Can a film scare you...?
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@HorrorOfMike You know Calum loves being in the middle of everything
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@calreid lol
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@Vebinz Thats not true. I cried when Mufasa died. Not at Bambi though, from what i hear his mother had it coming.
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But his friend states he didn't feel for any character he watched.
I do thnk that at times even if there is no identification, one can still imagine oneself in the character's situation. I for oe couldn;'t identify with Regan's mother in "The Exorcist", but still found the movie very scary imagining myself being in the same house as possesed Regan.
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@Vebinz Failing to empathise with a character is more commonly a failing of the film and/or the performance of the actor. Or its due to the fact that the situation is often so bizarre or unrealistic that the viewer doesnt have to imagine themselves being in such circumstances. This is all of course assuming the viewer isnt dead inside.
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The film-makers' imagination when creating the film, and the viewers' imagination when watching it, are two different things.
Also, I think you need to re-read the definition of "troll".
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@Vebinz LOL implying slasher films are imaginative. Jog on troll :)
3Way work as a name?
DJHibby01 8 months ago
@DJHibby01 Yeah but mate, who's the meat in the sandwich?
HorrorOfMike 8 months ago
I actually agree with Calum. First time for everything I guess. For me though the real world is infinitely more scary than anything a hollowood hack could come up with. Planes flying in to buildings, idiots in charge of countries. You see more graphic violence on the news than you do in a modern PG-13 horror for sure.
Older horrors were scarier. The Exorcist, Poltergeist and The Thing come to mind. Practical effects help in this as opposed to the CGI we get nowadays.
cwood316 8 months ago
@cwood316 There's no doubt the real world is more frightening (that's one of the reasons people escape into fiction) but I think there are some brilliantly creepy films out there, and some that outright terrify. I rate many horror films as some of the best films ever made. I totally agree though about the films you mentioned, CG has resulted in terribly lazy filmmaking.
HorrorOfMike 8 months ago