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t3rm3y OP t1_iu8zpvo wrote

Reply to comment by TotesObviThrwawy in what horrors have genuinely scared you? by t3rm3y

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.

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sobuffalo t1_iu91kaz wrote

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.

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t3rm3y OP t1_iu944i2 wrote

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.

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