Go Back   Horror.com Forums - Talk about horror. > Horror.com Lobby > Horror.com General Forum
Register FAQ Community Calendar

Reply
 
Thread Tools
  #1  
Old 12-23-2005, 07:52 AM
SKOOFx's Avatar
SKOOFx SKOOFx is offline
NOT THE GUY YOU THINK
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: ...
Posts: 715
Send a message via AIM to SKOOFx
Theory On Horror Fans

Studies show that the majority of hardcore horror fanatics, have at one point suffered something to cause Post Traumatic Stress;

and that the horror flicks they now watch regularly, work as a form of therapy.


Any thoughts?


I somewhat agree.
I always loved horror, even from a REAL young age. I can look back as far as i can remember and ive always been into it. Renting the movies from mom and pop shops..running back to my mouse to pop them in with a buddy etc.

Things were normal and happy then.

Things still are.

But i definitly had one shitty experience in life, and it seems like i now enjoy horror much more when im stressed out and in a really bad mood.

i wonder if there is any connection?
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 12-23-2005, 07:59 AM
PR3SSUR3's Avatar
PR3SSUR3 PR3SSUR3 is offline
Smack My Titties
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Brussels
Posts: 2,196
Well, I watch them because I like to dissect girls.

Did you know I'm utterly insane?
__________________
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 12-23-2005, 08:01 AM
ItsAlive75's Avatar
ItsAlive75 ItsAlive75 is offline
Image of the Invisible
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Iowa City, IA
Posts: 6,357
Send a message via AIM to ItsAlive75
I watch horror movies cuz I think they have the best stories of all films... I've had a great life.
__________________
MISINTUPITATED- The act of removing the spine by use of fire.

DEVESTED- The removal of one's vest.

SCTUPP- To deficate on a woman after nonconsensual sex.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 12-23-2005, 08:06 AM
RavageRitual's Avatar
RavageRitual RavageRitual is offline
GRAVE DANCER
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 2,865
Quote:
Originally posted by PR3SSUR3
Well, I watch them because I like to dissect girls.

Did you know I'm utterly insane?
American Phycho, lol

I agree with you Skoof, As you probobly know im just about to turn 17, but I went through the most terribal 9th grade year you could ever amagine. But before that year horror was the same as comedy, now it seems as if horror is my entire life. Im the only person in my school that walks around w/ a shirt that says " When thiers no more room in hell, the dead will walk the eath" And everytime I open my locker people are shedded with the images of Movies like Aftermath, Audition, Gozu, and Zombi 2. What im trying to say is I think Even though I love horror. I think I also use it to help me, and get me by life problems. Its a way to help release all the extreme hatred you feel towards others.
__________________
Hang the body in the shed
Using meat-hooks through the legs
Catch the blood as it drips from the stump
Like the others from the past
The naked belly, full of cysts
Smells so good, I cant resist
I know inside this ones the best
As I eat the rotting chest
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 12-23-2005, 08:43 AM
stubbornforgey's Avatar
stubbornforgey stubbornforgey is offline
my opinion counts dammit
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: in my lords pocket
Posts: 6,485
Send a message via MSN to stubbornforgey Send a message via Yahoo to stubbornforgey
you could be on to something SkoofX..

i watch horror cos I like the thrill of somebody getting massacared..
but em sure that if i delve deep enough
..em probably seeking revenge..
__________________
my opinion counts dammit
so says my Lord :D

Last edited by stubbornforgey; 03-01-2007 at 03:07 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 12-23-2005, 09:40 AM
novakru's Avatar
novakru novakru is offline
Waste Disposer
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: suburban hell
Posts: 5,421
Didn't we already cover this?
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 12-23-2005, 10:49 AM
pinkfloyd45769's Avatar
pinkfloyd45769 pinkfloyd45769 is offline
Maggie:}
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: ohio
Posts: 4,175
Send a message via AIM to pinkfloyd45769 Send a message via MSN to pinkfloyd45769 Send a message via Yahoo to pinkfloyd45769
Quote:
Originally posted by ItsAlive75
I watch horror movies cuz I think they have the best stories of all films... I've had a great life.
Ditto
  #8  
Old 12-23-2005, 10:57 AM
The STE's Avatar
The STE The STE is offline
The Emperor of America
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Dr. Zaius
Posts: 7,670
Send a message via AIM to The STE
I watch horror movies for the same reason I watch any other movie
__________________

===

WATCH MY MOVIES(UPDATED: 5/7/08, "No Exit")
RING OF HONOR: BEST WRESTLING IN THE WORLD


TOO GOOD FOR THE HDC BATTLE ROYALE
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 12-23-2005, 11:00 AM
X¤MurderDoll¤X's Avatar
X¤MurderDoll¤X X¤MurderDoll¤X is offline
so bad they call her boss
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: on a high horse
Posts: 7,249
Send a message via AIM to X¤MurderDoll¤X
Quote:
Originally posted by novakru
Didn't we already cover this?
I don't think so.

I know I love seeing people get massacred and horror is definately therapy, so I want to agree with that theory. I think that it might be the parents and not the movies themselves that have to do with more horror fans having traumatic experiences.

You remember the kids who could never watch horror movies (or R rated movies), strict parents etc. I think having lax parents that don't know/care about what you're doing/watching has it's downs. I never had any limits on anything really, it's a lot easier to fuck up that way. Not that I would have wanted it another way, but my point is that without "help" it's easier to get into shitty predicaments.
__________________
stop the world - I want to get off

Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 12-23-2005, 11:02 AM
X¤MurderDoll¤X's Avatar
X¤MurderDoll¤X X¤MurderDoll¤X is offline
so bad they call her boss
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: on a high horse
Posts: 7,249
Send a message via AIM to X¤MurderDoll¤X
Quote:
Originally posted by The STE
I watch horror movies for the same reason I watch any other movie
nudity.
__________________
stop the world - I want to get off

Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 09:25 PM.