The Cinematic Motion Picture News Thread

[E.H. Ruddock]

Fire in the Sky scared me

I had nightmares for years when I saw this as a kid.

Thanks a lot, ruddo, now I'm not going to sleep tonight.

I still think aliens will abduct me, ever since seeing it

[Simple Torture]

Fire in the Sky scared me

I had nightmares for years when I saw this as a kid.

Thanks a lot, ruddo, now I'm not going to sleep tonight.

I still think aliens will abduct me, ever since seeing it

Syrup.

[Kaius]

Blair Witch and Fire in the Sky both give me the heebie jeebies.

[Simple Torture]

Only the last shot of Blair Witch (the standing in the corner thing).

[BurtReynolds]

Only the last shot of Blair Witch (the standing in the corner thing).

I was more scared by the fact that 3 bad actors in the woods with a shitty camera made a bajillion dollars.

[Simple Torture]

Only the last shot of Blair Witch (the standing in the corner thing).

I was more scared by the fact that 3 bad actors in the woods with a shitty camera made a bajillion dollars.

[McParadigm]

Blair Witch ruined scary movies for me...not because it was so great but because it made it terribly clear how much more horrible my imagination is than any horror film creation.

After seeing that, every scary movie felt like such a snooze. "Here's a scary thing," they cried.

"Pfft," I sighed. "I assumed worse."

Blair Witch was a corny attempt to recognize what every other horror movie is too dumb to get: the more you reveal, the less creepy it gets. Instead, it mostly just succeeded in proving that most people don't have an imagination.

[bada]

All I remember of the Blair Witch was being bored and nauseous and then the last few minutes it got scary and then it was over.

[bune]

I couldn't get through the King Arthur trailer.

All I could think while watching it was "yup, this is guy Ritchie movie. It just happens to be set in medieval England."

Doesn't make it any better, just makes me wish it was RocknRolla2 instead.

Blair Witch 2 wasn't bad. Blair Witch 1 was bad.

Blair Witch 1 is the only movie to give me the genuine scares

It more scared me after reading what the ending actually was more than watching it the first time. If that doesn't make sense, let me try again:

Watching it the first time was scary enough. Then I saw on reddit years later what the last scene was about (missed some context clues and I only watched it once) and that made the movie even scarier. Weird, since I wasn't watching it.

Only the last shot of Blair Witch (the standing in the corner thing).

Yeah, that part.

[Strat]

Blair Witch ruined scary movies for me...not because it was so great but because it made it terribly clear how much more horrible my imagination is than any horror film creation.

After seeing that, every scary movie felt like such a snooze. "Here's a scary thing," they cried.

"Pfft," I sighed. "I assumed worse."

Blair Witch was a corny attempt to recognize what every other horror movie is too dumb to get: the more you reveal, the less creepy it gets. Instead, it mostly just succeeded in proving that most people don't have an imagination.

I was mentally fucked up for a few days after seeing Blair Witch. I haven't felt that way from any other horror movie since. Ive tried. Part of it was the next day me and a couple buddies drove out to Colorado to go camping but...

[E.H. Ruddock]

Blair Witch did nothing for me. I must be dead inside

[VinylGuy]

I never understood why people were so afraid of Blair Witch. I like the movie, mostly from a production value point of view...scary? Im not sure.

[LoathedVermin72]

Yeah I like Blair Witch but never found it to be exceptionally scary. It has its moments, but it doesn't freak me out the way other horror movies in its wake have.

[McParadigm]

Not that I watch a lot of horror films any more, but it's one of only a few that HAVE scared me. The "scare" moments in most of the others are so, so dumb.

That said, I don't think BW affected me in the theater much. It was in the days afterwards, when my mind kept drifting back to those unseen or merely implied things, and the wondering and imagining started.

I had basically the same experience with Sarah Palin's VP candidacy.

[Rangi Guy]

Blair Witch ruined scary movies for me...not because it was so great but because it made it terribly clear how much more horrible my imagination is than any horror film creation.

After seeing that, every scary movie felt like such a snooze. "Here's a scary thing," they cried.

"Pfft," I sighed. "I assumed worse."

Blair Witch was a corny attempt to recognize what every other horror movie is too dumb to get: the more you reveal, the less creepy it gets. Instead, it mostly just succeeded in proving that most people don't have an imagination.

McP gets it!

[@SkitchP]

Blair Witch was just marketed so incredibly well.

[BurtReynolds]

Is it a law that every few years there has to be a King Arthur remake?

[VinylGuy]

Is it a law that every few years there has to be a King Arthur remake?

yeah, and it needs to suck hard.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Anyone else looking forward to the new Bourne movie?

[LoathedVermin72]

No