As I read the captions to the pictures I was *HOWLING*. 😆 The “Amityville Horror” terrified me when I saw it on cable for the first time. Very chilling story, and the real story is also rather unnerving. There’s a guy who does a YouTube channel called (I think) “The Tape Library” and his episode on this case was top notch.
I also really enjoyed “The Thing” because of the innovation with the special effects and all that body horror. It somehow made my adolescent acme feel a little less traumatic. And I like that they didn’t go too deep into the aliens’ past. Which brings me to Aliens. I thought the first two were brilliant. They were very different stylistically, but both of them worked for me. I think the problem with a lot of the stories is that they jump the shark after the first sequel: witness Hellraiser. It’s when the script tries to explain the mystery that it looses what made the original so creepy. You get this phenomenon in Victorian horror novels and short stories as well. It reveals the limitations of the authors, because they’re trying to adopt scientific ideas that they have a muddled interpretation of and so you get attempts to explain the chemical properties of ectoplasm. So, going back to the Alien saga, you get things like “Prometheus”, which is just a hot mess with too much going on. The characters no longer have credible motivations behind why they’re doing things. This happened from time to time in the old Star Trek episodes as well.
I also liked the original “Invasion of the Bodysnatchers” as well as the remake with Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum and other 1970s cinematic regulars. I’ve already discussed with you in another thread how much I loved “American Werewolf in London”. It was the gallows humor peppered throughout that one that still tickles me.
I never took to the Evil Dead series. I don’t know what it was about it. I just always associated it “Toxic Avenger” and “CHUD” and it seemed a bit campy to me.
I need to do more of these articles but don’t have the time right now 🙄
The Howling is also a great movie! 😁
Totally agree with what you say about trying to explain the motivation of make us empathise with the villain/monster. It’s just not required. Something or someone can want to kill or destroy your entire race without us getting into a philosophical discussion about what drives them to do such a thing. It doesn’t matter. The unknown is all the more terrifying because we don’t know or understand
The first two Alien movies are classics. The rest are a waste of time. Absolutely no need for any of them
Man, CHUD and Toxic Avenger take me back to my early video watching days 😆. I think I read they’re remaking the latter with Peter Dinklage in the lead role which will be interesting 😁
I've never been a fan of horror movies, but nothing traumatised me like watching the original Japanese version of "The Ring" when it was out in the movies. I recall having to sleep with the lights on for a while after that, and I was already a high-school student at the time. Thanks, but no thanks!
"It's great to be terrified of a horror movie" sounds to me like what I probably sound to others when I tell them, through tears, red eyes, and snot, that I'm actually enjoying an especially spicy meal.
To each his own, I guess. To some, it's scaring themselves with horror movies. To others, it's making their own eyes bleed with chili peppers.
And then there are those who enjoy both. They are the true monsters.
(This is where you conveniently reveal your secret passion for making hot sauce out of fresh Carolina Reapers)
As I read the captions to the pictures I was *HOWLING*. 😆 The “Amityville Horror” terrified me when I saw it on cable for the first time. Very chilling story, and the real story is also rather unnerving. There’s a guy who does a YouTube channel called (I think) “The Tape Library” and his episode on this case was top notch.
I also really enjoyed “The Thing” because of the innovation with the special effects and all that body horror. It somehow made my adolescent acme feel a little less traumatic. And I like that they didn’t go too deep into the aliens’ past. Which brings me to Aliens. I thought the first two were brilliant. They were very different stylistically, but both of them worked for me. I think the problem with a lot of the stories is that they jump the shark after the first sequel: witness Hellraiser. It’s when the script tries to explain the mystery that it looses what made the original so creepy. You get this phenomenon in Victorian horror novels and short stories as well. It reveals the limitations of the authors, because they’re trying to adopt scientific ideas that they have a muddled interpretation of and so you get attempts to explain the chemical properties of ectoplasm. So, going back to the Alien saga, you get things like “Prometheus”, which is just a hot mess with too much going on. The characters no longer have credible motivations behind why they’re doing things. This happened from time to time in the old Star Trek episodes as well.
I also liked the original “Invasion of the Bodysnatchers” as well as the remake with Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum and other 1970s cinematic regulars. I’ve already discussed with you in another thread how much I loved “American Werewolf in London”. It was the gallows humor peppered throughout that one that still tickles me.
I never took to the Evil Dead series. I don’t know what it was about it. I just always associated it “Toxic Avenger” and “CHUD” and it seemed a bit campy to me.
Thanks very much, Daniel 🙏
Glad you liked my captions 😁
I need to do more of these articles but don’t have the time right now 🙄
The Howling is also a great movie! 😁
Totally agree with what you say about trying to explain the motivation of make us empathise with the villain/monster. It’s just not required. Something or someone can want to kill or destroy your entire race without us getting into a philosophical discussion about what drives them to do such a thing. It doesn’t matter. The unknown is all the more terrifying because we don’t know or understand
The first two Alien movies are classics. The rest are a waste of time. Absolutely no need for any of them
Man, CHUD and Toxic Avenger take me back to my early video watching days 😆. I think I read they’re remaking the latter with Peter Dinklage in the lead role which will be interesting 😁
I've never been a fan of horror movies, but nothing traumatised me like watching the original Japanese version of "The Ring" when it was out in the movies. I recall having to sleep with the lights on for a while after that, and I was already a high-school student at the time. Thanks, but no thanks!
You see, to be that terrified, I can only see as a good thing 😁
But, absolutely, that is one damn scary movie 👍🏼
Ha.
"It's great to be terrified of a horror movie" sounds to me like what I probably sound to others when I tell them, through tears, red eyes, and snot, that I'm actually enjoying an especially spicy meal.
To each his own, I guess. To some, it's scaring themselves with horror movies. To others, it's making their own eyes bleed with chili peppers.
And then there are those who enjoy both. They are the true monsters.
(This is where you conveniently reveal your secret passion for making hot sauce out of fresh Carolina Reapers)
As I’m Scottish, I’m with you on the spice. Anything stronger than salt makes my eyes water 😁
Yup, although that's never stopped me from loving spicy food, tears be damned!