Scary Movies
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No not those similarly titles crap films, but rather scary movies in general... They don't exist. They are a figment of girlie imaginations, the sales pitch of tissue companies run by female board members, and the by product of allowing women to write film scripts. I don't want to appear sexist, :-O, but that is how I have grown to see it. Now I've seen plenty of movies that were supposed to be horrifically frightening, that supposedly caused suicides through fear alone, and I am a person who really deeply concentrates on the television and gets drawn in to the exclusion of all exterior senses... yet I have not felt genuinely scared once. Not once. If you can name me one film - just one out of the millions out there - that will actually cause me to become scared then I will send you a goat's heart on a silver platter. Please, I want to experience this phenomenon
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
"Life, as well as software, has bugs." - Roger Wright
Well, there's "scary" (i.e. you piss your pants with fear) and "unnerving" (difficult to watch). I recently saw a film that was banned for years called "Straw Dogs" which contains a rape scene that is VERY VERY VERY unsettling - unwatchable to be honest. If you can sit through that and not feel any emotion then you are a ROCK my man...
When I am king, you will be first against the wall.
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No not those similarly titles crap films, but rather scary movies in general... They don't exist. They are a figment of girlie imaginations, the sales pitch of tissue companies run by female board members, and the by product of allowing women to write film scripts. I don't want to appear sexist, :-O, but that is how I have grown to see it. Now I've seen plenty of movies that were supposed to be horrifically frightening, that supposedly caused suicides through fear alone, and I am a person who really deeply concentrates on the television and gets drawn in to the exclusion of all exterior senses... yet I have not felt genuinely scared once. Not once. If you can name me one film - just one out of the millions out there - that will actually cause me to become scared then I will send you a goat's heart on a silver platter. Please, I want to experience this phenomenon
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
"Life, as well as software, has bugs." - Roger Wright
The original "The Haunting". That was a scary film but may have had its reputation trashed by the pathetic modern version. What that original film had which so many other films have failed to capture, is a dependence on the viewer's imagination. I don't really recollect any actual manifestations of ghosts etc. rather, there were plenty of noises and strange phenomena. To this day my mother won't watch it alone, and I think I'd have to think about it before attempting this either! One modern film which I found quite chilling (but not scary) was "The Others" - it's a genuine old-fashioned ghost story. Unfortunately I figured what was going on half-way through (but that's better than when I ruined 6th Sense for myself by figuring that out 20 mins into the film). Damn coder's analytical mind! Anyway, I will admit I also found the Blair Witch a bit disturbing when I saw it for the first time and before all the hype about it. I went in not even knowing what we were going to see so I had no expectations! "The folly of man is that he dreams of what he can never achieve rather than dream of what he can."
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Well, there's "scary" (i.e. you piss your pants with fear) and "unnerving" (difficult to watch). I recently saw a film that was banned for years called "Straw Dogs" which contains a rape scene that is VERY VERY VERY unsettling - unwatchable to be honest. If you can sit through that and not feel any emotion then you are a ROCK my man...
When I am king, you will be first against the wall.
Robert Edward Caldecott wrote: Straw Dogs Is that the one set in Cornwall starring a young Dustin Hoffman and Sussan George?
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
"Life, as well as software, has bugs." - Roger Wright
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Robert Edward Caldecott wrote: Straw Dogs Is that the one set in Cornwall starring a young Dustin Hoffman and Sussan George?
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
"Life, as well as software, has bugs." - Roger Wright
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The very same! Banned for 18 years ... until now. Harrowing stuff.
When I am king, you will be first against the wall.
