[Film] Horror/Slasher/Gore etc.

[Easy 10]

And it's one I'm consistent with. I'll still get absorbed by Alan Partridge though, but in my mind that's very different.

Sorry hate drama the worst being live theatre which frankly I'd make illegal.

OK, I ADORE Partridge. I read the book 'Nomad' on a long haul flight once, and was laughing so much it actually got a bit embarrassing, I was absolutely doubled up. A mildly irritated woman in the seat next to me said "Good book then ?". I was in tears.

Hating drama though, crikey. I just love having that suspension of disbelief, some removal from real life, and losing myself in a good book or series. Was it Danny Baker who said he feels sorry for people who don't like football ?

We're all different though innit.

 

[birthofanorange]

Where did I type never read ?

As a lover of fiction you appear to be writing your own.

I find you more fascinating by the way.

Have you ever enjoyed reading a work of fiction? I'm just wondering if you see any difference between (for example) in reading a work of Dickens and seeing it portrayed in the flesh/in film? Are they not both the same thing, as in 'lying'?
(I'm glad you do - always good to keep things fair and equal.)

 

[Cotton Socks]

That's the thing - NONE of it is real, it's fake blood and SFX....what's scary about that? I'm genuinely interested.

My Mum gave my son a 3ft clown that looked like it had been taken from the set of Poltergeist. That got washed and unfortunately fell apart in the washing machine & had to go in the bin. There was no way I was having that in my house as well as the fact that my neighbours tree was getting close to tapping on my sons window in the wind! Porcelain dolls give me the creeps as well!
Freddie Kruger just seems more unrealistic than dead cats coming to life & a tree coming through the window & grabbing your child!
With slasher films you know someone is going to get slashed, with creepy films you have no idea whats going to happen. Sixth Sense is another good film for the heebies.

 

[Cotton Socks]

Aside from just curiosity, I can think of a few prior experiences which prompted me to post this thread:
On one occasion, myself and my partner were on hols abroad, and she woke myself (and probably half the block) by screaming in the middle of the night, due to a book she was reading, by Tess Gerritsen, yet she is fine with horror films and such-like.
On a personal level, I wrote a rather gory poem, at school, which was voted by fellow pupils as the one to be read-out in some kind of assembly nonsense, at the end of term.
That actually resulted in the teachers/headmistress arranging a meeting with a child psychologist, of all things.
For myself and classmates, it was just a made-up tale.
This was mid-70's, so maybe too early for that kind of stuff, although it was very, very tame, if I recall correctly.

Do you still have the poem?

 

[birthofanorange]

Do you still have the poem?

I'd have to dredge it from my brain from 50 years ago....a hard task and no mistake.

 

[clapham_gull]

Have you ever enjoyed reading a work of fiction? I'm just wondering if you see any difference between (for example) in reading a work of Dickens and seeing it portrayed in the flesh/in film? Are they not both the same thing, as in 'lying'?
(I'm glad you do - always good to keep things fair and equal.)

All lying and disingenuous . There is nothing to separate someone (for instance) acting in a Shakespearian "comedy" (and i use the word lightly) and then finding themselves out of work and trying to be a silver sprayed statue in Covent Garden.

 

[Easy 10]

All lying and disingenuous . There is nothing to separate someone (for instance) acting in a Shakespearian "comedy" (and i use the word lightly) and then finding themselves out of work and trying to be a silver sprayed statue in Covent Garden.

Gary Oldman has treaded the boards doing loads of Shakespeare in his career. But unless I'm mistaken, to my knowledge he has never ended up on London Bridge standing behind a cap posing as a silver-sprayed 19th century butler.

 

[birthofanorange]

Gary Oldman has treaded the boards doing loads of Shakespeare in his career. But unless I'm mistaken, to my knowledge he has never ended up on London Bridge standing behind a cap posing as a silver-sprayed 19th century butler.

Give him time....

 

[clapham_gull]

Gary Oldman has treaded the boards doing loads of Shakespeare in his career. But unless I'm mistaken, to my knowledge he has never ended up on London Bridge standing behind a cap posing as a silver-sprayed 19th century butler.

It will happen eventually.

My current annoyance is there is an office near where I live that offers "drama based" solutions to workplace conflict.

Now please.

Has acting gone too far and do the Government need to intervene ?

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

I don't think I feel that much fear during a horror film but I like the ones that kinda stick with you.

Yeah, for me the ones that scare me have yo have a high degree of: shit! that could actually happen.

Two that have stuck with me since the late 70s. The hills have eyes, and Assult on precinct 13.

I dont bother with ghosts and goolies, too implausible to my mind.

This hororticata stuff might need a watch, what's the recommendation(s)

 

[Easy 10]

It will happen eventually.

My current annoyance is there is an office near where I live that offers "drama based" solutions to workplace conflict.

Now please.

Has acting gone too far and do the Government need to intervene ?

Oh christ. That sounds dangerously close to.....workshopping / roleplay. No doubt directed by some skinny latte-sucking PONCE with a ponytail, a hessian jacket, and spectacles with red frames.

Your description of 'annoyance' is remarkably restrained. I'd be investigating some method of ordering in a drone strike.

 

[birthofanorange]

Yeah, for me the ones that scare me have yo have a high degree of: shit! that could actually happen.

Two that have stuck with me since the late 70s. The hills have eyes, and Assult on precinct 13.

I dont bother with ghosts and goolies, too implausible to my mind.

This hororticata stuff might need a watch, what's the recommendation(s)

Absolutely! The ones which linger are indeed the ones which 'could' happen, and The Hills Have Eyes is a good example.
The thing is, 'could' is the operative word, so I don't ever find them scary, simply more memorable.

 

[Easy 10]

Give him time....

I was going to use Kevin Spacy as an example, but then thought better of it.

 

[Easy 10]

Absolutely! The ones which linger are indeed the ones which 'could' happen, and The Hills Have Eyes is a good example.
The thing is, 'could' is the operative word, so I don't ever find them scary, simply more memorable.

If we're listing things that could happen, back in the day 'Threads' made me soil myself.

But then I was twelve at the time, and it might have been my nans bread and butter pudding.

 

[birthofanorange]

If we're listing things that could happen, back in the day 'Threads' made me soil myself.

But then I was twelve at the time, and it might have been my nans bread and butter pudding.

Tbh, I was more freaked by Bobby Ewing's sudden reappearance in the shower. I couldn't leave the house for days.