Sean of the dead hits the nail on the head when the army turns up at the end and just guns them all down
if there is one thing 200 years of colonialism taught us it is gun beats spear and a spear is a better version of teeth
fcuking zombies, the only reason we get zombie movies (and games) is that censors don't class them as people and parents don't freak out about you killing hordes of them
You know, the one that got together and decided that they couldn’t be bothered treating all the extra patients caused by Covid and so forced the government to do a lockdown.
And yet they are so good at hiding their tracks that there is no evidence of their very existence, let alone that infamous “couldn’t be bothered” decision.
Sumo that was always the problem with the idea of zombies taking over the US in movies. To get more zombies they need to bite the living which means they need to get up close and personal. This is the nation that has massive private gun ownership and massive armed forces. Oh and you could prevent this with a long stick or a stool to keep them at distance
28 Days Later fvcked the zombie issue for me. Previously Zombies were shuffling semi sentient undead. 28 Days Later decided they could run. That screwed everything.
3. The little vampire TV series (and books) made them seem more real/plausible. As an aside, does anyone remember Rantz - the magical powder that, if sprinkled on a garment, meant the wearer could fly. Would love some of that.
So just to be clear clergs, there was a meeting of the hospitals where they decided that they “couldn’t be bothered” to deal with an increase in patients from Covid, or there wasn’t?
Obviously do feel free to abuse me personally if for some reason you don’t want to answer the question.
Yes indeed buzz. I watched that with mates at university after we had appropriated several bottles of cost-co gin from an event. This added some deep melancholy to proceedings.
FF makes a good point, yank children are very scary. In cornfields. WIth red telephones.
I am an atheist but the Exorcist (RIP William Friedkin) is the scariest film I have ever seen. I think it's because the possessor of Regan had no boundaries.
Me too blindtom, I'm sure it's not scary watched as an adult but never going to happen. See also watership down. Nightmares.
Not seen anything scary as an adult, I don't think my brain works that way. Zombies are about as frightening as pixies or frankly anything else that also doesn't exist.
28 Days Later fvcked the zombie issue for me. Previously Zombies were shuffling semi sentient undead. 28 Days Later decided they could run. That screwed everything.
World War Z also had a decent take on zombies v military, inc how they breached the Israeli walls.
Definitely Jaws and Wolf Creek but that's because there's an element of truth in both and there's a risk albeit quite small that either could happen to you. I'd definitely be nervous about exploring the Outback as a result of Wolf Creek and also the very real fact that there have been several serial killers who prey on tourists in remote places who won't be reported missing for a while.
And in a similar vein: Eden Lake (where for the first bit of the film Michael Fassbender was looking extremely handsome) tapping into the Guardian reading classes fear of "chavs".
Not in the horror genre, but Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer was scary in the anticipation of extreme violence. Again, there were no boundaries to the perpetrators' behaviour, and I find that scary.
Being abandoned in the middle of the Atlantic without a life vest. Not so much the Jaws element, but more the knowledge that you’re 1000s of miles from terra firma.
Being abandoned in the middle of the Atlantic without a life vest. Not so much the Jaws element, but more the knowledge that you’re 1000s of miles from terra firma.
The Perfect Storm. Still think about who made the right choice
There was a TV program I watched as a kid (70's) that gave rise to periodic nightmares where I think they were haystacks or something half-seen out in the mist but they got closer and closer to the house every night. The sense of dread as to what would happen when they got to the house was what did for me.
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I love zombie films so much.
The idea of the devil/satan inhabiting someone’s body freaks me out big time. Similarly, a child who is the devil.
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Apart from Liz Tr**s with her finger on the red button, you mean?
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Crazy hillbillies and the like. The scary element is that it could actually happen in real life unlike the fantasy stuff.
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zombies are shit
Sean of the dead hits the nail on the head when the army turns up at the end and just guns them all down
if there is one thing 200 years of colonialism taught us it is gun beats spear and a spear is a better version of teeth
fcuking zombies, the only reason we get zombie movies (and games) is that censors don't class them as people and parents don't freak out about you killing hordes of them
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intellectually I agree zombies shouldn't be that scary
but my subconscious mind disagrees
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The secret committee that runs hospitals.
You know, the one that got together and decided that they couldn’t be bothered treating all the extra patients caused by Covid and so forced the government to do a lockdown.
And yet they are so good at hiding their tracks that there is no evidence of their very existence, let alone that infamous “couldn’t be bothered” decision.
Just chilling.
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Two words....
FORCED MASKING
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Strutter still in doesn't understand that healthcare is rationed non shocka
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And they he persuaded me we were free spirits so he could run off with someone else
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Maidstone.
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Sumo that was always the problem with the idea of zombies taking over the US in movies. To get more zombies they need to bite the living which means they need to get up close and personal. This is the nation that has massive private gun ownership and massive armed forces. Oh and you could prevent this with a long stick or a stool to keep them at distance
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28 Days Later fvcked the zombie issue for me. Previously Zombies were shuffling semi sentient undead. 28 Days Later decided they could run. That screwed everything.
