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liked this, felt the "lair" sequence was a bit overt, but overall my new favourite ghost story....pissed all over PA2 IMO. Scary 1 Spewy 0 etc. |
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Caught it at the cinema when it was first released. Really wasn't into it. Found it predictable and kinda' dull, unfortunately. |
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Insidious (2010) I have seen everything from Cannibal Ferox and Zombi 2 to Saw and Hostel. It has been ages since a movie scared me tho. Paranormal Activity did a good job but tonight I watched Insidious and thought it was so scary I had to check on my kids 3 times during the movie. the soundtrack was very jo loduca. acting top notch. Just a very scary and very good film. Highly recommend it. |
I liked it too - a lot better than I thought it would be. |
agreed, only slightly flawed, hey nowts perfect..and i always said Tiny Tim was creepy ;);) |
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Totally agree mate, one of the very few films that genuinely scared me and made me feel uncomfortable. That creepy song the boy dances too in the house which is then played on the demons record player is just sooooo creepy. :popcorn: |
Yup I really got into the spirit of the film and found it very effective - especially given that haunted houses, weird happenings etc are so ten a penny and to that end that's why I think it's a good horror. I wasn't so sure about some of the sillier elements but I reminded myself to just go with the flow as films like Jeepers Creepers needed and thus I settled back down to the jolts! What I also found refreshing was that this was a rare new horror not trading on shedloads of gore - just trying to scare you witless and I think that's a harder, classier job to pull off. |
PG-13 horror is not for me.It stared out ok but then it just got to jump scare after jump scare(how people can be scared of a film is beyond me).The ghosts looked like Marilyn Manson,not scary just stoopid.3 out of 10 from me |
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Tiny Tim revival methinks!! |
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And yes, to nail my colours to the mast - I'm an adult person, and I confess that a really well-made Horror film scares me pretty well! :behindsofa: Just my two cents. Greetings! |
I have problems understanding how people can be "scared" by a film too. "Disturbed", yes, "chilled", perhaps, but scared? Don't get it. Not since I was about 10 at any rate. So, I wonder if this is connected to me finding Insidious a hollow and boring bit of fluff? |
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I don't normally scare easily but Insidious scared me a few times, along with REC and Paranormal Activity The ability for a film to make you jump by something appearing or a loud noise when you're feeling unsettled is called a 'scare' in my eyes |
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But that reaction to films like screaming or hiding behind cushions is something I do not understand in adults. The Daleks made me hide behind the sofa as a child, but I have not felt that feeling at TV or cinema since then. |
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Although to be honest all three of the previous films I mentioned scared me too in the sense that I felt very uncomfortable, hot and sweaty and felt genuinely scared. :blush: |
Of course films have the power to scare. And of course there are those that don't have any fear to this sort of cinema, just as some veiwers don't laugh at comedy, regardless of how funny the film is. As for 'jumps' there weren't many times in insidious where 'jumps' were used, the window scene with the dancing boy, the loft scene, the photgraphs of the lady in black all were scary but none of them were about jumps. However all horrors try to scare at some level because thats the point, a horror movie that doesn't scare or unseattle is a comedy that doesn't make us laugh. Pointless. And everything from Halloween to Ratman has jumps in it. It's not a bad thing, but it has been over used in recent films. Insidious worked personally for me because it stayed with me long after the film was over. I didn't remember jumps. I remember being unseattled by the idea, by the voice on the babymonitor and by window scene. And lets not forget the scene were the camera slowly moves to the window, and nothing happens. The directors said they were infulenced by Argento's colour used and by films that didn't relay on jumps. I think they nailed it. |
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Watched this on BD last night and thought it was excellent. I haven't 'jumped' so many times in ages! :eek: It was very refreshing to see a movie that tried to scare you rather than gross you out. One of my favourite horrors of recent years. |
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Imo the thing is, these days there's nothing that can't be shown with PC power and savvy cinemagoers know this. Therefore, when a horror film arrives which requires a cerebral approach over a visceral one then some spectators may well complain "Aw, the filmmakers mustn't have had the budget for proper FX." and the end result could potentially be disappointment for the viewer. Whether it's for the best or the worse, in cinemas CGI rules these days and i think it's what many or most audience members expect. Sad but most definitely true and a most bitter pill to swallow. I'm not exactly enamoured with this situation either believe me, but it is a fact. However, admittedly i do intend to give Insidious a chance to send the shivers up my spine sooner or later once the price comes down.:) |
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Graphic violence can certainly get an audience reaction and will engage some people, but I'm disappointed that lots of directors seem to think they're scaring someone when they're just staging violence. As an old example, I thought the original Nightmare on Elm Street was nowhere near as scary as it could have been because it showed too much, and the violence in some cases (e.g. Johnny Depp's demise) destroyed any atmosphere of dread. |
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The less-is-more element in TED refers to the film's 'Forest (wood, tree take your pick!) Demon'. We have plentiful POV shots of the relevant evildoer but we never actually catch sight of the creature during the movie's duration. The audience relys on Sam Raimi's legendary 'Shakey-Cam' footage and those unnerving demonic sound FX. Imo this approach appears to work in TED's favour. We see less of the forest's floating entity and i think such elusiveness makes the movie more suspenseful and heightens the horror. Just my two cents for what it's worth. Jaws plays the same game as we don't get a good look at the marauding seabound predator during the film's first half. Once again, the viewer's imagination takes over and seems to fill the 'Shark isn't working' gaps quite nicely.:) |
6/10, it was worth a watch at the cinema, but it just got silly. The actual scary films are by Hideo Nakata and Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Insidious is nothing compared to them. Oh and David Lynch. |
I've said it before and will say it again. I watched it in the dark. And was scared by insidious. I think its one of the best horror movies of the last 5 years and that I an opinion. I've seen everything from TED and Fulci films to films that go for scares from all those japanese efforts and classic american haunted house movies. I was never scared by ring or dark water. Im not saying Insidious is the exorcist but it does what it says on the tin. |
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I suspect Insidious may possibly be a suitable improvement over many a J 'n' K horror outing when it comes to scares and i look forward to giving the film a try in due course.:) |
Insidious is amazing! one of the best horrors of the year :) |
wow. its marmite time i see. as with most modern horror films, a cine literate viewer has to have the ability to suspend disbelief. as i have two friends who say quite baldly that "horror doesnt scare me, as i know its not real" well DUH. this is redundant as an arguement. i personally loved Dark Water, the US remake however is an exercise in monotony which i only watched as ive always fancied Jennifer Connelly... never again. people who loved Insidious will love it regardless, people who think its toss will say so. |
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As for scary movies in general; I'd like to be scared more watching horrors but it's not to do with a lack of suspension of disbelief. Insidious was fun, but I did find the demon looked like something out of Kabuki theatre. It took me out of the picture. The lead up was pretty good and I enjoyed the movie. |
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To be honest I dont go into a horror expecting to be scared. I love horror as its suspenseful and I have a keen interest in the supernatual. No movie apart from Exorcist has scared me. If I went in expecting to be scared I would not like 99% of movies I see. |
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Same here. i wouldn't be on this forum, because nothing would interest me. Back in the day (1982) The Exorcist scared me silly. Nothing else has quite captured that fear again. But, it doesn't mean to say that i can't enjoy a horror movie. There's plenty of other things to interest me in the genre. I can confess to, very occasionally, being caught out on a cheap jump scare;) |
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