I've seen some good horror movies in one way or another, but never any that actually scared me. Not since I grew up, anyway. The Creature from the Black Lagoon afeared me of bubblebaths when I was 7 or so, but that's the last one, I think.
Horror covers such a broad spectrum of creature/monster movies and mere suspense that sometimes it seems as if movies are just thrown in there. I thought Near Dark was an excellent vampire movie, but I would classify it as a western which happened to star vampires rather than horror, really. The Reflecting Skin was kinda creepy, but not actually scary, more of a commentary on the way kids misinterpret their surroundings. Bram Stoker's Dracula was a tragic romance.
Rear Window scared me more than any of them. Or at least had me on the edge of my seat more than any of them. Scream, ugh, I still don't get what the fuss was about. But I started reading in the middle of it so I may have missed an important plot twist somewhere.
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Date: 2005-07-17 12:00 pm (UTC)Horror covers such a broad spectrum of creature/monster movies and mere suspense that sometimes it seems as if movies are just thrown in there. I thought Near Dark was an excellent vampire movie, but I would classify it as a western which happened to star vampires rather than horror, really. The Reflecting Skin was kinda creepy, but not actually scary, more of a commentary on the way kids misinterpret their surroundings. Bram Stoker's Dracula was a tragic romance.
Rear Window scared me more than any of them. Or at least had me on the edge of my seat more than any of them. Scream, ugh, I still don't get what the fuss was about. But I started reading in the middle of it so I may have missed an important plot twist somewhere.