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Old 10-26-2010, 02:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Scythe View Post
I actually agree with the OP on Jacob's Ladder.

Years ago I looked up "Scariest movies of all time". Jacob's Ladder came up repeatedly.

I went out and bought it. Safe to say, I was amazingly disappointed.

To me, it wasn't scary at all.

I can understand the "It was really disturbing etc..." argument, but I just wasn't impressed. In fact, I was quite bored.

I haven't seen it in over 4 years though, so mayble i'll give it another go.

You must realize though, that I wouldn't have been so disappointed had the film not been praised with such high regard.
I realize now what this thread should have been called, 8 'Disappointing' films. I did a similar search of the most highly regarded horror films, and the films I mentioned popped up over and over again. When you sit down to watch a film of this type and it turns out to be not so great (or downright awful) you can't help but feel a little cheated.
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