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Want to know how to REALLY scare someone?

Postby Tomo » Aug 15th, '10, 14:35



Kubrick did. He's the one that came closest to breeching my mental firewall, and that was on a hot afternoon in June/July 1993 with his film version of Stephen King's The Shining.

He also let his daughter shoot a fascinating behind-the-scenes documentary on the set: http://documentaryheaven.com/the-making-of-the-shining/

Given that I thought The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Driller Killer and I Spit on your Grave were black comedies in the same vein as Bad Taste, how do you scare someone like me, whose natural reaction to horror is genuine hilarity? The secret, it turns out, is an obsessive attention to detail - and Kubricks three shot technique (tied off, tracking, and hand held).

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Postby IAIN » Aug 15th, '10, 14:52

if you haven't already - Equus...i find that film very unsettling...

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Postby Tomo » Aug 15th, '10, 14:57

IAIN wrote:if you haven't already - Equus...i find that film very unsettling...

Oooh, lovely. Richard Burton and all that. very nice work.

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Postby Randy » Aug 15th, '10, 18:44

I spit on your grave is getting a remake that will be unrated supposedly.

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Postby themagicwand » Aug 15th, '10, 18:47

I like the Shining but it didn't scare me - well, apart from the scene with the kid on the tricycle of course! For me, the scariest film EVER has to be the Exorcist.

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Postby IAIN » Aug 15th, '10, 19:53

the changling, and whistle and i'll come to you are both pretty freaky....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2usJoHX798

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Postby Randy » Aug 15th, '10, 20:12

Jaws and A Nightmare on Elm Street.

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Postby DenmarkKilo » Aug 15th, '10, 20:18

What about http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkDmgDqD5mw as I'm sure if I were 3 years old I would be scared too...

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Postby magicj » Aug 15th, '10, 20:52

THIS scared me.

just listen to the way he explains it (audio quiet so turn the speakers up!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbq5dXU_Q2E

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Postby Arkesus » Aug 15th, '10, 21:22

magicj wrote:THIS scared me.

just listen to the way he explains it (audio quiet so turn the speakers up!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbq5dXU_Q2E


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Postby magicj » Aug 15th, '10, 21:26

Arkesus wrote:
magicj wrote:THIS scared me.

just listen to the way he explains it (audio quiet so turn the speakers up!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbq5dXU_Q2E


Sorry about that Magic J.


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Postby Klangster1971 » Aug 16th, '10, 09:32

Clearly the best way to scare people is to use loud noises to make folks jump, use lots of gore to put people off their dinner and cast cardboard actors to portray characters that nobody cares about.

Oh wait - sorry, that's the usual Hollywood method isn't it?

I found the original 'Halloween' quite scary - and still do now! The combination of the JC's iconic score and Michael Myers is tough to top. But usually I prefer to slow-burn approach.... The original language version of 'The Eye' is quite high on my list - the scene in the lift is absolutely terrifying and it involves nothing more than an old man turning around slowly to face the heroine. Shame Hollywood went and messed up the remake.


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Postby Lady of Mystery » Aug 16th, '10, 09:42

The scariest film moment for me is still Watership Down and the surreal part when he dances with the Black Rabbit. I don't know why but I've always found that very very spooky

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Postby Robbie » Aug 16th, '10, 10:52

I don't think I've ever been really frightened by a movie -- not counting cheap "made you jump" startles.

The Amityville Horror came out when I was a teenager, and a friend and I got nicely spooked by it, especially since we believed it was a true story. My friend was creeped out for weeks, and kept waking up at 3:45 am (or whatever the "special" time was... if you've seen it you'll know what I mean).

Was Amityville the first movie to use the sound of little children singing to creepy effect? They did it well!

Much more recently, My Little Eye has a great shiver-up-the-spine moment at the climax when you realise what's *really* going on. This film is practically a test of which generation you belong to, since you MUST be fully video-literate to understand it. Basically a baby-boomer or younger.

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Postby Tomo » Aug 16th, '10, 12:28

I'll tell you what's really scary: Man on Wire. Truth is always scarier than fiction because there's no undo button on life.

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