My computer's sluggish and I don't have the patience to page through the whole list. Would someone please tell me what was #1?
I get confused. I remember everything. I remember too much, and... some of it's made up, and... some of it can't be quantified, and... there's secrets.
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Laga - Aug 11, 2009 12:46:29 pm PDT #3551 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Dana - Aug 11, 2009 12:46:41 pm PDT #3552 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Though really, my favorite Ring story is from a con, when we watched a very creepy Ring vid, and then half the room decided they had to show it to someone else within seven days. And then people started wondering if pets counted.
§ ita § - Aug 11, 2009 12:47:19 pm PDT #3553 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Would someone please tell me what was #1?
Audition.
Is Oldboy horror? If not, what is it?
DavidS - Aug 11, 2009 12:52:51 pm PDT #3554 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Is Oldboy horror? If not, what is it?
Revenge thriller.
Glamcookie - Aug 11, 2009 12:55:32 pm PDT #3555 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Is Oldboy horror? If not, what is it?
AWESOME!
lisah - Aug 11, 2009 1:09:50 pm PDT #3556 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Blair Witch scared the bejesus out of me. I loved it.
It also scared my bejesus and I HATED it. See also The Ring. I couldn't sleep for days after seeing it.
I don't really like horror movies like that where the protagonists can't really fight whatever the source of the horror is.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 11, 2009 1:28:46 pm PDT #3557 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Ringu gave me nightmares, which is very rarified air for a horror movie to be in after three decades of watching just about everything in the genre that hits regular theaters.
I haven't seen Audition though. While I may be pretty hardcore about scary movies, I know my limits and something tells me a movie that freaked Rob Zombie out is going to be beyond them.
The only thing horrifying about Alien 3 was how far the quality dropped off from the first two movies.
Laga - Aug 11, 2009 1:34:38 pm PDT #3558 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I went to Netflix and looked at Event Horizon & Audition but neither intrigued me enough to add to the queue.
Right now I'm watching We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen and it's pretty awesome.
Cashmere - Aug 11, 2009 1:47:14 pm PDT #3559 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
I haven't seen Audition though. While I may be pretty hardcore about scary movies, I know my limits and something tells me a movie that freaked Rob Zombie out is going to be beyond them.
This is exactly what DH said about the movie.
DavidS - Aug 11, 2009 2:03:53 pm PDT #3560 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Well now I'm worried that Audition is getting oversold.
It's not like your eyes start spontaneously bleeding.
Has anybody else seen it?
It's a slow build and when the plot finally turns it's super fucking creepy. And not gory, but horrifying.
In a curious parallel with Blair Witch, some of the effect is produced because it's a fairly low budget film with kind of flat lighting. So it seems scarier for that. Like, this is what you stumble across in a bland apartment.