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I love Horror' date=' last decent horror movie i saw was probably the Conjuring, i really enjoyed that. Also V/H/S was quite good. It's always good to find decent horror movies cause there are so many bad ones.[/quote'] I liked VHS, but The Conjuring was kind of lame. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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that chopping limbs 'scary'. That's not scary' date=' it's just disgusting.[/quote'] It's both to me. Maybe psychological horror is more subtle, but evisceration will stick in my brain. Apparently that makes me sophomoric and pathetic but I'm willing to admit it's still something that's frightening and unsettling. As an example, the sheer bloodiness of Hellsing actually worked to make a horrifyingly visceral atmosphere that I hated and dreaded because I figured everyone was just going to die as painful and drawn-out a death as possible. Of course it wasn't subtle, nothing about that stupid show was, but it did work for inculcating the right feeling.
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For horror lovers: try REC. It's a Spanish horror and it's pretty scary. There is an American version (obviously) but I heard it's not as good as the Spanish one.
Had that one in my collection for a good 4 years now, but still not watched it! Heard good things, though. I'm terribly out of the habit of watching films nowadays. I've been watching a fantastic Scandinavian crime series called 'The Bridge' recently, though. Anyone seen that?
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Had that one in my collection for a good 4 years now' date=' but still not watched it! Heard good things, though. I'm terribly out of the habit of watching films nowadays. I've been watching a fantastic Scandinavian crime series called 'The Bridge' recently, though. Anyone seen that?[/quote'] Yous should definitely watch it. I've seen it many years ago, now (like you) I prefer TV shows over movies so I'm a bit behind with movies. I've seen the American version of the Bridge and liked it a lot. You should try The Killing, a Danish crime series. The first two seasons follow the same case. The third season is a bout another case. I've seen the first 2 for now but I'm planning on seeing the third season also.
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I've heard of The Killing. Really wanna get round to watching it; my list of programmes I wanna check out is so long! I've still only seen the 1st series of the Walking Dead! I didn't know there's an American version, but my mum watched an English (sort of) adaptation of The Bridge called 'The Tunnel'. She said it was good and it worked well as a stand-alone series, but ultimately lives in the shadow of the Scandinavian one. I'd highly recommend you watch it. It really is excellent, if you can cope with the subtitles! :D

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Actually the cheesy, funny ones are the only ones I get into. Some old horror is good in its way. But as a general rule I don't like horror films, and I don't seek them out. I'm a Dead Alive, Shaun Of The Dead, Evil Dead 2 kind of horror fan. Halfway through watching Willow with my wife right now. :D "He's not a wooomaaannn!"

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No, it's not the violence. I'm ambivalent towards that; some violent action films are a lot of fun, I like some crime dramas, martial arts films... Ricky-Oh didn't bother me. It's scenes of captivity, rape, and torture that I can't take. I walked in on one of my friends watching Hostel one time, and I was in the room for less than a minute, but I can still hear that girl whimpering in my head. It's not for me.

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I like some thrillers; I really enjoy Hitchcock, for instance. I can take the odd Stephen King movie, though I prefer his classic books (he's also written a lot of garbage). In general I like books better than movies or TV... either way I have always been a sci-fi/fantasy nerd. I feel unsettled enough in my daily life - I don't need any help with that. :)

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I like some thrillers; I really enjoy Hitchcock' date=' for instance. I can take the odd Stephen King movie, though I prefer his classic books (he's also written a lot of garbage). In general I like books better than movies or TV... either way I have always been a sci-fi/fantasy nerd. I feel unsettled enough in my daily life - I don't need any help with that. :)[/quote'] Nah, we all know you like all the soppy love films xD
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