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OK, This might be dumb to talk in this forum since most people here love horror movies, but I need some helps.
Long before when I was a teen, I have no problem watching horror movies at all. I were not a biggest fan, but I were okay watching them. But for the last couple of years, I began to feel scared when watching horror movies.
I know that many people here will agree the horror feeling that I get when watching horror movies is what I want to have. However, mine is different. After watching each horror movies with my girl friend (she seems to like them), I often can't sleep for several days, even a full week. I feel that there will be things in the movies that will happen to me...
I perfectly understand that most of these stuffs are just movies, even they're based on some facts, the chance they occur to me will just be one in a million. But...
Lately, I have been trying to "train" myself by watching horror movies like Psycho and the Ring, but the problem seem worst. Now, I am trying to avoid everything that associates with horror.
This problem must go away, but I need some helps, anyone has some suggestions?
Miss Olivia
06-06-2006, 11:49 AM
Watch them over and over until they don't scare you anymore.
That's what I did with Alien.:)
monalisa
06-06-2006, 12:00 PM
Stop putting 's' at the end of words that don't need them. All your problems will be solved then. :) j/k
Anyway, try watching Alfred Hitchcock's movie "The Birds". It used to play on TV every year when I was a kid and my family made it a yearly event to watch it, just like the Wizard of Oz (they used to play that every year too). To this day, I still love The Birds movie (and the Wiz of Oz too). Might be a good movie for you to get used to horror movies without scaring the shit out of you.
The STE
06-06-2006, 12:05 PM
whenever you're watching a scary movie, or are scared because of a movie you saw, picture a midget sucking off a dead pony. Then you won't be scared anymore
monalisa
06-06-2006, 12:25 PM
Originally posted by The STE
whenever you're watching a scary movie, or are scared because of a movie you saw, picture a midget sucking off a dead pony. Then you won't be scared anymore
OMG, now I'M going to think of that when I see a scary part of a movie! Thanks Sam. :)
The STE
06-06-2006, 12:34 PM
when you picture it, do you imagine the midget will be male or female?
filmmaker2
06-06-2006, 12:47 PM
Well, this is very armchair of me, but you might try watching some light horror comedy, it'll calm you down. Try "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" and some Simpsons Halloween episodes...they will help you to view some of this horror media in a humorous light.
Then there's the other approach of simply NOT WATCHING something if it unnerves you that much; there are many examples of movies that I find unpleasant for various reasons, and I just don't watch them.
You may not be a serious horror fan in the making (certainly not everyone is), but many horror fans grew up enjoying this kind of entertainment, and for the most part feel very comfortable, and even chummy, with it.
noctuary
06-06-2006, 01:10 PM
If it bothers you that much, just don't watch it. Horror isn't for everyone.
Dante'sInferno
06-06-2006, 01:16 PM
No horror movie has ever scared the.
So...........Boo-yah!
er....except Gigili cause that shit was scary.:eek:
ItsAlive75
06-06-2006, 01:30 PM
Shit your pants before you watch a movie that scares you...
Spaceman Spiff
06-06-2006, 02:39 PM
^ I swear someone must have done just that in the theater in which I saw X-men 3.
Someone must have been scared of Brett Ratner.
stubbornforgey
06-06-2006, 05:57 PM
Stupid question alert!!
why do you watch horror movies
if they scare you??
Wouldn't it be more wiser not to watch something that keeps you awake in long periods of time.?
Tomatoes gives me hives..em not about to
go eat them cos i like the thrill of scratching...think about it ..:D
francis488
06-06-2006, 06:15 PM
how not to be scared when watching a horror movie?well its pretty simple... i just cover my eyes every time the killer attacks! lol
Dante'sInferno
06-06-2006, 06:18 PM
For all you wussies out there who get scared during horror movies i have one suggestion for you.
Get REALLY REALLY high then watch your movie.:)
Dante'sInferno
06-06-2006, 06:18 PM
Or...drunk.
