I'm pretty sure it's from Mama. I highly suggest watching it, even if it does kind of fall down towards the end.
What Scared the Shit Out of You as a Child?
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I remember, in high school, the local blockbuster's horror section started out with the Amityville Horror, which my friends and I would walk past every time we went to go rent a movie. Thing was, the box was a butchered small/thin factor VHS box cover cut up and wrapped around the thick plastic blockbuster casing, and the last inch or so didn't make the cut for some reason, so the box read "The Amityville Ho." Many a ribald joke was made about that every weekend when we went to go rent movies.
I just put the movie on my netflix rotation.
My wife has always lamented that she loves horror and and I don't. Typical horror (jump scares, violin shrieks, copious amounts of blood) just doesn't scare me. But it looks like something she'd get a kick out of.
I'm more down for psychological thrillers than the cheap and easy gorefest of a lot of horror movies.
My wife has always lamented that she loves horror and and I don't. Typical horror (jump scares, violin shrieks, copious amounts of blood) just doesn't scare me. But it looks like something she'd get a kick out of.
I'm more down for psychological thrillers than the cheap and easy gorefest of a lot of horror movies.
Then you'll probably like the first 2/3rds of Mama. I don't know if anyone can like the last bit. I'd be super interested if when you guys watch it you'd let us know what you thought.
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Gore horror _is_ silly to me, too. I won't lie--it makes me cringe. But it doesn't scare me. You do have to let yourself live in the movie. I mean, you kind of have to with any fictional genre, or most fictional works are a bit silly objectively.
I think horror hit its apex in the 70s. Although, the first Paranormal Activity and Insidious were pretty scary. Mostly because they never shoved anything in your face. Most of the monsters were in your head, and the movies only hinted at them.
I think horror hit its apex in the 70s. Although, the first Paranormal Activity and Insidious were pretty scary. Mostly because they never shoved anything in your face. Most of the monsters were in your head, and the movies only hinted at them.
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