Things That Do and Don't Freak You Out In Horror Movies

[koolmike]

Things That Do:

When children are murdered
When a person is cut in half (vertically or horizontally)
When zombies outnumber a small group and attack
Demonic possesion
When a slasher/killer/psycho keeps some momento from their victims.
(i.e. clothing, part of a body, picture)
Some forms of torture

Things That Don't:

Ghost stories
Killer dolls or any toys for that matter (like Chucky :die:)
Gun shot kills to the chest
Psycho families that attack unsuspecting teens(and manage to go vitually unnoticed by the aurhorities for years)
Underwater animal threats (with the exception of JAWS of course)

....more to come

[Sutter Kane]

Things that Do:

- Zombies that move fast.
- Beings from another dimension that want to transform humanity into tentacled monsters.
- Christopher Walken.

Things that Don't

- Murdered teenage girls who haunt people.
- PG-13 slasher movies.
- Vampires that wear leather outfits.

[cmurdur]

Nothing freaks me out, because I know it's fiction.

[koolmike]

Nothing freaks me out, because I know it's fiction.

:dsp:

[blackpearl]

Sudden noises or things jumping out and gore in general don't creep me out. But cannibalism or mutilation of a live person does definitely creep me out. I guess it's just that thought of being alive and in immense pain that really does it to me.

[BooBerry]

When puppies die I'm freaked out.

I agree about toys and dolls not being creepy at all. I'll also add mean kids (Daddy's Girl, The Good Son, ect).

[koolmike]

Puppies? :(

[UzumakiW]

Do:

Certain evil/possessed kids.
Creepy looking ghosts

Don't:

Just about everything else.

[KING]

Things that Do: Ghosts and strange staring faceless monsters..

Things that Don't: Vampires and anything vampire related.

[Metapher]

I seem to freak out mostly when what I'm watching is real. Like Mondo. First time I watched Blood Of The Beasts was freaky.
Also, water. Not just water, but stormy water, or sometimes just if the water is the "second enemy". Deep Blue Sea even freaked me because it was stormy. Titanic too. Jaws is the leader here, both for scary fucking shark and the water. It's weird, I'm not scared of water, it's mostly the thought of how hopeless you'd feel trapped on a sinking boat or being in water in the middle of nowhere.

Don't:
The list is too long.

[countess_bathory]

things that do..scary japanese ghosts, demonic children,houses/walls that bleed, zombies that think

things that don't..dolls,lunatics in a run down asylum,bimbos that flaunt their fake tits and get killed!!

[txjeff07]

The only thing that gets me is when small children are harmed, I hate seeing that. Most recent one I saw was a scene in The Poughkeepsie Tapes that was very disturbing

[woodenheart]

These freak me out...


Ghosts of people murdered i.e Sixth Sense
Agree with Boo...puppies getting hurt or killed....the beginning of ''Seed'' was fucked up...I turned my head.
Demonic possesion...sometimes, if done right.


Things that don't...

Everything else out there.

[koolmike]

-*

Ghosts of people murdered i.e Sixth Sense


The video tape scene after the little girl's funeral was intense.

[The Spine Splitter]

Does:
Fingernails being broke/bent backwards. :shakes:
People being buried alive. Especially if the camera is in the coffin or whatever with them while it's happening.

Don't:
Most gore scenes.
I showed a friend Reservoir Dogs outtakes showing different angles of the ear scene and she was freaking out and Im like "WTF?! It's not even real."

[OtepFan616]

things that do:
water....and and machenical uninhibited voices....example The movie phantoms(Dumb ass movie) But the voice on the computer sent chills down my back. Another example....in the book the ruins when the plant starts speaking german....yep yep got me there. To bad it didnt make it to the movie.


Things that dont:
Everything else

[koolmike]

Does:
Fingernails being broke/bent backwards.

Freaks me out too.

[rai]

things that do:
-Animals being harmed or killed
-People begging to be killed because they are in so much pain.
-Killer Clowns (Ghost, human or alien, Clowns are creepy)

things that dont:
-Annoying teens being slashed one by one in gruesome ways.
-same as above but being slashed while having sex.
-Gay looking Ann Rice type of vampires. I cant help to think that if one of those fuckers ever came after me, i could totally kick his ass.

[satanocat]

things that do:
fingernails (i hate that, makes my teeth hurt)
kids getting hurt or killed, visually or implied (that scene in high tension with the boy in the field gets to me every time)
when something jumps out and there is no music playing.. i should know by now that i am gonna jump and i always brace myself but it gets me every time.
the hopelessness of being trapped somewhere (the ocean, space) and knowing that you will probably not get out alive. it doesnt really freak me out... its just a bummer

things that dont:
pretty much everything else

[grlxx]

Things that do:
-kids getting killed
-people being violently raped and even more violently killed, afterwards
-anyone being suffocated with a bag over their head
-some forms of demon posession

I can tolerate everything else.

