Spatter, Horror, Gore

[urgeok]

This is sort of a true confessions ..

since joining this forum i realized I have been going through some changes (not just the bad knees and greying hair)

When i was the age of most of the younger folk here i was eating up anything horror .. absolutely anything. And the gorier the better ... gobs of it - i couldnt get enough.

I've noticed lately - as a direct result of reflecting on a lot of the posts i see here, that i'm not satisfied with just any old thing anymore .. i need some substance and/or some unique style - to hold my interest.

I started collecting horror since the Beta machine was available .. i have a bunch of forgotten titles that 99% of the people here wouldn't have known existed .. i grabbed every sleezy lurid low budget flick i could lay my hands on.

I found myself lately getting - not squeamish - but more turned off by what people considered cool gore movies ..
I really though i had changed - mellowed with age until recently -
I bought (with great apprehention) the Story of Ricky, thinking that i should see it after the several references i saw to it here and elsewhere.

Well, to my suprise i found myself having a riot - i loved the movie - it awakened the old feelings i hadnt had in years seeing crazy gore and a nutty story ..

So upon reflection i started to think back on the movies i always liked and still do - the evil deads, the early jackson, the Romero films .. and i measured that against things like Ichy, last house, i spit ..etc... and i realized that i havent changed - the movies have (i know, i know .. a couple of these are old .. but i never liked them)
I find that the gory horror films i like are the rediculous ones .. not the ones that are mean spirited and realistic ..(rape and revenge, etc)
A guess i'm showing my age and old fashion ideals when i say - i hate violence against women portrayed in films - especially for entertainment purposes - thats not the kind of exploitation i appreciate. Sure if they want to parade around in lingerie or nude .. hell yeah - i can appreciate that no problem .. but when it comes to the violence ..
there's enough of that shit on the news - i know its there, i dont need it rubbed in my face ..
(we all take a shit every day - that doesnt mean i want to take a look in your toilets after you finish to check it out - know what i mean)

anyway - just something i was pondering ... and some praise for a crazy little movie that restored my faith in myself ... i'm no softer than i used to be ... but i am more selective ...

and once more, for the record while i'm at it :

(most) slasher movies are boring and stupid.



ooohh i can hear a gasp !! 'we cant say that on Horror !!!'

:D

[newb]

I agree about the slasher movies. Thats why I don't have any in my collection......ok...I do have the first Nightmare on Elm Street movie....and Freddy vs Jason....but thats it.
Its probably an age thing Urge.....because I feel the same way, I was going to pick up "Last House on the Left on DVD but decided I really didn't want it for just the reason you stated.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by newb
I agree about the slasher movies. Thats why I don't have any in my collection......ok...I do have the first Nightmare on Elm Street movie....and Freddy vs Jason....but thats it.
Its probably an age thing Urge.....because I feel the same way, I was going to pick up "Last House on the Left on DVD but decided I really didn't want it for just the reason you stated.

age - by way of - the longer you're on the earth the more of this shit you hear of in real life every day - till it sickens you to the core.

we've a long way to go before we become civilized..

[bwind22]

(we all take a shit every day - that doesnt mean i want to take a look in your toilets after you finish to check it out - know what i mean)

I could get a good look at a T-bone if I stuck my head up a cow's ass, but I'd rather take the butcher's word for it, ya know what I mean?



Anyways, I agree on the exploitation films. I'm not a fan of realistic violence that you see on the news every day because to me, that's not really entertaining. (And I'm only 24!) Cannibal Holocaust was enough to turn me off of those kind of movies completely.

I do like alot of slash flicks though.

[filmmaker2]

Generally speaking, as I get older, I find I have less of a taste for really bloodthirsty, graphic horror. For various reasons, I agree with Stephen King's statement that horror is a thing for "the young"...

If it is gory and I own it or watch it, this is usually because it is allegorical or cartoonish...

But I like a LOT of bad films and weird films also, and some of those are gory, but I enjoy a certain weird cheese factor here. Like there is this movie I just love love love, a sunken treasure hunt movie called "Evil In The Deep" which has some really nice moments of shocking 70's violence, but I'm not getting off on the violence itself, I notice, as much as on the film's shameless whoring of the violence. (It also has Rosey Grier and Cheryl Ladd and Stephen Boyd, so what's not to like?)

[barbra]

Originally posted by urgeok
age - by way of - the longer you're on the earth the more of this shit you hear of in real life every day - till it sickens you to the core.

we've a long way to go before we become civilized..

so much for being desensitized

[zwoti]

Originally posted by urgeok
i need some substance and/or some unique style - to hold my interest.

:D

so two in the stomach - one in the head - two in the stomach etc.....isn't enough eh :D

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

I just want disgusting amounts of gore. :D

[urgeok]

Originally posted by zwoti
so two in the stomach - one in the head - two in the stomach etc.....isn't enough eh :D

at least Romeros boys got it right eventually :D

[zwoti]

Originally posted by urgeok
at least Romeros boys got it right eventually :D

even flyboy :rolleyes: