I saw Akira the last night. And while not actually scary, the fleshy devouring of Tetsuo’s girlfriend is one of the most disturbing things I have ever seen.
[quote]bond james bond wrote:
Amityville horror scared the shit out of me when it came out.
Signs with Mel Gibson, or atleast this certain scene, creepy as fuck. A chill went down my spine when I first seen it, still does, like really uncomfortable creepy.
- YouTube [/quote]
Thank you!
I forgot about this scene. It’s what made the movie for me. I defend Signs because of how much I love that scene.
[quote]kaisermetal wrote:
Even though i thought i had the film pretty much guessed out, the ending got me thinking, maybe Josh was possessed from the very beginning and coming back to “The Further” was only the last step to complete the possession.
Overall i liked till 1 hour of movie, then it all went to hell with that Darth Maul out of job making his presence know.
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I had a similar theory. At face value the movie isn’t really THAT insidious. Insidious is crafty. Nothing about taking over the boy is crafty at all. However, what if the demon was merely a manifestation of the gran in an effort to lure the father back in to the astral realm and thus complete the possession?
Now sending out a projection and trapping the son just to lure in the father is very, very insidious.
[quote]Stern wrote:
I had a similar theory. At face value the movie isn’t really THAT insidious. Insidious is crafty. Nothing about taking over the boy is crafty at all. However, what if the demon was merely a manifestation of the gran in an effort to lure the father back in to the astral realm and thus complete the possession?
Now sending out a projection and trapping the son just to lure in the father is very, very insidious.
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Agreed. I think your theory is dead on. There were some subtle clues throughout the film that the dad was possessed or at least influenced by the old lady, and that the red demon was a manifestation of her.
-Dad was always plucking gray hairs
-Dad was putting on eye cream before bed (I think the old crone wanted a well-maintained vessel for when she jumped over)
-Dad inexplicably had to “stay at school” one night and spent much of the time zoned out at his desk. Meanwhile, a series of events occurred in the house leading the wife to call in the paranormal investigators (who ultimately helped her transfer into his body)
-The demon was laughably easy to evade - he just served as a diversion
-The demon had that creepy-ass room with spinning wheels and marionettes (like an old lady would have)
Could someone explain to me why they found Paranormal Activity scary at all? Not trolling here but I watched it and just shrugged my shoulders the whole time.
I did see Mothman Prophecies at 4 AM in a room with shit tons of windows and we were all trashed, that was pretty unsettling.
The Japanese Grudge (Ju-On) was awesome and the Korean version of “A Tale of Two Sisters” was good too imo
The Grudge - Japanese version. Still gives me chills after so many years.
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The Incredible Melting Man - I saw this when I was 7 or 8 and couldn’t sleep for days. I saw it again recently and laughed my ass off.
R- Point. Korean horror film about a search and rescue mission after a distress call from presumed dead soldiers.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]skaz05 wrote:
Gremlins was good.
Slugs scared the shit out of me.
Creepshow with the cockroaches and the monster that twisted that woman’s head off. Or was that Tales from the Darkside? That movie gave me night terrors.
Rawhead Rex. LOL. I saw it when I was 8.
Chopping Mall.
Still no love for Jacob’s Ladder? That movie shocked me like nothing else has ever since.[/quote]
Gremlins was great…for the year it came out. I don’t know how it holds up now…but I do remember how they marketed it to kids but left out the part about it scaring the shit out of us.
I know it must have looked silly to grown ups back then, but that shit was real to us.
Never fed the dog after midnight again.[/quote]
Joe Dante is still marketing scary movies to kids:
The Hole is a horror with training wheels, more set to thrill than chill, but pretty scary for its certification and target audience.
The ‘hole’ of the title exploits childhood fears. While it didn’t frighten me, I did see at least one moment where a younger version of myself would have been scared shitless ( the cop). As an adult I see it as more of a coming of age /adventure movie (not just for the kids in the movie, but also for the kids in the audience for whom it is a stepping stone to scarier stuff). Its draws on '80s movies like The Gate and Gremlins, but is unique in that it’s a psychological horror for kids that won’t leave them traumatized.
This is as enjoyable to adults as it is to kids, because we’ve all been there. There is no monster to speak of, just the imagination of the main characters. And a bottomless pit that brings their fears to life.
[quote]Devil Trigger wrote:
Could someone explain to me why they found Paranormal Activity scary at all? Not trolling here but I watched it and just shrugged my shoulders the whole time.
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Alright … I usually don’t get scared during ghost movies … and I saw PA2 and thought it was lame, it didn’t have the same effect on my that the first one did.
With that being said, it might have something to do with a lot of what I saw on screen reminded me of my own living bedroom/house. The girl also reminded me of my gf
I related a just enough to the characters (even though there was really little character development as far as personality goes) to kind of “put myself in their shoes” type of thing. And from there, my mind went wild while watching this. I actually felt like I was there … I understand that the premise was the camera was in the corner, but I felt like I was tied to a chair in the room while all this creepy shit was going on and there wasn’t anything I could do about it (FTR my mind was NOT chemical altered).
Some of the shit that creeped me out: When she would get out of bed and stand over Mycah for x amt of time just swaying back and forth really fucking creeped me out. When the poltergeist pulled her out of bed and down the hall really fucking creeped me out. And the scene where she was found downstairs, losing her mind, clutching the crucifix so tight that it lacerated her palm, that really creeped me out.
So, that’s why that movie creeped me out. Plus, I thought it was really fucking creepy when they put down the baby powder. That really creeped me out, too
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I had a similar theory. At face value the movie isn’t really THAT insidious. Insidious is crafty. Nothing about taking over the boy is crafty at all. However, what if the demon was merely a manifestation of the gran in an effort to lure the father back in to the astral realm and thus complete the possession?
Now sending out a projection and trapping the son just to lure in the father is very, very insidious.
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THIS!^ Initially I was thinking that darth-hoovies and grandma were two different deamons that had teamed up, so that granny could take over the fathers’ body. I though they were two different demons. But I would also buy the theory they were one in the same. Either way, very insidious. I think I like your theory better now that I think of it.
One last gripe about the movie; I thought some of the situations were a little unrealistic. When you find bedsheets covered in paw-prints that look like they were left by a giant raccoon, you don’t just throw them to your husband and say Well, deal with this. and then walk nonchalantly…I myself, would have shat enough bricks to build a garage.
Lol, how do I properly quote someone? Lol My quotes always turn up yellow, I want them to be dark blue like everyone else’s/
[quote]KEO wrote:
Lol, how do I properly quote someone? Lol My quotes always turn up yellow, I want them to be dark blue like everyone else’s/[/quote]
Like this…
Lol Dang it, polo. Teach me how to dougie.
[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
[quote]Stern wrote:
I had a similar theory. At face value the movie isn’t really THAT insidious. Insidious is crafty. Nothing about taking over the boy is crafty at all. However, what if the demon was merely a manifestation of the gran in an effort to lure the father back in to the astral realm and thus complete the possession?
Now sending out a projection and trapping the son just to lure in the father is very, very insidious.
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Agreed. I think your theory is dead on. There were some subtle clues throughout the film that the dad was possessed or at least influenced by the old lady, and that the red demon was a manifestation of her.
-Dad was always plucking gray hairs
-Dad was putting on eye cream before bed (I think the old crone wanted a well-maintained vessel for when she jumped over)
-Dad inexplicably had to “stay at school” one night and spent much of the time zoned out at his desk. Meanwhile, a series of events occurred in the house leading the wife to call in the paranormal investigators (who ultimately helped her transfer into his body)
-The demon was laughably easy to evade - he just served as a diversion
-The demon had that creepy-ass room with spinning wheels and marionettes (like an old lady would have)[/quote]
Exactly. The escape from the demon, as you say, was just too easy. Both in the astral and in the house they just seemed to be able to outrun it and let’s be honest - they weren’t running very fuckin fast imo. Also the grooming points you’ve mentioned; some folk think that eludes to the fact he is possessed from the very beginning, but I don’t think so.
Had he already been possessed he surely would’ve appeared as Granny in the astral at which point his son would’ve noticed. One thing that did throw me off the theory was when he came upon himself, as a boy, who pointed the way to his son. But I guess we can chalk that down to the notion that time doesn’t follow a logical path there. Both his young and old self can exist to some degree at the same time.
Insidious had so much potential and some genuinely great moments of building up tension. The string music was superb. However, as soon as they stepped in to the “dry-ice” astral it lost it’s appeal for me. It wasn’t so much the storyline - it was the effects, the cheapness of the astral realm which made the film go from interesting to “wtf” in the space of a heartbeat.