Right, it's on my xmas list. :)
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
"Life, as well as software, has bugs." - Roger Wright
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Right, it's on my xmas list. :)
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
"Life, as well as software, has bugs." - Roger Wright
David Wulff wrote: Right, it's on my xmas list. That is sick even for you David! :-D
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRay Cassick wrote:
Well I am not female, not gay and I am not Paul Watson -
No not those similarly titles crap films, but rather scary movies in general... They don't exist. They are a figment of girlie imaginations, the sales pitch of tissue companies run by female board members, and the by product of allowing women to write film scripts. I don't want to appear sexist, :-O, but that is how I have grown to see it. Now I've seen plenty of movies that were supposed to be horrifically frightening, that supposedly caused suicides through fear alone, and I am a person who really deeply concentrates on the television and gets drawn in to the exclusion of all exterior senses... yet I have not felt genuinely scared once. Not once. If you can name me one film - just one out of the millions out there - that will actually cause me to become scared then I will send you a goat's heart on a silver platter. Please, I want to experience this phenomenon
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
"Life, as well as software, has bugs." - Roger Wright
David Wulff wrote: If you can name me one film - just one out of the millions out there - that will actually cause me to become scared then I will send you a goat's heart on a silver platter. *Paul tapes UPS delivering a goat's heart on a silver platter to David's door* There, is that not scary? :rolleyes: Horror movies don't frighten me. I normally laugh, because they are so ridiculous. But stuff like the creepier X-Files episodes scare the shit out of me. All that tension, suspense and hidden terror gets to me big time. I check behind doors, and not for lost pennies either. When the X-Files first came out I watched one episode and then did not watch another one for a good two years. After I realised the series was brilliant I steeled myself into watching the creepier episodes. Maybe you are just scarier than any of the characters in these movies so you are not scared in turn? I am a yellow daffodil in comparison.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRay Cassick wrote:
Well I am not female, not gay and I am not Paul Watson -
David Wulff wrote: If you can name me one film - just one out of the millions out there - that will actually cause me to become scared then I will send you a goat's heart on a silver platter. *Paul tapes UPS delivering a goat's heart on a silver platter to David's door* There, is that not scary? :rolleyes: Horror movies don't frighten me. I normally laugh, because they are so ridiculous. But stuff like the creepier X-Files episodes scare the shit out of me. All that tension, suspense and hidden terror gets to me big time. I check behind doors, and not for lost pennies either. When the X-Files first came out I watched one episode and then did not watch another one for a good two years. After I realised the series was brilliant I steeled myself into watching the creepier episodes. Maybe you are just scarier than any of the characters in these movies so you are not scared in turn? I am a yellow daffodil in comparison.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRay Cassick wrote:
Well I am not female, not gay and I am not Paul WatsonPaul Watson wrote: Maybe you are just scarier than any of the characters in these movies so you are not scared in turn? Mwwaaaahahahaaaaahaaaaaaahaaaaa[^]...
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
"Life, as well as software, has bugs." - Roger Wright
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Paul Watson wrote: Maybe you are just scarier than any of the characters in these movies so you are not scared in turn? Mwwaaaahahahaaaaahaaaaaaahaaaaa[^]...
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
"Life, as well as software, has bugs." - Roger Wright
This whole thread was just a setup for you to display that photo, wasn't it! ;P Shog9 ------
Rather hammer futiley at the locked door than just sit and ignore it. Obviously finding a way to get through the locked door would be even better though. - Paul Watson, My Ignorance
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This whole thread was just a setup for you to display that photo, wasn't it! ;P Shog9 ------
Rather hammer futiley at the locked door than just sit and ignore it. Obviously finding a way to get through the locked door would be even better though. - Paul Watson, My Ignorance
Nah, I created it especially for that reply - check the filestamp on the image if you don't believe me. ;P
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
"Life, as well as software, has bugs." - Roger Wright
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Nah, I created it especially for that reply - check the filestamp on the image if you don't believe me. ;P
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
"Life, as well as software, has bugs." - Roger Wright
You could have altered your PC date and then saved it. That's what I do with late coursework. :-D
Simon Walton
Sonork: 10024P
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You could have altered your PC date and then saved it. That's what I do with late coursework. :-D
Simon Walton
Sonork: 10024P
:wtf: You do not...
You will now find yourself in a wonderous, magical place, filled with talking gnomes, mythical squirrels, and, almost as an afterthought, your bookmarks -Shog9 teaching Mel Feik how to bookmark I don't know whether it's just the light but I swear the database server gives me dirty looks everytime I wander past. -Chris Maunder
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:wtf: You do not...
You will now find yourself in a wonderous, magical place, filled with talking gnomes, mythical squirrels, and, almost as an afterthought, your bookmarks -Shog9 teaching Mel Feik how to bookmark I don't know whether it's just the light but I swear the database server gives me dirty looks everytime I wander past. -Chris Maunder
David Stone wrote: You do not... :) I was just kidding. Cheating to earn something would fill me with guilt.
Simon Walton
Sonork: 10024P
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David Stone wrote: You do not... :) I was just kidding. Cheating to earn something would fill me with guilt.
