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I saw this when it first opened in NY. While I was in line to get the ticket a man came out ranting about how horrible it was...did he think that all Asian women were sweet, demure and submissive? ;-P
The Twilight Zone that scared me was the one about the TV that could predict the future.
Scary movies are my favorite thing, so no. There are some that are too gruesome for me, though, or too... I don't know what the word is. Cynical? Like the "Saw" or "Hostel" movies. Those offend me rather than scare me.*
Lucio Fulci's films are about the grossest ones I can stand. For actual scariness, yeah, Audition is way up there, as was Candyman, which is brilliant but very disturbing.
*Offensiveness has its place, too... I made it through Pasolini's Salo, which is a real work of art, though almost impossible to "like." There, the offensiveness is the whole point.
Paperhouse. Paperhouse terrifies me just remembering it. Which may mean it isn't as scary as I remember. But I lost my (pirate) copy and I've never seen it for rent.
brujita, that was comedy, not horror! It was supernatural, yes, but for the most part it's played for laughs. (I have both seasons on DVD- really, really cool show.)
I'm a wimp. Full Metal Jacket gave me nightmares and I only watched the first 15 minutes or so. I couldn't go near the theatre for the hard core stuff y'all are talking about.
I went to see Night of Dark Shadows at the local second run theatre when I was about 9 or 10 - at least, I guess it must have been 2nd run, because I was only 7 or 8 in 1971 and I swear I thought I was older when I saw that, go figure - but anyway, I had to spend most of the movie in the lobby, looking nonchalantly at the popcorn counter, like, "Oh, I prefer the lobby. Not scared or anything, you know, just hangin' out, yeah, hangin' out with my 10 year old self." Ever since it's been my mark for way too scary movies, even scarier than the first Alien, when my brother prised my hands away from my eyes and said, "I paid for this movie and you're damn well going to watch every single minute of it, bwah ha ha."
When I was a teenager, I had a couple opportunities to watch Faces of Death, but I always (thankfully!) balked at the last minute. I've also managed to avoid the video of the guy shooting himself in a press conference, although it's easily available online.
I'm a big fan of horror movies (not so much the torture porn), but I draw the line at snuff. I know some people make no distinction between the two, but I think there's a qualitative difference, and I never want to inure myself to the shock and repulsion of real-life violence (as morbidly fascinating as it can be).
I agree with essexjan: Repulsion, though a great film, is very hard to watch. The first time I saw it, it made me feel like I was going crazy.
Also, chewatadistance: [SPOILER ALERT!] the scene in in Full Metal Jacket where Private Pyle's barracks-mates "discipline" him by beating him with bars of soap wrapped in towels is one of the most intense, horrifying moments in any movie, ever.
True that... and The Kingdom did have its freaky moments. (von Trier has said he was inspired to make it because of Twin Peaks, which was also a blend of comedy and horror.)
I had to turn off Sky News 20 minutes ago as that one-wheeled plane came into land in New Jersey, just in case it all went horribly wrong. I don't want to see someone die for real. I turned back 30 seconds later and they were all safe.
Audition actually triggered my gag reflex so severely that I had to stop the DVD for a few minutes to regain control over my gorge.
Then I started watching again. Blurg.
There are two moments in Mulholland Dr. that will freak me right the freak out of my freak if I watch them alone. Or, uh, if I think about them when I'm alone at night.
There's a moment in The Ring (oh and you know the moment, yes you do)... when my then-housemate and I watched it, we discovered (after The Moment ended) that we'd both reared up out of our cozy lounging positions to scuttle as far away from the TV as we could without losing sight of the screen. I didn't find the film all that scary, but that one image came back to me in the night about six months later and kept me awake all night. When I mentioned it to him, he tartly thanked me for reviving a memory that would "scare [him] damp."
There are two moments in Mulholland Dr. that will freak me right the freak out of my freak if I watch them alone. Or, uh, if I think about them when I'm alone at night.
I am such a wuss even violence in Tom and Jerry makes me wince...BUT...dont ever EVER EVER EVER mention chucky near me...arrgh, just the thought of that creepy thing that masquerades as a doll is enough to give me goosebumps!
I liked Silent Hill, as it had some really beautifully rendered scenes in it. The Ring was creepy in a fun way... I was always wondering how the girl saw. Maybe she used sonar or something because her hair was always in the way. I'm suprised someone else managed to make it through Salo and can still call it a work of art. I completely agree, it's just that it seems most think it's crap (ha), or have never heard of it. Most horror films don't get to me, it's just that I think parts of them are really good, or at least the ideas are good, and the execution is poor. Henry would be an exception to this.
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