## QUESTION

Post by Godzillaman » Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:23 pm

> Nicholas H. wrote:Definitely not any monsters

Then you have to go watch Cloverfield.
Edit: strange that I never looked up above my post...

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Post by haloguy » Tue Mar 30, 2010 4:05 pm

what was always scary for me was the fact that it may happen in real life. Even though it couldn't, it could in my mind, and that can make anyone scared. am I making sense?

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Post by Jason Toddman » Sun Jun 06, 2010 11:37 am

If you still want input after all this time, I think the scariest stories involve bad situations that could really happen. Everyone is likely to be feel fright for a well-told situation involving a serial killer/rapist or a terrorist on the loose, whereas everyone just laughs at Godzilla rampaging thru Tokyo (despite the fact that this SEEMS like an extremely horrific situation) just because it couldn't actually happen (well, that and the cheesy acting and cheesier plot and even cheesier still special effects). Monster movies tend not to be as frightening unless really well made and acted and treated seriously. But even then, substitute a crazed murderer for Alien and make the scene your own house instead of some starship out in space and the fear factor jumps enormously. The more likely it can happen, the scarier it will be, especially when the 'hero' is greatly overmatched by the 'villain' as in the standard armed robber TUG situation or is at least helpless/ vulnerable. Knowing the 'victim's thoughts and feeling their fears adds to the drama too if you're going for horror. The word you word a story is the most element of all. One person's telling of a murder can be scarier than another person's telling of the same event simply by the WAY they tell it. Mood and 'atmosphere' are important for any story meant to scare; that is partly why 'Alien' works and is in fact becoming a classic despite its many gaps of logic and its lack of immediate reality.
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Post by Chris12 » Sun Jun 06, 2010 11:43 am

A scene in a dark place when you know that there is someone hiding in the darkness always scares me.
Anything involving a spider also freaks me out.

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Post by Jake_100 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 3:27 am

The best and scariest horror film I've ever seen is a spanish film called [REC] Of course the americans re-made it and called it Qurantine. But the last 5 minutes is terrifying.

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Post by ducttapeboy001 » Mon Jun 14, 2010 2:19 am

I like scary movies but sometimes they giv me night mare-ish dreams.
The atmosphere is what makes the move scarier, quiet, dull looking atmosphere is best for scary movies.
it makes me GLaD, Im not you
And believe me Im still alive
Im doing TUGs and Im still alive.
I feel fantastic and Im stilll alive
You'd be EVIL if you're GLaD

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Post by josh » Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:16 pm

for me when the movie turns the opposite way from what you think and like the guy you think would aave someone, ends up kidding someone, thats scary.
also if gory scenes with superior imagery of death, violence and the works.
hope this helps

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Post by Jason Toddman » Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:36 pm

> love_2_b_tied_up wrote:When you read a book or watch a moive what is scary about it? I want to write a story and I need help. Any suggestions?
> Edit: Please do not capitalize every letter, neither make large parts of text bold.

How IS that book coming after all this time, anyway?
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To boldly go where no one in their right mind has gone before...