Originally posted by onix
Now, I am trying to avoid everything that associates with horror.
And you first step in this direction is to join a forum on HORROR.COM .
Way to go Einstein.
Posher778
06-06-2006, 06:27 PM
Hey onix.
BOO!
He's real! All the monsters are real! The grammar monster will eat you! They're in your closet and under your bed! OOOOOOOOOHHHH OOOOOOH.
*boo*
flabby_man22
06-06-2006, 06:28 PM
Originally posted by Dante'sInferno
Get REALLY REALLY high then watch your movie.
i agree, it works
but dont watch "pink floyd the wall" high,
that fucked me up bad, didnt sleep for three days
or you can try doing other scary stuff to get you in a 'scared' mood before watching a scary movie. if you go to a haunted house then watch a scary movie the movie dont seem scary, same thing happens if you do it the other way
pinkfloyd45769
06-06-2006, 07:09 PM
I could watch alot of things when i was a kid that had no impact on me and kinda bother me now.I just try not to put a lot of thought into what i'm watching if it upsets me. Also, don't watch horror movies and go straight to bed.
_____V_____
06-06-2006, 08:10 PM
But for the last couple of years, I began to feel scared when watching horror movies.
After watching each horror movies with my girl friend, I often can't sleep for several days, even a full week. I feel that there will be things in the movies that will happen to me...
I am trying to avoid everything that associates with horror.
This problem must go away, but I need some helps, anyone has some suggestions?
If Michael Jackson and George Bush havent scared you yet, then you are pretty safe.
As for here, if you feel this is a safe place, wait till you run into a certain inbreed named ThomasGeorge...
After watching a horror movie, immediately watch something else a bit more lighthearted...a good comedy, cartoons etc... (my ex used to have to do that and it seemed to work for her). Also, try watching horror movies during the day instead of waiting until its dark outside.
filmmaker2
06-06-2006, 09:10 PM
Drink some ice-cold apple juice while lying on your back. No wait, that's for hiccups.
The STE
06-06-2006, 09:23 PM
furiously masturbate. And I'm being literal on the "furious" part. Just be really pissed while you're beating off. If you're an anti-semite then that would help. Just be like "Goddamn jews!" while you're pumping. Then you won't be scared. Unless you're scared of jews
Dante'sInferno
06-06-2006, 09:30 PM
Originally posted by The STE
furiously masturbate. And I'm being literal on the "furious" part. Just be really pissed while you're beating off. If you're an anti-semite then that would help. Just be like "Goddamn jews!" while you're pumping. Then you won't be scared. Unless you're scared of jews Hahahahahahahaha!:D
bwind22
06-06-2006, 09:38 PM
Go out and experience some real life scary shit (such as having a gun pulled on you, getting arrested, going to the brink of an overdose, or getting in a high speed car wreck.)
After you do all that, I can personally guarantee you that fictional movies will seem far less scary. Or you could just watch the nightly news... I suppose that would have the same effect.
monalisa
06-06-2006, 09:38 PM
Originally posted by The STE
when you picture it, do you imagine the midget will be male or female?
OK, delayed response time.
Um, a male, I don't know why. Maybe cuz I 'm a sicko? :p
Haunted
06-07-2006, 01:11 AM
Actually what you're talking about maybe clinical psychosis in the form of paranoia. If it keeps happening, see your doctor, and I'm not bullshitting you like these jokers either.
bwind22
06-07-2006, 01:26 AM
Originally posted by bwind22
Go out and experience some real life scary shit (such as having a gun pulled on you, getting arrested, going to the brink of an overdose, or getting in a high speed car wreck.)
After you do all that, I can personally guarantee you that fictional movies will seem far less scary. Or you could just watch the nightly news... I suppose that would have the same effect.
This aint a joke.
I know firsthand that any of those occurances should be enough of a 'real life' scare, that it'd basically be impossible for anybody to be afraid of a movie ever again.