sobuffalo t1_iu8vq28 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 1:48 PM

The Thing

t3rm3y OP t1_iu8wp2y wrote on October 29, 2022 at 1:56 PM

Its a great film, not really scary though is it? More a sci fi film..

TotesObviThrwawy t1_iu8xdsr wrote on October 29, 2022 at 2:02 PM

I'd invite you to search "the thing chest scene."

Granted, I work in Healthcare, so it might hit me harder than most.

t3rm3y OP t1_iu8y1tv wrote on October 29, 2022 at 2:07 PM

Hah, yeah maybe, but then same could be said probably for alien with the chest buster?

TotesObviThrwawy t1_iu8yo9u wrote on October 29, 2022 at 2:13 PM

Is Alien not a horror movie to you?

t3rm3y OP t1_iu8zpvo wrote on October 29, 2022 at 2:21 PM

Well I know it's generally placed in the horror genre but to me it's still sci fi. Yes an alien hunts the crew one by one. But predator isn't classed as a horror and does the same thing.. Plus when alien is then watched with aliens, alien 3, resurrection and the rest it losses any horror elements and is a great sci fi film. Horror , real scary horror is invisible, realistic, believable, and sends chills through me. That's what I like to watch. Of course the 'chase' films are great and I enjoy them but I'm always looking for something new. Netflix is great as it has allowed me to watch Korean, German, Spanish etc films which wouldn't usually be shown on British TV. The Spanish make some good horrors /scary films and of course the Koreans are great at it.

sobuffalo t1_iu91kaz wrote on October 29, 2022 at 2:35 PM

Aliens is more like Predator, more the action sci-fi, where Alien and The Thing, are more psychological horror, the paranoia of who’s “the monster”. The isolation of outer space, or a ice station, create far more than just monster movies.

I’ll toss Event Horizon in, although it’s very different.

t3rm3y OP t1_iu944i2 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 2:54 PM

See I love films and have seen a lot. But the two I referenced " white noise" and "sixth sense" both have that more realistic believable horror and scares. I remember when static appeared on screen after a station stopped broadcasting so that one got me good. I think sixth sense worked well because it affected the child so much.

Event horizon could have been great /better but the crew become the problem instead of the horror or what the portal lead to.