Alain et Michelle <alainetmichelle.RemoveThis@sympatico.ca> wrote in
news:290920031801158525%alainetmichelle@sympatico.ca:
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> It is not about not liking them.. I do love horror movies it is just
> that it seems as you grow older that you loose that little something
> that get you scare....
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The golden era of horror films for me was in the late 70s, early 80s at
the local drive-in. It was a great time - new releases like "Dawn of
the Dead", "Halloween", and "Friday the 13th", double and triple-billed
with classics like "Last House of the Left" and "Texas Chainsaw
Massacre". I did lots of freaking out back then... sure, it was
enhanced by beer and marijuana, but mostly it was just not knowing how
far these movies would go... and can remember reclining on the hood and
windshield of my old car watching "Last House" and thinking "dear god,
make it stop...". Ditto for "Texas Chainsaw". It was almost like there
were no rules back then. There was no predictability. You were at the
mercy of the director. The Italians were especially insane -- there was
nothing they wouldn't show onscreen. I remember I guy vomiting out the
door of his car during "Make Them Die SLowly".
Today's horror films are so polished... why can't they understand the
thing that make Texas Chainsaw so horrifying was it's unpredictability,
it's low budget no-name cast, it's documentary-like feel? That movie
was a much a moment in time as it was a piece of celluloid. It's still
good today, but man, back then... The only contemporary horror films
that've made my heart beat a little harder in my chest have been "Blair
Witch" and "The Ring/Ringu". Being that I'm pushing forty and have been
desensitized to violence and gore for the most part, it's nice to get
the occasional shiver from a movie. It takes one's mine off the real
horror out there, in the real world. ;-)
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