Is it weird that I never get scared...

[Castlewood]

My girlfriend is definitely the same way... and I'm soooo jealous of her!! I wish I could be as scared as her... but it just doesn't happen.

Tonight, this is what I'm doing:

Amityville Horror (2005)
Lights off
Alone
Face up to the screen
Volume up


Any other suggestions?

[colubrid660]

Originally Posted by Angra

I don't get scared either anymore, but i can still find certain scenes creepy and that's one of the best feelings in the world. :)

Same here, I am more creeped out by horror movies than scared, thats what I watch them for.

The concept behind movies such as "1984" or "V For Vendetta", the concept of totalitarianism/socialism scares the hellout of me. Sure, I can gun down a monster or a zombie or a pyscho with a machete, but a whole government that controls and monitor's everything you do, controls everything down to your thoughts and ideas, deeply frightens me on an intellectual level.

[colubrid660]

Originally Posted by The Terrible Grumbler

It's a shame because my girlfriend is terrified of horror films in any way, shape or form. And that's not even in an "ooh tell me when the monster is gone" kind of way. She will not watch horror films.

Same here. However, I think her girl movies are a hell of a lot harder to watch than any horror flick. Seriously, it's scary to think that some women find them realistic or entertaining.

[Roderick Usher]

Originally Posted by The Terrible Grumbler

It's a shame because my girlfriend is terrified of horror films in any way, shape or form. And that's not even in an "ooh tell me when the monster is gone" kind of way. She will not watch horror films.

Time to get yourself a new girlfriend

[Angra]

Originally Posted by Roderick Usher

Time to get yourself a new girlfriend

lol

Amen!!

:p

[colubrid660]

Originally Posted by Roderick Usher

Time to get yourself a new girlfriend

Most girls are like this. Those that aren't already have girlfriends...joking...sort of.....

[colubrid660]

Originally Posted by Castlewood

Amityville Horror (2005)
Lights off
Alone
Face up to the screen
Volume up

Instead, make it:

The Notebook
Sex and the City: The Whole 4th Season
Don't miss Grey's Anatomy on Thursdays!
Read her some articles from Cosmopolitan while cuddling
Must Love Dogs


Then you two might have a "good night" ;)

[joshaube]

I think this is pretty common for nearly everyone on this forum. After a certain age, or a certain quantity of horror films, you simply become... immune to them. I think most of us watch horror not exactly to be frightened (although we all secretly wish we could feel that again.) but for numerous other reasons.

I remember being frightened by just about anything when I was little. I walked in on one of the Leprechaun sequels my parents were watching when I was 5, and had nightmares involving Leprechauns for a good two years (no exaggeration...) afterward. I'd get a sick thrill out of stealing my Uncle's VHS tapes and watching People Under the Stairs, IT, House, and so on. I also had an immense fear for two of Shredder's henchman in one of the Ninja Turtles movies.

What 'scares' me today is not so much your typical horror, but rather true crime. Stuff that really happened, and is still happening, more frequently then you'd like to think. The thought that at any time someone could be watching you also freaks me out. I've had nightmares, as if my vision was a security camera, watching an intruder watch me sleep. Circling the room. That stuff freaks me out.

When I leave me room for a late night snack or to use the bathroom, I run past three open rooms which are pitch-black. I never look in, but always imagine someone there, someone about to reach out and touch my shoulder. I also admit to having to check around my room, and yes, I do check the closet.

Maybe this fear came from having an intruder once... although I never actually saw him. Nothing was stolen. We came in the house one night from doing groceries and everything seemed fine. Went back to the car to lug more stuff in, and noticed a difference. In between trip 1 and trip 2 the patio door had been opened, and the dogs from the neighbors behind and to the left of us went into a barking rage. The large window in the back room (which we were using for storage purposes at the time) had the screen ripped out of it. We assumed it was an intruder, but we never really knew.

Media-wise, almost anything that is filmed realistically frightens me. The Blair Witch Project, for example. The Poughkepsie Tapes and REC look like potential frighteners as well. Silent Hill, the video game franchise, also frightens me.

I'm exactly the same! i started watching horror when i was 8 ish and im in my late teens now. I am also desperate to be scared! So, ive set out to write some stuff. ive been asking around a bit for some suggestions as to what scares them, but, with no response, i cant really write a script that will scare the bejesus out of you all.

i know im young and from england and everything. but whatever. i have talent, why not use it to write something that we can all enjoy?

Suggestions Please :D

Much Luv - New Kid On The Block

[Despare]

Originally Posted by NewKidOnTheBlock

I'm exactly the same! i started watching horror when i was 8 ish and im in my late teens now. I am also desperate to be scared! So, ive set out to write some stuff. ive been asking around a bit for some suggestions as to what scares them, but, with no response, i cant really write a script that will scare the bejesus out of you all.

i know im young and from england and everything. but whatever. i have talent, why not use it to write something that we can all enjoy?

Suggestions Please :D

Much Luv - New Kid On The Block

I think you'll find yourself hard pressed to scare people unless there's some sort of actual physical interaction with the viewer... at least with a horror film. Make some movie about the environment or the political state of a country if you want to really make people squirm. Disturbing people is easier, you should give that a go.