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<blockquote data-quote="shutyertrap" data-source="post: 279956" data-attributes="member: 134"><p>Nah, never seen any of the Halloween movies for that matter. Slasher movies were never my thing, though I did appreciate the practical effects used. So while I think I've sat through one Friday the 13th movie and one Nightmare On Elm Street all the way through, as an effects fan I've managed to see a lot of the kills in those movies. Weird, right? I just always thought the stories, acting, production values were always crap. I despise torture porn horror movies and refuse to watch any of those. I appreciate more of the psychological horror, so Silence of the Lambs or Exorcist types. Put me under water or in outer space or in Antarctica where I'm trapped with the thing trying to kill everything, that works well too. Growing up I'd catch Saturn 3 all the time on the local station (edited version of course) and that damn movie freaked me out just because it was an unstoppable robot and they were stuck in a ship. Years later I think that's why I loved Terminator so much, because it was once again an unstoppable robot, but within a good movie!</p><p></p><p>Here's my short list of horror movies I like:</p><p></p><p>1. Aliens - I know it's really more of an action movie, but tell that to my 14 year old self who was white knuckling the theater arm rest the entire time</p><p>2. Poltergeist - the original, not that sorry excuse for a remake. The music, the visuals, creepy ass Zelda Rubenstein, still works to this day</p><p>3. The Descent - it's pure claustrophobia. If you know nothing of the movie, trust me and go watch it on Netflix right now. The less you know, the better, so stay ignorant and just watch.</p><p>4. Silence of the Lambs - I really don't need to sing the movie's praises, but equally brilliant is the TV show Hannibal.</p><p>5. The Thing - paranoia done perfectly, and the practical effects are simply wonderful and visceral in a way CG never can hope for.</p><p>6. Hellraiser - it just turns your stomach to watch. It also helps having read the short story it was based on, The Hellbound Heart.</p><p>7. A Quiet Place - best theater experience I've had all year, and it's also a really good, tense, well executed movie</p><p>8. Jurassic Park - again, maybe not exactly a horror movie, but between the T-Rex pen attack and the Velociraptors in the kitchen sequence, it does a better job than most horror movies ever strive for.</p><p>9. The Shining - Danny riding his Big Wheel through the hotel, turning corners, and you just know eventually something is going to be there, and then it's those freaky twins. Pure psychological horror at its finest.</p><p>10. It - just a note perfect movie that creeps you out while not resorting to cheap thrills, and also tonally exactly like 'Stranger Things'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutyertrap, post: 279956, member: 134"] Nah, never seen any of the Halloween movies for that matter. Slasher movies were never my thing, though I did appreciate the practical effects used. So while I think I've sat through one Friday the 13th movie and one Nightmare On Elm Street all the way through, as an effects fan I've managed to see a lot of the kills in those movies. Weird, right? I just always thought the stories, acting, production values were always crap. I despise torture porn horror movies and refuse to watch any of those. I appreciate more of the psychological horror, so Silence of the Lambs or Exorcist types. Put me under water or in outer space or in Antarctica where I'm trapped with the thing trying to kill everything, that works well too. Growing up I'd catch Saturn 3 all the time on the local station (edited version of course) and that damn movie freaked me out just because it was an unstoppable robot and they were stuck in a ship. Years later I think that's why I loved Terminator so much, because it was once again an unstoppable robot, but within a good movie! Here's my short list of horror movies I like: 1. Aliens - I know it's really more of an action movie, but tell that to my 14 year old self who was white knuckling the theater arm rest the entire time 2. Poltergeist - the original, not that sorry excuse for a remake. The music, the visuals, creepy ass Zelda Rubenstein, still works to this day 3. The Descent - it's pure claustrophobia. If you know nothing of the movie, trust me and go watch it on Netflix right now. The less you know, the better, so stay ignorant and just watch. 4. Silence of the Lambs - I really don't need to sing the movie's praises, but equally brilliant is the TV show Hannibal. 5. The Thing - paranoia done perfectly, and the practical effects are simply wonderful and visceral in a way CG never can hope for. 6. Hellraiser - it just turns your stomach to watch. It also helps having read the short story it was based on, The Hellbound Heart. 7. A Quiet Place - best theater experience I've had all year, and it's also a really good, tense, well executed movie 8. Jurassic Park - again, maybe not exactly a horror movie, but between the T-Rex pen attack and the Velociraptors in the kitchen sequence, it does a better job than most horror movies ever strive for. 9. The Shining - Danny riding his Big Wheel through the hotel, turning corners, and you just know eventually something is going to be there, and then it's those freaky twins. Pure psychological horror at its finest. 10. It - just a note perfect movie that creeps you out while not resorting to cheap thrills, and also tonally exactly like 'Stranger Things'. [/QUOTE]
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