Great to see you, Jack! Fascinating chat, and, well, I'm ashamed to say I've never seen two of your top three horror movies! I've seen Scream, so that's eliminated that one. I'm obviously going to have to catch up!
And while I'm here, I've an idea for another little 'live' discussion 💗
What's the eeriest, creepiest, most atmospheric place you've ever been to, and did anything... 'strange' happen to you, there?
Good to hear from you again Fiona - and a great suggestion. I have a feeling you’d like Hereditary in general - but that’s because I sort of want everyone to like it. But you’d have to be in the right frame of mind for it, I suppose, as it’s very grief-oriented and if it’s a time that would summon up something negative, I wouldn’t recommend that for anyone. On the other hand, seeing performers just let rip and let all the emotion hang out, might just be cathartic. Anyway, with all three, they’re just ones I enjoyed a lot, enjoy thinking about and will happily watch again. If you check out The Void and Hereditary, i Hope you find much to enjoy.
It's grief horror, to me that was all it was. It has it's sense of fear but it was mostly all about her grief and then a peculiar end that made no sense to me. LOL (but we have been on this merry go round). I love Toni Collette which is why I watched it. Give me Sixth Sense in comparison any day of the week! LOL
But maybe it's a boy thing as Kev Harrison agreed with you. Maybe cuz I am a woman and expression my feelings, men find it a release to watch someone express their emotions so graphically. Dunno.
I'm not having a go, you don't have to get all aggressive, if I hadn't made that comment in my own newsletter about not liking it you never would have gone off on this! LOL It just wasn't for me. I have never heard of The Void. And Scream was too much of a spoof - I was too old by the time it came out and only watched it about 10 years ago as an intro to horror movies for my eldest - who wanted to start with Saw and I was like, hooo, no, let's start small, shall we? Started with Halloween. Poltergiest scared the crap out of him! LOL
Top 3 favourite horror for me?
Aliens
Nightmare on Elmstreet No.3 - Dream warriors
The Entity
I also love the first three of the Saw franchise
Seven
The Ring scared the crap out of me
Paranormal Activity.
More recently:
Get Out
Nope
I love me some supernatural or paranormal twists. I felt Hereditary hinted at such things, but they didn't deliver, just turned into some dodgy cult thing at the end. So disappointing.
I was not a fan of IT by Stephen King either - book or movie. *shock horror* I liked the Dark Tower movie too! So I don't fit into the 'norm'.
But I am also not always watching horror. I did so much of it in my teenage. Evil Dead - laughed all the way through Chainsaw Massacre cuz it was so stupid. Zombie Flesh eaters etc. I like stuff with more depth and twists these days, and unexpected and other types of horror: like The Menu, Blink Twice etc.
(Just in case anyone reading these comments thinks we’re being serious, I have to point out - I’m not being aggressive - I’m taking the piss, deploying the same fake indignation I’ve deployed with Miranda in other exchanges when the movie Hereditary comes up)
Great to see you, Jack! Fascinating chat, and, well, I'm ashamed to say I've never seen two of your top three horror movies! I've seen Scream, so that's eliminated that one. I'm obviously going to have to catch up!
And while I'm here, I've an idea for another little 'live' discussion 💗
What's the eeriest, creepiest, most atmospheric place you've ever been to, and did anything... 'strange' happen to you, there?
I'd love to find out more! xXx
Good to hear from you again Fiona - and a great suggestion. I have a feeling you’d like Hereditary in general - but that’s because I sort of want everyone to like it. But you’d have to be in the right frame of mind for it, I suppose, as it’s very grief-oriented and if it’s a time that would summon up something negative, I wouldn’t recommend that for anyone. On the other hand, seeing performers just let rip and let all the emotion hang out, might just be cathartic. Anyway, with all three, they’re just ones I enjoyed a lot, enjoy thinking about and will happily watch again. If you check out The Void and Hereditary, i Hope you find much to enjoy.
Ooo it's about me! LOL - sort of! 😆
It's grief horror, to me that was all it was. It has it's sense of fear but it was mostly all about her grief and then a peculiar end that made no sense to me. LOL (but we have been on this merry go round). I love Toni Collette which is why I watched it. Give me Sixth Sense in comparison any day of the week! LOL
But maybe it's a boy thing as Kev Harrison agreed with you. Maybe cuz I am a woman and expression my feelings, men find it a release to watch someone express their emotions so graphically. Dunno.
Gimme your top 3 - I'm sure they're not really shite.
I have a much easier explanation....
you have shite taste in horror movies 😝
I'm not having a go, you don't have to get all aggressive, if I hadn't made that comment in my own newsletter about not liking it you never would have gone off on this! LOL It just wasn't for me. I have never heard of The Void. And Scream was too much of a spoof - I was too old by the time it came out and only watched it about 10 years ago as an intro to horror movies for my eldest - who wanted to start with Saw and I was like, hooo, no, let's start small, shall we? Started with Halloween. Poltergiest scared the crap out of him! LOL
Top 3 favourite horror for me?
Aliens
Nightmare on Elmstreet No.3 - Dream warriors
The Entity
I also love the first three of the Saw franchise
Seven
The Ring scared the crap out of me
Paranormal Activity.
More recently:
Get Out
Nope
I love me some supernatural or paranormal twists. I felt Hereditary hinted at such things, but they didn't deliver, just turned into some dodgy cult thing at the end. So disappointing.
I was not a fan of IT by Stephen King either - book or movie. *shock horror* I liked the Dark Tower movie too! So I don't fit into the 'norm'.
But I am also not always watching horror. I did so much of it in my teenage. Evil Dead - laughed all the way through Chainsaw Massacre cuz it was so stupid. Zombie Flesh eaters etc. I like stuff with more depth and twists these days, and unexpected and other types of horror: like The Menu, Blink Twice etc.
(Just in case anyone reading these comments thinks we’re being serious, I have to point out - I’m not being aggressive - I’m taking the piss, deploying the same fake indignation I’ve deployed with Miranda in other exchanges when the movie Hereditary comes up)
And I don't take it seriously at all! 😂😂😂