Scary movies arnt all scary...

[fmn335]

So I was watching a mikle myers movie (Halloween -no not the rob zombie one-) and watching it I wasnt all that scared.
I meen yea scary movies can be scary when you turn your lights off and most scary movies out there even recent in this decade arnt all that scary just more or less gruesome, a true scary movie scares you even when you have the LIGHTS on and hollywood seems to just out whatever two things they can mash together on screen.

For instance the upcomeing silent hill movie looks cool and all but not too scary looks more like a action movie with okay CGI, not gonna be that scary. The only movie I can think of is paranormal activity and it was just kinda slow for me but then again I was at a diff house but still popups yya they startle you but dont leave you shakeing for a couple hours.

Another instance of Hollywood mashing two things together is abraham lincoln vampire hunter, when I first saw the title of the movie I laugh thinking "Really?"

Whats everyone elses input about scary movies not being all that scary? Anyone agree or disagree?
BTW I may be wrong about all this but still it just seems most scary movies are just gruesome then scary nowadays,
I am not saying im 100% right though there are some decent scary movies out there I just probably cant think of them right now.

P.S Just for kick JASON is the best of all the horror movies monsters out there from the old days of films.

[Jeffyx]

My mom thinks old movies such as Halloween, or The Exorcist are so scary. I think back in the day when they were made, people found them scary because they weren't exposed to all the shit people are too today.

[fmn335]

At 10/24/12 03:14 AM, Jeffyx wrote: My mom thinks old movies such as Halloween, or The Exorcist are so scary. I think back in the day when they were made, people found them scary because they weren't exposed to all the shit people are too today.

That doesnt sound so far fetched. Wow world is really messed up, eh cant take the good without the bad.

[Dawnslayer]

I don't think the primary objective of Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is to be scary.

But other than that, here's a fun timewaster: watch all the Final Destination movies back to back and laugh your ass off.

[Ryanson]

My stepdad told me that the Exorcist was the scariest movie he'd ever seen.

I thought it was creepy, but I don't know. I can't really agree.

[Decky]

I've watched a few horror movies and none of them have truly ever scared me to the point of ya know "kinda don't wanna sleep". The exception to this is The Shining, which properly shit me up. Don't know why because I knew what was coming but I think it's something to do with the camera angles. Kubrick was a genius.

[BumFodder]

Thats why I prefer horrors where its about the characters being scared, rather than the audience.

[zyzy]

Its not the movie thats supposed to scare you its the bang at your door or downstairs with a shuffling sound in the other room when nobody else is home and a quick shadow rolling over you when your eyes are closed after you watched the movie that makes you think back on the craziest parts of the movie. The movies are supposed to work like that not when you have company over and are safely locked behind a door with the lights on.

Walk through the woods at night after watching those movies and you will see what I mean

[Trambamboline]

The Haunting (The original, not the shockingly bad remake) has a pretty decent creep factor. At least it did the last time I saw it. It probably still hold up.

[kanef]

scary movies are unfunny

[Mismo]

I find it that most scary movies try way to hard to scary. Sure it can be rather eerie but never quite so scary that you'll lie awake several night on the verge of tears.

[simon]

At 10/24/12 06:31 AM, Ryanson wrote: My stepdad told me that the Exorcist was the scariest movie he'd ever seen.

I thought it was creepy, but I don't know. I can't really agree.

It is the scariest film ever made. The special effects to this day are still amazing for its time.