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That's why I dig the headphone jack in the Xbox One controller (PS4 too), I can watch whatever I want without bothering my sleeping fiancé.
I wake up a lot earlier than my wife for work, so I never stay up later than her. She doesn't like horror movies, and I don't need my kids to get more nightmares than they already have, so I don't really get the opportunity to indulge in them anymore. Sometimes if I have nothing to do on a Saturday or Sunday and the mrs. wants to take a nap at the same time as the kids, I can sneak one in, but that's about the only time.

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Just now, BlutAusNerd said:

I wake up a lot earlier than my wife for work, so I never stay up later than her. She doesn't like horror movies, and I don't need my kids to get more nightmares than they already have, so I don't really get the opportunity to indulge in them anymore. Sometimes if I have nothing to do on a Saturday or Sunday and the mrs. wants to take a nap at the same time as the kids, I can sneak one in, but that's about the only time.

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Luckily enough my fiancé is cool with them and we don't have any kids yet.

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Luckily enough my fiancé is cool with them and we don't have any kids yet.
That changes things a great deal. Even living together before kids, I could check out a few movies that she wouldn't like every week. Kids are the best that life can provide TBH, but you do get a lot less time to yourself. They're worth the sacrifice, it's just and adjustment.

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Just now, BlutAusNerd said:

That changes things a great deal. Even living together before kids, I could check out a few movies that she wouldn't like every week. Kids are the best that life can provide TBH, but you do get a lot less time to yourself. They're worth the sacrifice, it's just and adjustment.

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Yeah I definitely look forward to it but I'm also nervous because I have a hard time functioning without sleep which is going to have to change obviously.

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Yeah I definitely look forward to it but I'm also nervous because I have a hard time functioning without sleep which is going to have to change obviously.
You would be surprised at how well you can function on just a couple of hours per night when you need to. That part is an easier adjustment than you would think because of the necessity of it, but it does wear on you after a while.

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9 minutes ago, BlutAusNerd said:

You would be surprised at how well you can function on just a couple of hours per night when you need to. That part is an easier adjustment than you would think because of the necessity of it, but it does wear on you after a while.

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Yeah I can see necessity helping that out.  How many kids do you have?

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Yeah I can see necessity helping that out.  How many kids do you have?
I have two girls. The youngest turns two years old today, and the oldest will be four in a couple of weeks. They're beautiful, smart, they like metal, dogs, and every kind of food, and they're weird and morbid like their dad, so I'm obviously crazy about them.

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1 minute ago, BlutAusNerd said:

I have two girls. The youngest turns two years old today, and the oldest will be four in a couple of weeks. They're beautiful, smart, they like metal, dogs, and every kind of food, and they're weird and morbid like their dad, so I'm obviously crazy about them.

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That's awesome dude. Tell the little one happy birthday for me.

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23 hours ago, BlutAusNerd said:

You would be surprised at how well you can function on just a couple of hours per night when you need to. That part is an easier adjustment than you would think because of the necessity of it, but it does wear on you after a while.

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Be careful with that, man... I felt like I could get away with it more when I was younger, but now the deficit is really catching up with me. It's harder and harder for me to sleep through the night and it's having more of a negative impact on me. Even a couple of nights without good sleep will ruin my mood and cognitive function throughout the week.

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Be careful with that, man... I felt like I could get away with it more when I was younger, but now the deficit is really catching up with me. It's harder and harder for me to sleep through the night and it's having more of a negative impact on me. Even a couple of nights without good sleep will ruin my mood and cognitive function throughout the week.
It's harder to tackle when there isn't a baby to drive you with necessity. I fell asleep at the wheel a few months ago and wrecked my car after the girls and dogs kept me up a few nights in a row, so I'm not about to devalue sleep. It was just a lot easier when it was something I had to do versus being sleep deprived for no good reason.

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4 hours ago, BlutAusNerd said:

It's harder to tackle when there isn't a baby to drive you with necessity. I fell asleep at the wheel a few months ago and wrecked my car after the girls and dogs kept me up a few nights in a row, so I'm not about to devalue sleep. It was just a lot easier when it was something I had to do versus being sleep deprived for no good reason.

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It's amazing how well the body can adapt to most things when there is a need.