[Get Some]

dont-gore, torture, ghosts, zombies etc
do-scenes in the dark for some reason..thats about it

[snapicus]

Things that do:

-Creepy preacher types (Poltergeist 2 and the diner scene in Children of the Corn when Isaac is staring in the window watching the slaughter, particularly)
-Funeral Homes
-Noises like scratching and running footsteps
-Anything where teeth are being removed
-Needles

Things that don't

-Cheap scare tactics
-Sharks unless a zombie happens to be fighting the shark but it is awesome

[Broken Skull]

Things that do
needles (my personal fear)
kids getting hurt
evil kids (pet sematary)
and evil kids (did I mention evil kids):shakes:

things that don't
deaths with a funny line afterwords
sex and death (cuz you know its gonna happen):sex::bat:

[Luris Blear]

Does:
Mob minds, if done right. Romero's NotLD. Not Stephen King's Cell.
Distorted perceptions. FearDotCom had some big issues, but the characters' inabilities to know reality from hallucination is the best immediate example.
Claustrophobia. Again, it has to be done correctly.

Does not: Kids in Peril.
It's every bit as much of a cheap ploy as some murderer stalking teenagers. Double suck if the kid shows psychic abilities.
Religious horror.
What kind of pussy is Satan if he can only deal with one little girl at a time? Then he beat off and threw up? Sounds like some toothless country & western fan after a night spent drinking at Midge's Catfish & Rodeo.
Yet Another Grudge.
One time some chick with long hair died and got sad because death sucks so she's killing everyone else and now everyone else is dying but first they had to open up the newspaper to the funny pages and look at the crossword and if the word "BLOOD" was filled in the crossword puzzle with red lettering then Chick With Long Hair was totally going to climb out of the sports page and when the cops find the body it has a french tickler in one hand and a jumbo child's crayon in the other hand. It's as though there's one script with a lot of blank lines and someone else is filling it Mad-Libs style.
Choose-Your-Own-Reality.
Was that duck really a duck? Was it Satan's duck? Maybe it was the angel Raphael in disguise. Someone else once had a theory that the duck was really a martian from the year 11,432. The clues go in all directions. That movie was sooooooooo deep!
Holy shit! They were dead the whole time!
You can tell this is coming when the rest of the movie features the most boring ghosts and/or haunted house put to film in years.
Not Really Supernatural
Some guy in a tie hears about dead people, meets some creepy people, performs some suspenseful breaking & entering, crawls in a dark place, and ultimately finds out the killer was really just the night janitor in a mask. Sounds like something that bored me when I was 9.

[Dboyle]

Do-
being overpowered by a group of people
killers mocking their victims
helplessness
torture
child murder (not teen...but actual children)
teeth being knocked out/chipped out/ripped out
fingernails being torn off
suspense

Don't-
everything else
mainly cheap scares (her boyfriend hops out a closet and the music climaxes...but it's just him handing her a beer)

[Broken Skull]

Dont
People who get killed playing a video game who get killed in real life like they did in the video game.:dsp:

[3/6]

freaks me out

Achilles tendons being fucked with
animals dying
Claustrophobia



anything after that..it dont freak me out

[BooBerry]

Does:
[list] Mob minds, if done right. Romero's NotLD. Not Stephen King's Cell.


Cell hasn't even come out yet. And what was wrong with the mob mentality in the book anyway :shrugs:.

[Rust In Peace]

Do: Aliens (they freak me out, not like the ones from the movie Alien, but the grey guys that show no emotion and that torture you)

Don't: Everything else

[Yannis]

Well anything to do with children and animals getting killed. And ghosts kinda creep me out. And i don't care who laughs but god dam Kayako creeps me out.

[Strifer]

Do:

- Getting kill by a giant spider or any big insect
- Getting your eyes crushed by somebody else's thumbs (ouch)
- melt
- Getting crushed by pression in space or under water

Don't:

-Killer robots
-killer toys
-Killer dwarfs


:zombie:

[strtfghtr]

Do:
Broken fingers
Anything with teeth being pulled or broken
Large Marge from Pee-wee's big adventure

dont:
kids being killed (usually hope for it since most movies pussy out of it)
vampires
Booze labled "Viper" that makes you melt

[koolmike]

Some mannequins freak me out. That Twilight Zone ep when they come to life is wicked.

Evil Mannequin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxutLVmf0EE

[koolmike]

:coolbeer:

[Titanosaurus]

Do's:
Eyes or faces in the night (Suspiria, Fright Night, Salem's Lot, etc.) :shakes:
The killing of animals (Venomous, Cannibal Holocaust, I Am Legend, etc.)
People being burnt alive, especially groups of people.
Deformed people, particularly radiation victims.

Don'ts:
Gore. Usually never bothers me, especially head-related deaths. :bigthumbup:
Torture.
Rape.
Monsters.
Ghosts.
Much more.

[koolmike]

Do's:
People being burnt alive, especially groups of people.
Deformed people, particularly radiation victims.



Good ones.

[HEKTIK15]

Kids and animals getting killed.

