
Saying jump scares are crap is a lazy criticism IMO. They can be excellent if used effectively - it's just a tool in the box. Most people seem to confuse jump scares with false scares, which are really annoying.

Obviously I know the reference above is to films that RELY on jump scares but I don't think that makes them automatically bad. I thought the Daniel Radcliffe 'Woman in Black' was pretty much a masterclass in jump scares... despite having a tonne of false scares too.

Best jump scare - Exorcist 3... oh Lordy *poops*
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I agree with you jump scares are excellent if used effectively.
Not many movies pull it off but when they do they are great. look at Jaws for me its the music build up.

jump scares are one of the best part for me but i also know what others are saying.

Sicario for me personally is still one of the best horror flicks in years. Deeply unsettling in a very real world sense.
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Ive not seen it but I didn't know Sicario was a horror.
 
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