Posts by Hadyn Green
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The most genuinely frightening experiences for me have been while pc gaming
There are some quite good games for making you scared. If the game can draw you in then the character really becomes you and you really get scared for your "life".
I'm currently playing Fallout 3 and there is a horrible desolate feeling of a world where almost everything is trying to kill you, so even in braod daylight you tend to get a wee bit cautious.
I remember being horrified by the Dr Who episodes with the giant maggots.
God yes! and when I was little the Daleks did scare me.
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Night of the Hell Hamsters can be bought via IndieFlix for a very reasonable price
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That Simon Pegg piece in the Guardian is really good Jack. And while I disagree with one or two of his points I agree with his overall statement.
It's also nice to know I was right about 28 Days Later being taken from Day of the Triffids. I thought as much when I watching it and so was able to predict who would live/die and how. Didn't make it any less scary.
Signs (another fairly scary film) was War of the Worlds for those looking for story comparisons.
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Evil Dead: Love the series, although the first one is weeeeeird
Shaun of the Dead: I didn't like it. There I said it.
Tremors: great and funny and well thought out, it's like Jaws on dirt.
Richard, I think you would like Night of the Hell Hamsters
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Interesting thing about zombies: they aren't cool anymore
And I am totally onto the new trend
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which is then interrupted by the telephone ringing VERY LOUDLY made the entire theatre jump, followed by a round of nervous laughter...
Jose Barbosa (on bfm) has a great story like this, I'll try and get him to write it up.
I was also remembering that there is a scene in Jurassic Park (spoiler) where they are clambering into the ceiling space and a raptor jumps at someone's legs. When I saw that at the movies I jerked my legs up instinctively. (stupid raptors)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Walk
Wai thank yew kaind sah
I think I've got that at home, I can lend it to you if I find it. It was part of the Richard Bachman collection and also contains the Running Man (love that film!)
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People who were trained in body movement and could easily add a sort of unnatural jerky twitchiness to their movements, with their limbs or head moving in the 'wrong' manner when they run or attack.
Ever seen that Tool video with the people (with antlers) on all fours swinging their heads? It's the same deal with dancers being used to create something very odd and unnerving. Blowed if I can remember the name of the song though
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There are a few common factors to horror and suspense movies that I have thought about over the years
Here are the three ingredients to most horror films (no spoilers):
1. Sin - someone does something ethically questionable (sex, drugs, stealing, murder)
2. Punishment - the evil whatever (undead dude with a machete for example) kills a bunch of the people who did the sinning
3. Redemption - one of the sinners kills the evil and, through some measure of penance, is redeemed.
Unsurprisingly these line up perfectly to a three act structure.
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Suspiria: The Only Thing More Terrifying Than The Last 12 Minutes Of This Film Are The First 92.
Sounds interesting, but if it's actually scary I'm probably not going to see it. Any zombies in it?