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When we landed here you said you needed a few days to get space worthy again and is there somethin' wrong with your bunk?
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tommyrot - Oct 28, 2009 12:09:27 pm PDT #4656 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Kathy A - Oct 28, 2009 12:10:24 pm PDT #4657 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
One of the best "jump out of my skin" moments I've ever had watching a film was during the big finale of Wait Until Dark, when (whitefonted for those who haven't seen it yet) Alan Arkin leaps out at Audrey Hepburn in the darkened apartment. Every time I show that movie to someone who hasn't seen it before, I make sure we turn off the lights before starting it, and then watch them to see their reaction to that scene.
Amy - Oct 28, 2009 12:11:10 pm PDT #4658 of 30000
Because books.
I think the purpose of a movie needs to be to scare to qualify as horror. Or at least to focus on fear and, uh, horror.
The purpose of Jaws wasn't to scare. It was a classic conflict of man vs. beast/nature. It just happened to be scary, too. And Misery is really about obsession, or a twisted look at love.
Clockwork Orange, though, might qualify as horror under my definition.
Polter-Cow - Oct 28, 2009 12:18:27 pm PDT #4659 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It was a classic conflict of man vs. beast/nature.
Like Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus !
It just happened to be scary, too.
Unlike Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus !
tommyrot - Oct 28, 2009 12:22:10 pm PDT #4660 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
You know, I think everything is either like or unlike Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus. It's useful that way.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 28, 2009 12:24:50 pm PDT #4661 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
Jaws is essentially a Monster Movie, which has a lot of overlap with Horror.
§ ita § - Oct 28, 2009 12:32:29 pm PDT #4662 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Misery is horror to me, but I have only read the book.
DavidS - Oct 28, 2009 12:36:45 pm PDT #4663 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jaws is a horror movie. The key is the way he uses the shark pov shot from underneath the swimmers. That's totally a horror movie tactic.
Misery is also a horror movie. Psychological horror!
tommyrot - Oct 28, 2009 12:39:08 pm PDT #4664 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
...then there's aesthetic horror....
DavidS - Oct 28, 2009 12:39:33 pm PDT #4665 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
...then there's aesthetic horror....
Tim Gunn has looked into this heart of darkness.