Horror Movies: I like watching horror movies. They're simple, no-thought-required entertainment, and I often find myself laughing at them. The characters do the stupidest things.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I like watching horror movies. They're simple, no-thought-required entertainment, and I often find myself laughing at them. The characters do the stupidest things. There's a noise in the woods at night, so a girl wearing almost nothing goes walking out into the woods to investigate. People stand watching rather than running away. You know right at the beginning that the monster is going to win, and no one will survive, so it's not a surprise when there isn't a happy ending. I am somewhat selective in what I watch, but horror movies let me relax and get a laugh or two. How about you?

The biggest money-maker is the adventure movie, whatever that is. They made $164 billion vs $18 billion for horror through the 2010s.

Rich2236 Loc: E. Hampstead, New Hampshire

jerryc41 wrote:

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No, you are wrong. At least one female and one male actor will survive to tell the tale...LOL.

Sendai5355 Loc: On the banks of the Pedernales River, Texas

I always wonder what compels them to go down to the basement or up to the attic.

Rich2236 Loc: E. Hampstead, New Hampshire

Sendai5355 wrote:

I always wonder what compels them to go down to the basement or up to the attic.

That's because the script writers wrote it that way.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Rich2236 wrote:

No, you are wrong. At least one female and one male actor will survive to tell the tale...LOL.

Sometimes, but very often, that special character gets killed right at the end.

srg

jerryc41 wrote:

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Here's where we diverge Jerry. My second wife also loved horror movies. She left me in the middle of the night after I told her that I would not allow anything satanic into my house. She cleaned out my bank account and took the car too. I had to use my bike loaded with a heavy toolbelt to go to work on my construction job.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

srg wrote:

Here's where we diverge Jerry. My second wife left me in the middle of the night after I told her that I would not allow anything satanic into my house. She cleaned out my bank account and took the car too. I had to use my bike loaded with a heavy toolbelt to go to work on my construction job.

We don't need Satan for horror. There are lots of variations for the horror fan.

stanikon Loc: Deep in the Heart of Texas

I don't like horror movies and don't watch them. I saw a few of them in a past life and decided I wasn't paying out my hard-earned money to scare myself to death. When I gained enough maturity to see them like you do, I did not find them entertaining at all. My wife went with her aunt to see "The Exorcist" when it first came out. She didn't sleep well for a couple of months afterward. Explain to me how that is having a good time.

srt101fan

jerryc41 wrote:

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Have you ever seen "Killdozer"? ("A small construction crew on an island is terrorized when a spirit-like being takes over a large bulldozer, and goes on a killing rampage.") One of the dumber movies I've exposed my brain to.....

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

stanikon wrote:

I don't like horror movies and don't watch them. I saw a few of them in a past life and decided I wasn't paying out my hard-earned money to scare myself to death. When I gained enough maturity to see them like you do, I did not find them entertaining at all. My wife went with her aunt to see "The Exorcist" when it first came out. She didn't sleep well for a couple of months afterward. Explain to me how that is having a good time.

The ones I watch don't scare me because they're so ridiculous. I don't see the enjoyment in being scared. A merry-go-round is about my limit for amusement park rides.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

srt101fan wrote:

Have you ever seen "Killdozer"? ("A small construction crew on an island is terrorized when a spirit-like being takes over a large bulldozer, and goes on a killing rampage.") One of the dumber movies I've exposed my brain to.....

I'm laughing already!

How about "Killer Clowns from Outer Space"? There are lots of crazy titles.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

I grew up going to the Eagle Theatre in Pontiac, MI watching horror movies on Saturdays in the fifties. You may remember. The Creature from the Black Lagoon; The House on Haunted Hill; and all kinds of vampire movies; The Fifty Foot Man: The Hand; The Tingler; The Mummy (the Boris Karloff Mummy. One of the greatest of all times); The Hand; etc. The Eagle was a social institution. While our schools were segregated by boundary lines, on Saturday, the Eagle was populated by kids from both sides of town....black, white and the few hispanic kids we had. We were all there to see the movie and got along just fine.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

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Yes, I saw all of those.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

SteveR wrote:

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If that was the Hundred Foot Man, they called have called it "The Human Centipede."

SteveR Loc: Michigan

jerryc41 wrote:

Yes, I saw all of those.

The vampire movies really got creative, Jerry. The one that I remember most was the gunfighter vampire. You could shoot him but he couldn't die. That is, ofc, until the preacher in town put a wooden cross on his bullet and shot the vampire gunfighter in the heart during a duel. THAT killed him. I guess the genre would be Western Horror Vampire

Other than The Mummy with Borris Karloff, the recent Cabin in the Woods may be one of the best.