Had they done something akin to the effect of putting on the One Ring in Jackson’s LOTR…now that would’ve been a bit better. Whispy and ephemeral, drop the odd family/shotgun scene, focus more on the demon and make it a plausible escape.
Meh…not a terrible film by any means and certainly pushed the boat out a little storywise, which was risky.
[quote]KEO wrote:
One last gripe about the movie; I thought some of the situations were a little unrealistic. When you find bedsheets covered in paw-prints that look like they were left by a giant raccoon, you don’t just throw them to your husband and say Well, deal with this. and then walk nonchalantly…I myself, would have shat enough bricks to build a garage. [/quote]
bwahaha! Totally! Likewise my good lady gets annoyed every time we watch a paranormal movie and the wife is constantly trying to convince the husband of spooky shenanigans and despite the IN YOUR FACE evidence the dude’s are always like “meh…there’s no such thing as monsters!”
Seriously. If shit starts moving around of it’s own accord and opening your doors and your wife is freaking out for days on end - PAY ATTENTION!
I did love some things abotu this film though. The dancing boy was brilliant. The fact you see him in the corner as she leaves the new kitchen to take the trash out…fucking gave me serious goosebumps!
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Devil Trigger wrote:
Could someone explain to me why they found Paranormal Activity scary at all? Not trolling here but I watched it and just shrugged my shoulders the whole time.
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When the poltergeist pulled her out of bed and down the hall really fucking creeped me out. [/quote]
I lost my shit at that scene and that pretty much made the whole film for me. So simple a concept but the timing of it is just perfect. The thought of being dragged from your bed like a screaming doll by an unseen force is just fucking scary.
[quote]Stern wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Devil Trigger wrote:
Could someone explain to me why they found Paranormal Activity scary at all? Not trolling here but I watched it and just shrugged my shoulders the whole time.
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When the poltergeist pulled her out of bed and down the hall really fucking creeped me out. [/quote]
I lost my shit at that scene and that pretty much made the whole film for me. So simple a concept but the timing of it is just perfect. The thought of being dragged from your bed like a screaming doll by an unseen force is just fucking scary.
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Abso-fucking-lutely.
I think much of the horror of that film had to do with it stirring up fears we had as children. Somehow I always thought I could somehow deal with real villains (burglars etc), but when it came to unseen forces, ghosts and things in the spirit realm, I felt helpless and terrified. This film did a damn good job with that, and in a style that made it feel real (hand-held and surveillance type camera work).
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
[quote]Stern wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Devil Trigger wrote:
Could someone explain to me why they found Paranormal Activity scary at all? Not trolling here but I watched it and just shrugged my shoulders the whole time.
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When the poltergeist pulled her out of bed and down the hall really fucking creeped me out. [/quote]
I lost my shit at that scene and that pretty much made the whole film for me. So simple a concept but the timing of it is just perfect. The thought of being dragged from your bed like a screaming doll by an unseen force is just fucking scary.
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Abso-fucking-lutely.
I think much of the horror of that film had to do with it stirring up fears we had as children. Somehow I always thought I could somehow deal with real villains (burglars etc), but when it came to unseen forces, ghosts and things in the spirit realm, I felt helpless and terrified. This film did a damn good job with that, and in a style that made it feel real (hand-held and surveillance type camera work). [/quote]
heh, you know, just as you mention that it occurs to me that what would’ve also been great is if she tried to hide under the quilt at some point when hearing the noises! Don’t know about you but when I was a kid - what I couldn’t see, couldn’t see me!
lol
One scene does not make amovie, and while an awesome scene, movie is still pure shit besides the boobs
[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
One scene does not make amovie, and while an awesome scene, movie is still pure shit besides the boobs[/quote]
No, one scene does not MAKE a movie, but it sure does a good job at the set-up of a premise.
Remember the gut scene in Alien?
[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
One scene does not make amovie, and while an awesome scene, movie is still pure shit besides the boobs[/quote]
lol! Boobs? I missed that I think, unless you’re referring to her boobs in general?
I wouldn’t put this film anywhere near pure shit. I’ve seen pure shit films and Para Activity outclasses them easily. Pure shit is like the worst of the worst. The bottom of the barrel. It’s underneath the carpet where all Uwe Boll’s efforts should be swept. =P