Simon Walton
Sonork: 10024P
Simon Walton wrote: I was just kidding. Cheating to earn something would fill me with guilt. Good...I was beginning to worry...:~
You will now find yourself in a wonderous, magical place, filled with talking gnomes, mythical squirrels, and, almost as an afterthought, your bookmarks -Shog9 teaching Mel Feik how to bookmark I don't know whether it's just the light but I swear the database server gives me dirty looks everytime I wander past. -Chris Maunder
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No not those similarly titles crap films, but rather scary movies in general... They don't exist. They are a figment of girlie imaginations, the sales pitch of tissue companies run by female board members, and the by product of allowing women to write film scripts. I don't want to appear sexist, :-O, but that is how I have grown to see it. Now I've seen plenty of movies that were supposed to be horrifically frightening, that supposedly caused suicides through fear alone, and I am a person who really deeply concentrates on the television and gets drawn in to the exclusion of all exterior senses... yet I have not felt genuinely scared once. Not once. If you can name me one film - just one out of the millions out there - that will actually cause me to become scared then I will send you a goat's heart on a silver platter. Please, I want to experience this phenomenon
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
"Life, as well as software, has bugs." - Roger Wright
I'm not into scary movies -- getting scared is not my idea of time/money well spent. However, I do remember two movies from Stephen King which I considered particularly good and creepy: - Pet Sematary - Misery Still, my favorite Stephen King flik is Christine, which isn't really scary, but definetely entertaining. :-) Regards, Alvaro
Well done is better than well said. -- Benjamin Franklin
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No not those similarly titles crap films, but rather scary movies in general... They don't exist. They are a figment of girlie imaginations, the sales pitch of tissue companies run by female board members, and the by product of allowing women to write film scripts. I don't want to appear sexist, :-O, but that is how I have grown to see it. Now I've seen plenty of movies that were supposed to be horrifically frightening, that supposedly caused suicides through fear alone, and I am a person who really deeply concentrates on the television and gets drawn in to the exclusion of all exterior senses... yet I have not felt genuinely scared once. Not once. If you can name me one film - just one out of the millions out there - that will actually cause me to become scared then I will send you a goat's heart on a silver platter. Please, I want to experience this phenomenon
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
"Life, as well as software, has bugs." - Roger Wright
The one who scaried me the most is between a movie and a documentary: it's called "Nuit et Brouillard"[^](Night and Fog). I've seen it years ago but can't still forget some of the pictures shown.
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944)
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No not those similarly titles crap films, but rather scary movies in general... They don't exist. They are a figment of girlie imaginations, the sales pitch of tissue companies run by female board members, and the by product of allowing women to write film scripts. I don't want to appear sexist, :-O, but that is how I have grown to see it. Now I've seen plenty of movies that were supposed to be horrifically frightening, that supposedly caused suicides through fear alone, and I am a person who really deeply concentrates on the television and gets drawn in to the exclusion of all exterior senses... yet I have not felt genuinely scared once. Not once. If you can name me one film - just one out of the millions out there - that will actually cause me to become scared then I will send you a goat's heart on a silver platter. Please, I want to experience this phenomenon
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
"Life, as well as software, has bugs." - Roger Wright
David Wulff wrote: If you can name me one film - just one out of the millions out there - that will actually cause me to become scared then I will send you a goat's heart on a silver platter. Pokemon. Any of them. Scary stuff to have to sit through, believe me. btw, I'm not so partial to goat's hearts, and it might go off a bit in the post, so a bar of chocolate will do, ta. Debbie
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No not those similarly titles crap films, but rather scary movies in general... They don't exist. They are a figment of girlie imaginations, the sales pitch of tissue companies run by female board members, and the by product of allowing women to write film scripts. I don't want to appear sexist, :-O, but that is how I have grown to see it. Now I've seen plenty of movies that were supposed to be horrifically frightening, that supposedly caused suicides through fear alone, and I am a person who really deeply concentrates on the television and gets drawn in to the exclusion of all exterior senses... yet I have not felt genuinely scared once. Not once. If you can name me one film - just one out of the millions out there - that will actually cause me to become scared then I will send you a goat's heart on a silver platter. Please, I want to experience this phenomenon
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
"Life, as well as software, has bugs." - Roger Wright
One movie that really seems to have made an impression on me is "Jacobs Ladder", a movie about a Vietnam veteran that suddenly gets all these weird hallucinations (or are they?...). I am not sure if you would find i scary though, because all of my friends just found it weird. Oh, and then there is the series called "Kingdom", it's produced by Lars Von Trier, and besides being quite funny it also have the quality of being actually scary!. "After all it's just text at the end of the day. - Colin Davies "For example, when a VB programmer comes to my house, they may say 'does your pool need cleaning, sir ?' " - Christian Graus
