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Media Project
03-24-2009, 05:51 AM
there have been meny events where the media have clamed that horror films have caused extreme violence in children. In this thread i am trying to find out what everyone thinks to this? i shall start off the Thread with a few questions. Do you think that there is enought censorship stopping children watching violence in horror films? Do you or have you ever watched a horror film that you are to young to warch and has it had any effect on you? and do you think there is anything into todays horror films that should be included?
Doc Faustus
03-24-2009, 06:27 AM
Horror films only cause violence in violent individuals. The sort of person who will kill people because he saw Freddy Krueger do it is the sort of person for whom Speedy Gonzales would be telling him "Arriba! Arriba! Smack the old lady next door with a hammer!" I saw Hellraiser at 8. I had nightmares. Then, I recovered. A properly disturbed adult who watched that movie would take out his eyes with a fork. The only people who shouldn't watch horror films are paranoid schizophrenics and members of the school board. Oh, and Leonard Maltin. He just doesn't get them. It's a big waste of everybody's time.
urgeok2
03-24-2009, 06:32 AM
there have been meny events where the media have clamed that horror films have caused extreme violence in children. In this thread i am trying to find out what everyone thinks to this? i shall start off the Thread with a few questions. Do you think that there is enought censorship stopping children watching violence in horror films? Do you or have you ever watched a horror film that you are to young to warch and has it had any effect on you? and do you think there is anything into todays horror films that should be included?
i'm going to fucking kill you
neverending
03-24-2009, 06:42 AM
I know I committed my first murder at age 4 after watching The Fly. I kill one person every time I watch a horror movie and it feels great.
ferretchucker
03-24-2009, 06:57 AM
No.
Anyone with common sense knows that movies are made to be watched, not reproduced in real life. If a parent doesn't teach their child it's all just actors and scripts then they shouldn't be a parent.
milktoaste
03-24-2009, 07:13 AM
Yes, but reading books makes me want to cause violence even more than movies. Rap music also makes me mistreat women and sell crack. I'm pretty much incapable of making my own decisions, so I allow the media I'm currently experiencing to handle that for me.
Do Horror films cause children to be violent
No...but Mary Hart's voice causes epileptic seizures.
urgeok2
03-24-2009, 08:00 AM
but Mary Hart's voice causes epileptic seizures.
all the more fun for Father Neilson
Despare
03-24-2009, 08:41 AM
I don't watch movies, listen to music, play videogames, or use the internet and I'm STILL VIOLENT!
scouse mac
03-24-2009, 10:21 AM
1: Do you think that there is enough censorship stopping children watching violence in horror films?
2: Do you or have you ever watched a horror film that you are to young to watch and has it had any effect on you?
3: Do you think there is anything into todays horror films that should be included?
1: Yes, its called responsible parenting.
2: Didnt get into films until early teens so, No and not really.
3: Included in what?
zwoti
03-24-2009, 12:26 PM
there have been meny events where the media have clamed that horror films have caused extreme violence in children. In this thread i am trying to find out what everyone thinks to this? i shall start off the Thread with a few questions. Do you think that there is enought censorship stopping children watching violence in horror films? Do you or have you ever watched a horror film that you are to young to warch and has it had any effect on you? and do you think there is anything into todays horror films that should be included?
try reading
the seduction of the gullible
then maybe the dictionary.
Doc Faustus
03-24-2009, 12:31 PM
Somebody should write a parenting book called "Stop Raising Assholes". That would probably eliminate most violence in children.
X¤MurderDoll¤X
03-24-2009, 12:34 PM
I know someone who saw a real dead body when he was a kid, not a movie.
funny it had the opposite effect on him.
Rayne
03-24-2009, 12:43 PM
I've watched many horror movies since I was a child...I'm not violent
My children have watched many horror movies...They aren't violent
Do comedies cause children to be funny?
Do dramas cause children to be dramatic?
Do action films cause children to blow things up?
Bad parenting, child abuse, and some psychological disorders cause children to be violent.
"Horror movies do not create murderers...But, they may make a murderer more creative"
The notion that horror movies cause violence is a scapegoat for people who refuse to take responsibility for their own actions.
X¤MurderDoll¤X
03-24-2009, 12:46 PM
I've watched many horror movies since I was a child...I'm not violent
My children have watched many horror movies...They aren't violent
Do comedies cause children to be funny?
Do dramas cause children to be dramatic?
Do action films cause children to blow things up?
Bad parenting, child abuse, and some psychological disorders cause children to be violent.
"Horror movies do not create murderers...But, they may make a murderer more creative"
The notion that horror movies cause violence is a scapegoat for people who refuse to take responsibility for their own actions.
agreed.
also if the world has to be full of murderers, I'd much rather them be creative. ;)
Doc Faustus
03-24-2009, 12:47 PM
Most killers are too pathological and set in their ways to get ideas from the media.
Rayne
03-24-2009, 01:02 PM
Most killers are too pathological and set in their ways to get ideas from the media.
This is true...But years of posting bizarre crime articles has exposed me to stories where the killer plays out a scene from a horror movie, or commits an act they have seen in a movie and says it 'gave them the idea'...These people were screwed up in the first place, or they never would have formed that 'idea'.
http://www.horror.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3728
Doc Faustus
03-24-2009, 01:09 PM
It's a defense mechanism to detach them from the act. Like when they say Satan or a talking dog told them to do it. Freddy Krueger is only as responsible as that black lab that lived near David Berkowitz.
Despare
03-24-2009, 03:11 PM
I've always said that people look for something to blame to keep from believing that some people are really that evil. Instead of accepting that there are horrible people in the world some folks look for the catalyst that supposedly set somebody off.
