Old scary movies aren't scary
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Hard disagree about horror films and 'scary movies' needing to be 'scary'. That's an extremely subjective measure that just starts useless arguments.
Just like any other film, what it actually needs is good writing, good acting, and good cinematography, parts which are more concrete than whether something's scary. The horror part is essentially just an aesthetic which a movie can sit within.
Also, quite often the view that 'scary movies should be scary' just leads to directors creating films that are hard to watch, period - full of vapid jumpscares, scenes made to just gross out the audience, and often just torture fetish content. It's a terrible metric to aspire to that generally degrades the entire genre imo.
If you think about it, one scary movie but not in the "normal" way is Schindler's list.
And a scary movie is a hunting movie seen from the POV of the prey.
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Old scary movies aren't scary
Oh so it's a stupid generalization
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I'm sorry, I just have the kind of autism where scary movies are either cringe or hilarious.
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The subject in question is George Wendt's 1985 classic vietnam war flashback horror film. I can only assume.
I assumed it was this one:
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I re-watched the Exorcist recently. I found it scary, but in a different way from how people try to sell it.
The head turning, the vomit, the spider walking, that was all shocking (and cool) but not scary.
What I did find scary was all the science/medicine stuff. Doctors telling the mother that Reagan is faking it, or keeping her under sedation, or subjecting her to endless invasive tests. The real horror is the mother's realization that the material world cannot save her daughter. The horror of putting Reagan's life in the hands of faith.
So I'd say that it works on several levels, where for some people, scary is "OMG, a monster face!" and for others scary is the incomprehensible.
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I think an element of being scared is surprise and the unknown.
When something is done well it gets copied and becomes a cliche, then it's no longer scary. Old movies are where the cliches come from, so revising them no longer packs the surprise and unknown from when they were first released. The movies you watch today might be scary, but in a few decades when they've been mimicked a few times they will no longer hold that potency.
So, in a way, yes, older movies tend to no longer be scary. I think some of it is also learning the film making techniques. When we watch the behind the scenes of an actor in a suit, it makes the film lose some of that unknown.
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It's also not a horror movie.
It absolutely is a horror film.
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Alien isn't scary
What is a movie you think is actually scary?
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You do you. Alien aren't scary but it's intense and well made, and i only watched it recently. The Thing too. They both excel without relying on cheap jumpscare.
I didn’t think I liked horror until I watched the original Alien. Now it’s up there for my favourite movie of all time. I’m still a bit nervous to branch out since I hate jump scares, but maybe I’ll check out the Thing. I’ve heard good things.
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I didn’t think I liked horror until I watched the original Alien. Now it’s up there for my favourite movie of all time. I’m still a bit nervous to branch out since I hate jump scares, but maybe I’ll check out the Thing. I’ve heard good things.
You should, but do note it start up slow, once it get going it's very well paced imo. it will also likely remind you of a popular game.
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