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Vampires for me.
This comes from 3 sources as a child:
1. Watching Hammer movies aged about 7.
2. The brilliance of The Lost Boys
3. The little vampire TV series (and books) made them seem more real/plausible. As an aside, does anyone remember Rantz - the magical powder that, if sprinkled on a garment, meant the wearer could fly. Would love some of that.
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zombies and vampires are absolute shite
poltergeists are quite scary
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The scariest thing ever is backwards latin in space
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Always the supernatural stuff. Nearly soiled myself the first time I saw Paranormal Activity
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The two things that shat me up worst when i were a nipper were:
- mirror by graham masterton (a fooked up satan is behind the glass type story where the devil's willy eats a priest)
- that bit in poltergeist with the moving meat
i also found the mummy sequels where lon chaney plays the mummy absolutely terrifying
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Event Horizon wango?
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Poltergeists v scary, but only really the one movie series, so easy to move on from.
Reverend Henry Kane from Poltergeist 2 (God is in his holy temple) was a genuinely chilling character.
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The Tories winning in 2024
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So just to be clear clergs, there was a meeting of the hospitals where they decided that they “couldn’t be bothered” to deal with an increase in patients from Covid, or there wasn’t?
Obviously do feel free to abuse me personally if for some reason you don’t want to answer the question.
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Evil possessed children - The Ring was properly creepy
anything involving the southern US Bible Belt/Appalachian region is also +50% creepier
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The Enfield poltergeist FGS! Never mind the hammy Stephen Spielberg guff
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With Wang on Event Horizon.
When I was a kid American Werewolf in London properly scared me
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Yes indeed buzz. I watched that with mates at university after we had appropriated several bottles of cost-co gin from an event. This added some deep melancholy to proceedings.
FF makes a good point, yank children are very scary. In cornfields. WIth red telephones.
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I listened to a podast about event horizon but still don't really understand it
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I am an atheist but the Exorcist (RIP William Friedkin) is the scariest film I have ever seen. I think it's because the possessor of Regan had no boundaries.
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Dolls
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The title sequence to chocky (an itv kids programme) when I was younger
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Event Horizon was just odd.
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Me too blindtom, I'm sure it's not scary watched as an adult but never going to happen. See also watership down. Nightmares.
Not seen anything scary as an adult, I don't think my brain works that way. Zombies are about as frightening as pixies or frankly anything else that also doesn't exist.
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Wolf Creek was one of the most terrifying films I have seen - so some crazed Aussie in the outback with a meathook.
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The Omen stayed with me for years.
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World War Z also had a decent take on zombies v military, inc how they breached the Israeli walls.
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Jaws will never not leave me thinking about how delicious my legs look underwater.
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Event Horizon is a good shout
demonic horrors trying to get through the veil of reality and do demonic things
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Country people who still use cash
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Definitely Jaws and Wolf Creek but that's because there's an element of truth in both and there's a risk albeit quite small that either could happen to you. I'd definitely be nervous about exploring the Outback as a result of Wolf Creek and also the very real fact that there have been several serial killers who prey on tourists in remote places who won't be reported missing for a while.
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And in a similar vein: Eden Lake (where for the first bit of the film Michael Fassbender was looking extremely handsome) tapping into the Guardian reading classes fear of "chavs".
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Agree this one is scary too.
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the Telegraph reading classes, surely
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There was a run of ‘Hoody Horror’ films around that time. Harry Brown, Cherry Tree Lane etc
all tapping into the Mail driven moral panic re bRokEn bRitAiN
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I left the cinema halfway through Harry Brown. Dreadful film.
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I think Freddy Krueger would be terrifying if real. Everyone needs to sleep eventually.
Also a world like in A Quiet Place would be difficult to survive. Far more so than one with zombies.
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The Thing. You never know who is human.
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Not if you manage to find a large noisy waterfall to live next to apparently.
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Not in the horror genre, but Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer was scary in the anticipation of extreme violence. Again, there were no boundaries to the perpetrators' behaviour, and I find that scary.
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New fear NOT unlocked
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The blob
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Being abandoned in the middle of the Atlantic without a life vest. Not so much the Jaws element, but more the knowledge that you’re 1000s of miles from terra firma.
That or listening to one of Laz’s mix tapes.
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The Perfect Storm. Still think about who made the right choice
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Probably cloppers with teeth.
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heh
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Those goddamn Doctor Who angel things.
There was a TV program I watched as a kid (70's) that gave rise to periodic nightmares where I think they were haystacks or something half-seen out in the mist but they got closer and closer to the house every night. The sense of dread as to what would happen when they got to the house was what did for me.
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Brexit, being stranded in Essex or the Fens,
Tories back in, 2024 ; the return of The Lettuce Woman
Trump being re-elected
Spider invasion.
Viral outbreak such as 28 Days later
The Day After Tomorrow scenario (though is that horror?)
Skynet takes over (to paraphrase the T5 quote; 'Remember, AI is Skynet')
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