As far as the question about enough censorship stopping children from watching violence in horror films, well, the only censorship those kids need are good parents and to be honest that does seem to be lacking a lot these days.
missmacabre
03-24-2009, 03:28 PM
Horror films only cause violence in violent individuals.
This pretty much holds true with anything. Like how playing a violent video games stimulates the aggression center of your brain. It all depends on how your brain filters that information. Some of us will clench our fists when mad about a game, others will swear out loud and some will throw things. The more violent you are in nature, the more likely you are to respond negatively to violence.
I have been watching horror movies since I was about 8 and the most violent I am is that I will pinch or lightly slap my boyfriend for attention. Even that is more a product of my upbringing and inability to get attention for anything positive.
More restrictions on the films that young people are able to watch isn't going to help anything any more. If the kid doesn't have the height and facial hair to buy a ticket for an 18A movie, they can just watch it online. What's more important is that parents teach their kids what is real, what isn't, what kind of fear is safe and how to deal with being afraid in a healthy manner. Most importantly they need to teach that violence is wrong, but horror movies are usually morality tales, so if they don't know to play nice already a good horror flick will show them.
Elvis_Christ
03-24-2009, 06:01 PM
Would showing murderers Disney flicks turn them into nice normal members of society?
Shauna The Dead
03-24-2009, 06:21 PM
I HATE when people blame horror movies and metal/rock music on real life violence. Don't blame a movie or song for somebody's own stupidity. If they're going to kill they're going to kill. Doesn't matter whether they listen to pop music or metal or watch horror movies or comedies. If you teach your children that it's only a fictional movie then they should understand that, and if they don't-well then they have a big problem. I watched a few horror movies as a child, Child's Play scared the crap out of me. :p But it didn't make me violent. When I got to be a teenager I started loving horror movies. And I'm STILL not violent...
Freak
03-24-2009, 06:49 PM
Yes I watched horror films a plenty in my younger days.Then went on a killing spree a few years later and the body count is still piling up to this day.
Rayne
03-25-2009, 10:52 AM
Would showing murderers Disney flicks turn them into nice normal members of society?
OH, how could I have missed such a perfect point?...This is now added to my 'horror movie defense' cache ;)
Would showing murderers Disney flicks turn them into nice normal members of society?
YES
http://www-tc.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/flashpoints/theater/images/clockwork_big.jpg
scouse mac
03-25-2009, 11:29 AM
Would showing murderers Disney flicks turn them into nice normal members of society?
YES
It didnt work for Wednesday & Pugsley in Addams Family Values
Ferox13
03-25-2009, 11:44 AM
Didn't those young kids in Liverpool kill that toddler after seeing CHucky III?
But as mentioned earlier read some stuff by John Martin or Guy Cumberbatch - but then again its easier to make a post on a web forum that u will in no other way contribute too.
zwoti
03-25-2009, 02:07 PM
Didn't those young kids in Liverpool kill that toddler after seeing CHucky III?
oh fuck no,
you didn't just say that
did you :mad:
Doc Faustus
03-25-2009, 02:20 PM
Didn't those young kids in Liverpool kill that toddler after seeing CHucky III?
They might have just been pissed off at all the plot holes. And people have been scapegoating horror forever. A guy said London After Midnight disturbed him enough to commit murder. But then again, that might have also been because of plot holes.
zwoti
03-25-2009, 02:23 PM
They might have just been pissed off at all the plot holes. And people have been scapegoating horror forever. A guy said London After Midnight disturbed him enough to commit murder. But then again, that might have also been because of plot holes.
funny how they never mentioned the kid who killed himself after watching the lion king :rolleyes:
never let facts get in the way of a good rumour.
urgeok2
03-25-2009, 02:31 PM
come to think of it - there might just be something to all this after all.
i distinctly remember wanting to kill m night shamalamadingdong after spending money on The Villiage
Doc Faustus
03-25-2009, 02:38 PM
He probably got curious about the source material and read Hamlet. Then, in a bout of Shakespeare mania (a condition irreverently referred to as the Willies) he decided to end it all like his angsty Danish idol.
Ferox13
03-25-2009, 03:21 PM
oh fuck no,
you didn't just say that
did you :mad:
The fact I mentioned reading John Martin and Guy Cumberbatch in the 2nd part of my post might have lead you to believe I was being sarcastic..
Infact I was refering to your mention of Seduction of the Gullible (by John Martin).
zwoti
03-26-2009, 09:18 AM
The fact I mentioned reading John Martin and Guy Cumberbatch in the 2nd part of my post might have lead you to believe I was being sarcastic..
Infact I was refering to your mention of Seduction of the Gullible (by John Martin).
sarcasm runs in all directions :cool:
Doc Faustus
03-26-2009, 09:48 AM
Like a crowd of Japanese businessmen from a love hotel when they see their wives riding on King Ghidorah's back.
Ferox13
03-26-2009, 12:17 PM
sarcasm runs in all directions :cool:
OH ok :-)..............:cool:
Ferox13
03-26-2009, 05:12 PM
Do action films cause children to blow things up?
B
Well action movies influenced me in training in martial arts - which i did for 15 years - so yeah thye do have an influence.
Look at the amount of videos on youtube of kids hittign each other with steel chairs and doing swanton bombs of house roofs and tell me that prowrestling isn't the influencing facctor behind these video clips.
Its a complicated subject but a major part of it with younger audiences (in my opinion) is about postitive and negative role models in media...I think that something like Gansta Rap does perpetuate a lifestyle that is attractive to follow as does watching pro-WWE-Wrestling..
How ever, i think its hard for a child to associate/relate to characters like Jason/Ilsa/Freddy/Cropsey etc..
So i think media can influence how a child behaves but its not as simple as 'monkey see, monkey do' except with my monkey...