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Some fine horror films listed here indeed. Hmm what would my list look like? Let's have a crack

 

1. The Exorcist

2. The Ring

3. The Silence Of The Lambs

4. The Blair Witch Project

5. The Thing

6. Let Me In

7. Halloween (the original, fuck Rob Zombie)afdfasdf6. Alien

8. Nightmare On Elm Street (again the original)

9. Dawn Of The Dead (the original)

10. The Shining

11. The Grudge

12. Paranormal Activity

13. Scream

14. Psycho

15. Evil Dead (the original)

 

Honourable mention to Nosferatu, Dracula (the thirties one), Ju-On, and Ringu.

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14 hours ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Some fine horror films listed here indeed. Hmm what would my list look like? Let's have a crack

 

1. The Exorcist

2. The Ring

3. The Silence Of The Lambs

4. The Blair Witch Project

5. The Thing

6. Let Me In

7. Halloween (the original, fuck Rob Zombie)afdfasdf6. Alien

8. Nightmare On Elm Street (again the original)

9. Dawn Of The Dead (the original)

10. The Shining

11. The Grudge

12. Paranormal Activity

13. Scream

14. Psycho

15. Evil Dead (the original)

 

Honourable mention to Nosferatu, Dracula (the thirties one), Ju-On, and Ringu.

Fuck yeah dude. The exorcist is one of my favorites too.

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14 hours ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Some fine horror films listed here indeed. Hmm what would my list look like? Let's have a crack

 

1. The Exorcist

2. The Ring

3. The Silence Of The Lambs

4. The Blair Witch Project

5. The Thing

6. Let Me In

7. Halloween (the original, fuck Rob Zombie)afdfasdf6. Alien

8. Nightmare On Elm Street (again the original)

9. Dawn Of The Dead (the original)

10. The Shining

11. The Grudge

12. Paranormal Activity

13. Scream

14. Psycho

15. Evil Dead (the original)

 

Honourable mention to Nosferatu, Dracula (the thirties one), Ju-On, and Ringu.

Good list.  Not sure if I would have put The Blair Witch Project so high though.  I thought the movie was interesting, but nowhere near as good as the Grudge or The Shining.

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56 minutes ago, Balor said:

Good list.  Not sure if I would have put The Blair Witch Project so high though.  I thought the movie was interesting, but nowhere near as good as the Grudge or The Shining.

I think that's where personal taste comes into the equasion. Blair Witch jwas one of the first horror films I saw at about 10yo and it scared me half to death. There's a bit of nostalgia there where some of those films I saw more recently.

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I love the old Hammer House of Horror movies and most in the gothic horror genre.

Interview With A Vampire (sod the Mandela effect for a moment) is another favorite and so is Woman In Black 1.

I have watched some Japanese horror...most just bored me to death, but two do stand out: Dororo...good story line and lots of sword fighting...I like sword fighting *lol* And Aragami...much like the above, but what makes it outstanding is that there is only three actors (plus two extras at the very begining and very end) and yet...it is a thumping good movie!

I doubt that many old Hammer House of Horror movies will give even young children nightmares these days and neither Dororo or Aragami. However Woman In Black scared the hell out of me...even going to the loo in the "break" frightend me...that long and dark corridor just seemed a lot longer and darker and what was that shadow behind that door...did it just move?????

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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22 hours ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

I think that's where personal taste comes into the equasion. Blair Witch jwas one of the first horror films I saw at about 10yo and it scared me half to death. There's a bit of nostalgia there where some of those films I saw more recently.

Very true.  Especially the nostalgia part.  I remember being terrified when I saw part of The Grudge when I was about the same age.

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  • 4 weeks later...
Just lent the 'Rec' box set. Really enjoyed the first. 'Darling' was another recent-ish one that I enjoyed. Also not horror but just bought the new 'Twin Peaks' series so am looking forward to getting into that, watched the first few but dying to see how it ends.
The new season of Twin Peaks is amazing, even more bizarre than the original. Lynch is a genius.

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On ‎2‎/‎20‎/‎2018 at 1:24 PM, BlutAusNerd said:

The new season of Twin Peaks is amazing, even more bizarre than the original. Lynch is a genius.

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He is indeed..just finished disc 4 also I can't believe all the extras included with the set. I watched the old ones again before I got into this so straight back there :) 

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