Question:
What is your favorite horror movie?
Who is your favorite horror movie villian?
If you could make your own horror movie, who would star in it, & what would it be about?
Have fun!

Choices:
Nightmare On Elm Street series
Friday The 13th series
Childs Play series
Halloween series
Saw 1 & 2

 

anyone seen Silent Hill yet?

thanks DrStrangelove, didnt even see my own slip-up. "de-de-de!" anyway, i think when it comes to the "Sheer Evil" factor, Freddy gets the gold, hands down. Michael & Jason are great villians cause they kill a lot, but they are not really masterminds or anything. Freddy on the other hand is so scary because he is just soooooo evil. he really likes what he does, i mean, check his backstory. he was a child molester that got burned at the stake. he was evil before death.

But if you read the book, Michael Myers is much more fascinating....it goes through his (very demented) childhood way more in depth than just him killing his sis.

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Originally posted by letzBloud:
the Halloween series is an awesome one because it invented a lot of horror stereotypes, & Michael Myers is such a creepy killer

Fixed that for you.

And would someone please explain this fascination with Michael Myers? To me he's the worst of the villians. He's like a watered down Jason. The best of the old staples is Freddy Kreuger by FAR.

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seen The Craft

It isn't scary at all.

the verdict is in. Saw is horror, plain & simple. the Halloween series is an awesome one because it uses a lot of horror stereotypes, & Michael Myers is such a creepy killer. anyone seen The Craft? anyone seen Wolf Creek yet?

Fave: Halloween
Fave killer dude: Michael Myers

...and I most definitely classify the two Saw movies as horror because they are the only ones to really scare the shit out of me in a long time.

Okay, it was set up like a thriller, but has horror.

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Originally posted by letzBloud:
lets get a show of hands: who thinks that Saw is horror? who doesnt?

Saw is a friggin' horror movie, there is NO doubt about that.

I hate this over-genre-ization that we have today. "Oh it's thrilling and suspenseful so it has to be a suspense-thriller!" Never mind the fact that it's a classic horror-type movie.

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And Se7en is too psychologically thrilling to be just a horror movie.

What? Why can't it just be a good, thrilling horror movie?

lets get a show of hands: who thinks that Saw is horror? who doesnt?

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Scary movies are not good for me. They make me afraid and I don't like being afraid.

Well isn't that intelligent...

I don't like horror movies. They freak me out. I only like cute movies or else action movies. Scary movies are not good for me. They make me afraid and I don't like being afraid.

Saw:
- Bad acting
- Some witty types of ways to die
- Cool killer
- Shocking ending
- Little gore

I'm only saying why Saw is classified as horror. It's because of the amount of gore. And really, is it that suspenseful? *Shrugs.*

And Se7en is too psychologically thrilling to be just a horror movie. It's a drama because it's a thriller.

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But I don't understand how you can't see how Saw is horror.

Clarification: She thinks Saw is horror. I don't.

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Originally posted by Euterpe:
And Se7en is a drama, btw. It's not considered horror OR a thriller.

Seven definitely has heavy horror elements to it though. It's not just simply a drama. Drama Horror maybe.

But I don't understand how you can't see how Saw is horror.

It's horror because it's gory/violent. If it was to be a "thriller" it would have to have had less gore. The best thriller (and by best, I mean one that exemplifies thriller the most) is "Trapped" with Courtney Love. It is the definition of a thriller.

And Se7en is a drama, btw. It's not considered horror OR a thriller.

Okay, how is it horror?

Saw is definately horror. in my opinion its on the same level as Se7en. the Omen movies are great too. has anyone seen Dean Koontz's Phantoms?