I'm calling it out

[Vodstok]

Originally Posted by bloodletter

I think I should have put "Best Slasher Movie" in my post 'cause Halloween nails that... just for the creepiness. Evil Dead II's probably the best cult/comedy/horror of the bunch... I actually almost got to see it on Broadway a few weeks ago... That has to be rad, like a gwar show. But what I'm getting at is I totally agree with Vodstock. I mean Jaws terrified me as a kid... I've surfed for years and I'm still freaked out by sharks in the water.

The really good horrors always use Atmosphere, and tap into the really deep visceral fears. Hellraiser is scary on some levels, but day to day, humans havent really been too afraid of being ripped apart by cenobites. hell, by the time we came around, there werent even trilobites.

But getting eaten alive? especially by a shark? Thats a biggie. that is part of our wiring.

[crabapple]

Are you kidding? JAWS?? That movie still scares the hell out of me. I even had a nightmare about it last year.

That fuckin' scene with Dreyfuss diving under the boat to find out how it sank..........oh my God. Oh, it gives me a horribly chilly feeling just thinking about it.

[urgeok]

Originally Posted by crabapple

Are you kidding? JAWS?? That movie still scares the hell out of me. I even had a nightmare about it last year.

That fuckin' scene with Dreyfuss diving under the boat to find out how it sank..........oh my God. Oh, it gives me a horribly chilly feeling just thinking about it.

when the head pops out ?

scared the shit out of me too ..it was the 1st time in my life i ever saw something that graphic...

[tic]

still rate Jaws as my fave film of all time, regardless if it's a horror film or not. I can still remember seeing it at the cinema, still the only film which i think was genuinely scarey (i was 7 at the time)

[Vodstok]

I completely think that Jaws is horror. It has almost all of the formula qualities of a slasher, only it's a shark rather than a nutjob.

[urgeok]

well, its a nutjob shark.

poseidon told him to kill, KILL, KILL !!!

[crabapple]

Yeah, the head popping out was a really dirty trick, and putting a scream on the soundtrack was a dirty trick...

But it wasn't just that...it's the whole scene. The fact that he's jumping in the water, into the shark's environment, unprotected. And it's at night, which is even creepier.

I've seen this movie many times. I know what happens. I know the shark doesn't appear in the scene. But I get shivery just thinking about it.