What makes you a horrorfan?

Horrorfan · 12-26-2004, 12:41 AM

Another great question to ask the members of Horrordvds.com What makes you a horrorfan?

BloodMan · 12-26-2004, 01:50 AM

A chance to get away from the real bullshit of the world and relish in bloodshed and violence. Wait... that is the real world. Hmmm.

fceurich39 · 12-26-2004, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by BloodMan

A chance to get away from the real bullshit of the world and relish in bloodshed and violence. Wait... that is the real world. Hmmm.

AGREED

Guyver99 · 12-26-2004, 02:22 AM

Horror fans are not made, they're born.

12-26-2004, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Guyver99

Horror fans are not made, they're born.

I'll agree to that.

Damage · 12-26-2004, 05:36 AM

It's the chicks.

Damage · 12-26-2004, 05:55 AM

Okay, seriously. It's because horror movies are so much fun.

BloodMan · 12-26-2004, 06:01 AM

Really... its just to get away man. I have friends who despise horror movies because they are dumb, as they say. I'm under the feeling that that is kind of the point. You can't obviously take shit like that seriously. They totally diss the flicks I like and yet they love and totally get a kick out of shit like Spiderman and Bad Boys 2... wtf?? Its the same just a different genre. But ya, its just a place to go for an hour and a half - two hours and just let yer mind settle down. Watching Braindead... thats like joy! Horror... Its the only genre really where you can just turn off everything and just mellow out and have fun. Sure I dig a good drama or something that makes ya think sometime, but ya, horror films r gold.

12-26-2004, 06:33 AM

I don't like horror films. They're too violent and have often have no socially redeeming values whatsoever, and what is film but a medium for artistic expression that casts a critical eye on the society at large?

Lyle Horowitz · 12-26-2004, 06:41 AM

I grew up on it. The first kind of films I was interested in was horror. I remember watching Tales From The Crypt on HBO w/ my dad when I was little. I remember reading EC comics and reading scary books, too. Horror has always been my main forte. What keeps me coming back for more, I don't know. The mysterious, strange, unusual? I tend not to overanalyze why I like something, I just do.

Erick H. · 12-26-2004, 07:45 AM

The desire to willingly experience terror onscreen,in all it's many forms,and to not be mortified by it,but to be electrified by it ! Some of us enjoy breaking taboos,letting the imagination run at it's most wild.Others want a release of their bottled up anxiety.A horror film is a great way to let loose,to escape,to recharge.It's safer than drugs and cheaper than a shrink !

12-26-2004, 08:14 AM

No fancy answers here, I just like horror movies that's all.

bigdaddyhorse · 12-26-2004, 08:22 AM

Easiest answer = I'm a horrorfan cuz I love horror movies.

12-26-2004, 12:21 PM

I'm a horror fan a specific type of film. I like those that are scary in terms of their technique (special effects, cinematography, characterizaion) as well as terrifying on a psychological level. Pictures like "Psycho", "Night of the Living Dead", "Carnival of Souls" and "Carrie" are multi-textured fright films. They have a nice combination of special effects/fright scenes, excellent characterization, good cinematography and a Freudian subtext that lingers in your mind long after the screening.

I do like an occational slasher film that generates scares with shock cuts or gory scenes although they are usually not worth seeing more than once. Still, they can be short term fun. Another type would be the low budget, cheesy exploitation film which are entertaining in the sense they're so bad you laugh at the ineptitude. A six pack type of movie.

mcchrist · 12-26-2004, 12:35 PM

I'm still not certain whether or not you'd consider me a horror fan. The majority of what I watch is related in one form or another, but I fluxuate too damn often.

I know what I like to see, though. No matter what I watch, and I'll make no bones about it. Sex and violence. The more of it, the better. The more twisted and grotesque, the better...

Why?

Because I get my jollies off. There you have it. Catharsis comes in many forms, sex and violence is one. Other films I watch, motivation can be simply childhood nostalgia (in my case, that could be horror as well. I loved being a kid and going to the video store and looking at all the "big box" VHS tapes sitting on the shelf.)

Hell, I guess that last sentence could be my answer. I'm being a dick tonight, I'll stop.

12-26-2004, 12:41 AM	#1
Horrorfan Stalker Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Goodlettsville,Tennessee Posts: 444	What makes you a horrorfan? Another great question to ask the members of Horrordvds.com What makes you a horrorfan?

12-26-2004, 01:50 AM	#2
BloodMan Kill Time B4 It Kills You Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 4,432	A chance to get away from the real bullshit of the world and relish in bloodshed and violence. Wait... that is the real world. Hmmm. __________________ We Are Never Very Far From Those We Hate, For This Very Reason, We Shall Never Be Truly Close To Those We Love If I Don't Have The Right To Torture You, Why Then Do You Have The Right To Torture Me By Taking Away The Pleasure That I Could Get From Torturing You? Remember, one cannot make footprints in the sands of time by sitting on their butt, and who wants to leave butt prints in the sands of time?

12-26-2004, 02:22 AM	#4
Guyver99 Stalker Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 396	Horror fans are not made, they're born. __________________ Where is Rowan Morrison?

