First I. So what scares you the most? If you part horror movies in some genres >
1. Paranormal Activity, like haunting houses in Amityville or things like Poltergeist, moving objects, bleeding walls and stuff.
2. kinda "Realistic" human serial killers, like Halloween or Saw
3. Ghost stories, like The Grudge or The Ring
4. Scary visions, like Jack's in The Shining, creepy stuff
5. Monster flicks, like Jeepers Creepers,
6. Redneck flicks, like Wrong Turn, Deliverance, Texas Chainsaw Massacre
7. Animal flicks, like Jaws and afficinados (or Boa Vs Python aargh)
Second II. And then, what kind of horror location makes you more cringe. Local places like the own house, the school, workplace, train station and other typical places you see everyday - or places people normally aren't that often, like caves, woods, etc. ?
To me, the more realistic the happenings in the movie feel, the scarier the flick is. If the movie deals with a spaceship or stuff, it often distracts from the "this could happen" feel you have e.g. during Jaws. Swimming in the water night, well a shark could bite you, that's nothing too far. But I'm not that often in super scary looking houses, or redneck areas, so I can't find myself that often in flicks like Wrong Turn. It feels too.. fictional.
1. Paranormal Activity, like haunting houses in Amityville or things like Poltergeist, moving objects, bleeding walls and stuff.
2. kinda "Realistic" human serial killers, like Halloween or Saw
3. Ghost stories, like The Grudge or The Ring
4. Scary visions, like Jack's in The Shining, creepy stuff
5. Monster flicks, like Jeepers Creepers,
6. Redneck flicks, like Wrong Turn, Deliverance, Texas Chainsaw Massacre
7. Animal flicks, like Jaws and afficinados (or Boa Vs Python aargh)
Second II. And then, what kind of horror location makes you more cringe. Local places like the own house, the school, workplace, train station and other typical places you see everyday - or places people normally aren't that often, like caves, woods, etc. ?
To me, the more realistic the happenings in the movie feel, the scarier the flick is. If the movie deals with a spaceship or stuff, it often distracts from the "this could happen" feel you have e.g. during Jaws. Swimming in the water night, well a shark could bite you, that's nothing too far. But I'm not that often in super scary looking houses, or redneck areas, so I can't find myself that often in flicks like Wrong Turn. It feels too.. fictional.