[JeNnYFuR]

Things that freak me out:

I agree with The Spine Splitter: fingernails getting ripped out...makes me cringe just thinking about it. Also, seeing someone getting sliced in certain places, like in Hostel, when the dude's Achilles tendon is sliced. It makes my stomach turn.

Also, due to a phobia, I can't do ventriloquist dummies. Cannot do it. I cry. Wax figures and some mannequins freak me out too, like in The Hills Have Eyes. The mannequins in the A-bomb test town freak me out more than the inbred monsters.

Great suspense is also good for a quick scare. I love it when you KNOW the killer/monster/ghost/whatever is going to pop out...you just know it, but then it doesn't happen right away. The intensity grows and, even though you know it will happen, it still scares the shit out of you when it finally does. I love that.

I can handle just about everything else.

[FreddyFreakChica17]

Does:
* Innocents being killed (murder of children and animals)
* Finger/toe nails being ripped out, or the fingers and toes being crushed or broken
* Teeth being forcibly removed.
* Needles in the eyes (Audition really got me there)
* It being directed by Uwe Boll

Doesn't:
* Gore (The more the better)
* Torture
* ghosts with grudges
* Killer technology
* Most things...

[Luris Blear]

Cell hasn't even come out yet. And what was wrong with the mob mentality in the book anyway :shrugs:.

As you kind of stated, there has been a book released of it. And Eli Roth does suck a little, assuming he is still attached. Cell itself just felt like it kept doubling back on whatever story it was trying to tell.


Also, due to a phobia, I can't do ventriloquist dummies. Cannot do it. I cry. Wax figures and some mannequins freak me out too, like in The Hills Have Eyes. The mannequins in the A-bomb test town freak me out more than the inbred monsters.:rocker: TRILOQUIST! :rocker:

[skybrick]

I get disturbed by freaky dialogue lines.
Example: The Shining (I'm just gonna bash your brains out) or anything Loomis says "I tried to burn him to hell but in my heart, I knew hell would not take him"

[Dboyle]

freaks me out

Achilles tendons being fucked with
animals dying
Claustrophobia



anything after that..it dont freak me out

pet semetary? that scene when the kid slices the achilles tendon from under the bed with the razor. Blah.

[ShaneMalicious]

Things that do:

Anything with the eyes or teeth.
Ghosts/possession.
Rape.

Things that don't:
Shitty American remakes of Japanese movies.
Shaky camera/monsters that jump frames. (Actually, that just pisses me off)

[levil666]

Do:
Eyeballs getting punctured
Achilles Tendons getting sliced
Demonic Posession
Brutal cat and mouse tactics mixed with a sound track that raises tension in the scene.

Don't:
Mostly everything else

[nite_zombie]

[QUOTE=The Spine Splitter;791086]Does:
Fingernails being broke/bent backwards. :shakes:
People being buried alive. Especially if the camera is in the coffin or whatever with them while it's happening.


Agreed on both.

[smokey]

Old people freak me out in Horror films. Is it Exorcist 3 where the old lady is seen crawling on the ceiling? That shit me up for some reason.

[Lemmywinks]

Do's-Demonic possession
Underwater..if a Meg flick got made i'd be sitting on my gf's lap.
Romero zombies. End of Day of the Dead was freaky as hell.To be surrounded by all those zombies with no where to run...creepy.
Animals being killed

Don't- well pretty much everything else.

[skybrick]

Old people freak me out in Horror films. Is it Exorcist 3 where the old lady is seen crawling on the ceiling? That shit me up for some reason.

oh yah totally agree on that and the scene with the man in white with the knife gives me the chills. That movie is creepy in general. Great Movie

[grlxx]

I'm gonna have to add Statues to the list! after having watched so many italian horror movies, and the zoom in on those things...yeah they officially creep the H outta me.

[xoxani]

Things that Do:
The scariest thing for me is usually the unknown, sometimes not seeing the monster or bad guy (whatever you wanna call it) is a good thing. Seeing it is sometimes disappointing and takes the scariness out of it.
Also, when people are stuck in close, confined spaces it seems to creep me out. A good example is in "The Decent" when their climbing through those narrow tunnels.

Dont:
Zombies

[koolmike]

Seeing someone buried alive freaks me out.

[Z0mbieJ0e]

Smilely faces freak me out:nod:

[IM_UndeaD]

just certain things like

in misery when she sticks a block beetween his legs and takes the sledge to him, that hurts My ankles when she does that

and in hard candy , when ellen page is playin around ,-down there- bugged me lol

and i agree with ppl and the ,kids thing, the baby scene in feast 2 Pissed me Off!

[Machine74]

Maggots, something about Maggots! I can't stand Maggots, dunno why, but they're the one thing I can't handle. That scene in Feast where the guy had maggots in his eye, I gag just thinking about it.

Things that don't:

Not really much else bugs me. Spent 8+ years in the Army and saw enough gore, really sick stuff, that not much bugs me. Though people on fire does bother me a bit, but that's kinda a personal story.

[Machine74]

another thing that bothers me is Dana Kimmel's monologue in F13 pt 3. Her delivery just irritates the hell out of me.