12-26-2004, 05:36 AM	#6
Damage Mirror Mirror Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Take off to the Great White North, eh? Posts: 2,577	It's the chicks. __________________ "May I point out that I had an opportunity to observe your counterparts here quite closely. They were brutal, savage, unprincipled, uncivilized, treacherous -- in every way, splendid examples of homo sapiens, the very flower of humanity. I found them quite refreshing." My DVD List and Movie Tracker... Like you care!

12-26-2004, 05:55 AM	#7
Damage Mirror Mirror Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Take off to the Great White North, eh? Posts: 2,577	Okay, seriously. It's because horror movies are so much fun. __________________ "May I point out that I had an opportunity to observe your counterparts here quite closely. They were brutal, savage, unprincipled, uncivilized, treacherous -- in every way, splendid examples of homo sapiens, the very flower of humanity. I found them quite refreshing." My DVD List and Movie Tracker... Like you care!

12-26-2004, 06:01 AM	#8
BloodMan Kill Time B4 It Kills You Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 4,432	Really... its just to get away man. I have friends who despise horror movies because they are dumb, as they say. I'm under the feeling that that is kind of the point. You can't obviously take shit like that seriously. They totally diss the flicks I like and yet they love and totally get a kick out of shit like Spiderman and Bad Boys 2... wtf?? Its the same just a different genre. But ya, its just a place to go for an hour and a half - two hours and just let yer mind settle down. Watching Braindead... thats like joy! Horror... Its the only genre really where you can just turn off everything and just mellow out and have fun. Sure I dig a good drama or something that makes ya think sometime, but ya, horror films r gold. __________________ We Are Never Very Far From Those We Hate, For This Very Reason, We Shall Never Be Truly Close To Those We Love If I Don't Have The Right To Torture You, Why Then Do You Have The Right To Torture Me By Taking Away The Pleasure That I Could Get From Torturing You? Remember, one cannot make footprints in the sands of time by sitting on their butt, and who wants to leave butt prints in the sands of time?

12-26-2004, 06:33 AM	#9
John Gargo Guest Posts: n/a	I don't like horror films. They're too violent and have often have no socially redeeming values whatsoever, and what is film but a medium for artistic expression that casts a critical eye on the society at large?

12-26-2004, 06:41 AM	#10
Lyle Horowitz Miscreant Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: New York Posts: 1,396	I grew up on it. The first kind of films I was interested in was horror. I remember watching Tales From The Crypt on HBO w/ my dad when I was little. I remember reading EC comics and reading scary books, too. Horror has always been my main forte. What keeps me coming back for more, I don't know. The mysterious, strange, unusual? I tend not to overanalyze why I like something, I just do. __________________ I want to take you higher...

12-26-2004, 07:45 AM	#11
Erick H. HackMaster Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 7,444	The desire to willingly experience terror onscreen,in all it's many forms,and to not be mortified by it,but to be electrified by it ! Some of us enjoy breaking taboos,letting the imagination run at it's most wild.Others want a release of their bottled up anxiety.A horror film is a great way to let loose,to escape,to recharge.It's safer than drugs and cheaper than a shrink !

12-26-2004, 08:14 AM	#12
betterdan Guest Posts: n/a	No fancy answers here, I just like horror movies that's all.

12-26-2004, 08:22 AM	#13
bigdaddyhorse Detroit Hi-on Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Under a rock Posts: 11,935	Easiest answer = I'm a horrorfan cuz I love horror movies. __________________ "!" My Fucking DVDS

12-26-2004, 12:21 PM	#14
RichardHaines Guest Posts: n/a	I'm a horror fan a specific type of film. I like those that are scary in terms of their technique (special effects, cinematography, characterizaion) as well as terrifying on a psychological level. Pictures like "Psycho", "Night of the Living Dead", "Carnival of Souls" and "Carrie" are multi-textured fright films. They have a nice combination of special effects/fright scenes, excellent characterization, good cinematography and a Freudian subtext that lingers in your mind long after the screening. I do like an occational slasher film that generates scares with shock cuts or gory scenes although they are usually not worth seeing more than once. Still, they can be short term fun. Another type would be the low budget, cheesy exploitation film which are entertaining in the sense they're so bad you laugh at the ineptitude. A six pack type of movie. Last edited by RichardHaines; 12-27-2004 at 10:26 AM.

12-26-2004, 12:35 PM	#15
mcchrist A new breed of pervert! Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Keepin' the dogs away... Posts: 7,984	I'm still not certain whether or not you'd consider me a horror fan. The majority of what I watch is related in one form or another, but I fluxuate too damn often. I know what I like to see, though. No matter what I watch, and I'll make no bones about it. Sex and violence. The more of it, the better. The more twisted and grotesque, the better... Why? Because I get my jollies off. There you have it. Catharsis comes in many forms, sex and violence is one. Other films I watch, motivation can be simply childhood nostalgia (in my case, that could be horror as well. I loved being a kid and going to the video store and looking at all the "big box" VHS tapes sitting on the shelf.) Hell, I guess that last sentence could be my answer. I'm being a dick tonight, I'll stop. __________________ McChrist's MySpace Cult-Stitch on MySpace

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