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What's a popular horror movie you just can't get into? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 weeks ago by ACalmGorilla@lemmy.ca to c/Horror@lemmy.ca

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For me its terrifier. Just too much shock for the point of being edgy. They also seem mean spirited and I'm more of a horror comedy guy. I don't like any in the series. What about you all?

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[–] MrFappy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Honestly, almost anything PG-13. If it’s not R, it’s not going to scare me. The one exception I can think of is OG Insidious, because on first watch that movie scared the shit out of me. But it’s not necessarily a need for gore or swearing, but in my experience a movie doesn’t need those to be scary, or R. I’ve seen movies that are R because they’re so damn scary, like The conjuring. But even a lot of people’s favorite, Drag Me to Hell, was boring and predictable to me. More often than not I finish a PG13 flick asking why the creators even bothered.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

You might have missed the point of Drag Me to Hell. It's about the protagonist suffering an eating disorder.

Almost all the horror involves things going into, or coming out of, her mouth, and she won't physically touch food. In fact, every time food is on screen, something horrible happens to her.

She has nose bleeds and loses hair, anorexia symptoms. Notice how those around her don't react appropriately had those hallucinations been real? She used to be fat as a kid, the Swine Queen. Now she's thin, even for a Hollywood actress. So very much more.

Try it again with all that in mind. :)

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Not so much "scary" as "disturbing", but Spoorloos (1988), aka The Vanishing, is billed as being suitable for 12-year-olds. Definitely worth watching (and definitely worth going in without any information). In fact, it was that film that made me de-discount anything aimed at 15-years-old or younger. I was thinking "if they can't even swear then how serious and atmospheric can it really get?" but I was dead wrong.

[–] tischbier@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I agree with you about Drag Me to Hell. I liked that movie but I didn’t think it was scary. It was fun though.

I think the only movie that actually creeped me out in the past decade was It Follows and Hereditary.

Hereditary was good separately on another level if a person enjoys the history of horror. Hereditary managed to write a story that pulled elements from the 1970’s Horror movie greats. So, it felt like a homage to those greats while also not being predictable. They went for it.

I agree with you about most horror—especially PG13 horror. Those kinds of “horror” are for teens to ignore on a date at the movies rather than an actual horror film.