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fandomsecrets2012-07-22 03:13 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2012-07-22 03:13 pm
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⌈ Secret Post #2028 ⌋
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Re: OP
So. hm. What would be frightening about Jurassic Park? (It's frightening in the dark/all the dinosaurs are running wild/someone let T.Rex out of his pen... sorry, had to get Weird Al in there.) Large carnivorous animals that can't be reasoned with, fear of being eaten alive, loss of control and the fear of being afraid, no real ability to fight back, being trapped, close encounters with death?
Maybe, Cujo, The Thing (1982), The Mist, Tremors...
Like I said, kind of difficult to rec.
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(Anonymous) 2012-07-22 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)Hey, you and I know very little about each other, so it would be near impossible for me to guess what you would like or vice versa. Very good point. I'm just curious now about what other people - you, in this instance - think is a GOOD horror movie, because even if they're not scary second (third, fifth, eighteenth) time around, I still like a lot of them (like I said upthread - Event Horizon, Alien, Aliens... wait, there's a theme there).
I'm not sure what, specifically, is terrifying about Jurassic Park. It's specific to the first movie, too; the other two were not as frightening. Tiny eyes, big teeth, super creepy, oh, it's going to eat you, and it's faster than you are, while you are in a car. I just... yeah. The whole ground-shaking thing as the T-Rex came closer was - it makes me want to hide behind something. Or under something. (Which did Gennaro no good! I might add.) Possibly also the concept of Hi, these animals are hunting you, in packs. So creepy. I am not used to being hunted. This is why I live in the Midwest. There is nothing here inclined to hunt people (other than other people, potentially, which is beside the point).
Ummmm, The Thing - oh, the one with the parasite. There was the 2011 prequel to the '82 film. Right. Definitely creepy, definitely horrifying, loved it, but the suspense doesn't hold up under repeat viewings (this is not to say it's a bad movie, or a worse movie, just that it is objectively less frightening, if that makes sense?).
Cujo I have not seen (will look for it, though, so thank you!). The rec is much appreciated. :)
The Mist - this might make me a horrible person, but I kind of laughed at the end, and the things IN the mist were more frightening when they couldn't be seen clearly.
Also Tremors. Oh, Tremors. The very embodiment of the 90s. Not frightening, but oh so very fun.
Re: Is OP
(Anonymous) 2012-07-23 12:10 am (UTC)(link)Jurassic Park reminds me of a line in, ironically enough, a Dresden Files short story. Murphy pointing out that seeing Dresden in his full power makes you fully aware of how completely fucked you are against it. Jurassic Park kind of does that, I think. We're supposed to be the top of the food chain and the dinosaurs show up and it's a whole new ballgame. One power failure away from being jello on a spoon.
Jurassic Park is REALLY good at evoking those emotions. Particularly, I think, because they tap into that childhood love of dinosaurs. I've seen that movie dozens of times, but the scene where Alan & Ellie first arrive? They're staring up at the dinosaur and I feel just as awestruck now as when I was a kid and watched it. Same goes for the triceratops scene. Alan's glee is just so infectious.
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(Anonymous) 2012-07-23 12:45 am (UTC)(link)Re: Is OP
It's hard to think of scary movies, because mostly it's certain things in movies that scare me. Like, the baby in Eraserhead, the last scene of Sleepaway Camp, (lol, I screamed and covered my ears until my SO turned it off- the noise she makes...), apocalyptic scenarios, things aren't quite human (like that queen alien in Aliens 4(?)). One of the most frightening things I've seen was an episode of ST VOY, so (because it was scary, not because it sucked!).
I like Jacob's Ladder, The Devil's Backbone, In the Mouth of Madness... um, that's all I can think of for now. I might be back with some more! :D
Re: Is OP
(Anonymous) 2012-07-23 12:36 am (UTC)(link)...now I want to know which episode of Voyager. I loved Voyager.
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(Anonymous) 2012-07-23 01:20 am (UTC)(link)