Nodding off = Better movie..

[KillerQ]

Hey all...

Interesting concept here - i just wanted to know if anyone else there shared this with me...

A lot of time when i have time to watcha horror DVD, it's while i am going to bed. Needless to say, no matter how good the movie is, i end up nodding off to sleep at some point during the movie. Well, during that period of time before i fall a sleeo when my eyes are getting heavy, and i am kind of "out of it" i recall that the scene i am watching is intensified and i feel like the movie is actually taking place.... Sort of like, the movie becomes my dream at the moment and my mind runs away with it... it's a cool feeling when i recall it the next day.

This happened last night during the end of ginger snaps! Wow, was that cool...


Thanks,


Matt

[KillerCannabis]

I always nod off during movies if its late enough. Usually because I'm too stoned, but I know what you're saying.

[Atmims]

I always nod off during movies if its late enough. Usually because I'm too stoned, but I know what you're saying.

I don't have that problem usually unless it's a really shitty movie. I usually wait til about 10 o'clock to watch a movie. My twin brother though falls asleep all the time when we watch movies because he smokes pot and I don't. I tried smoking weed when I watch a movie and I just can't enjoy it then, I tried during "Eaten Alive" once and some other movie and I just couldn't enjoy them (amatuer, huh?). I prefer slamming some beers, that gives me a lot of enjoyment out of a really bad movie.
Adrian

[Atmims]

The only times I've ever really been creeped out by a horror movie is when I stay up til about 3:00 am and drink about 10 cups of coffee. I swear I wanted to turn the lights on when we was watching the Ring. I don't know if it was truly the movie or coffee paranoia although my brother was pretty creeped out too, I could see it in his eyes.
Adrian

[gunner]

I know exactly what your talking about KillerQ.
I have a 2nd dvd player in my bedroom. And this may sound strange but every night I play a disc to fall asleep to (tv timer set of course). The worst for me is when I fall fully asleep and actually wake up to a horrific scene. For example, I fell asleep to When A Stranger Calls the night before last and almost shit myself in fright when I woke up to the 'voice in the closet' scene at the end. When I watch that film during the day I'm not effected in the slightest by that part. It's really strange. Perhaps your system goes into a defensive mode during sleep since it's your most vulnerable moment. Or, maybe it's just because,like you said, your mind is just drifting into la-la-land and your zoning into the film more than you normally would.
I've actually wanted to post this subject in the past but never did. Glad to see I'm not the only one.

[Eddie Quist]

I also know what you're saying, Q...it's like the power and intensity of the scene is taken to a whole other level....I think, in general, this whole space between sleep and consciousness is a goldmine of creative thoughts and ideas that are usually impossible to access otherwise. I don't mean to sound all new-agey, but I do believe this...Dan O'Bannon says about the same thing in the ROTLD featurette, when he talks about laying down and drifting off to sleep to get ideas for his movies.

[KillerQ]

Great,

I'm glad someone else experiences this as well! I wish I could control it a bit more... Oh well. Yea Gunner, Some of the wierdest moments are when i wake up to a creepy scene. In all honesty, these expereinces are some of the ONLY times i feel genuinely scared any more :)

Thanks,

Matt

[McBride_01]

I did wake up at the end of Rosemary's Baby where she is looking at her baby for the first time. It's silent and then all of a sudden a loud music cue and her face changes! It made a big chill go up my spine, moreso than any other time I'd ever seen it.

I guess the reason the movie seems better is because you are more relaxed and just kind of "absorb" the movie. I'm no expert of course. :)

[Werner Von Wallenrod]

Ah, I begin see why people on this board liked Ghost of Mars so much... ;)