It is really hard to say; it's so dark even for "dark fantasy," and definitely NOT for children, so I feel comfortable leaving it there, if only as a talking point.
I get more terrified by real-life documentaries on serial killers than I do fictional films. Agreed--ick! I don't even like slashers with serial killers in movies, because it's too close to something that could happen in real life. I'm not against slashers on the whole, but I need some element of the supernatural or outlandishly unrealistic to get on-board.
Slashers it usually "this guy is psychotic" and thrillers the villain typically has another motive other than "because he has the crazies." And that too, heh. Usually, the "s/he has the crazies" explanation works better if you're inside the killer's POV, at least for me, because then it's interesting and unsettling for different reasons.
I figured FD3 had a female lead when I saw Mary Elizabeth Winstead, so yeah, I definitely need to check that out. Plus, it's in an amusement park! I have a thing about creepy amusement parks.
I saw When A Stranger Calls in theaters, and believe me it was the only time I enjoyed a terrible movie in the theaters solely because the audience mocked it the entire time. LOL--see? This is why I like seeing horror movies in theaters. The audience is always awesome. Nobody texting or talking through it, unless it's to say stuff like, "Dude, don't go in there!" or "Aw, shit, here it goes!" It's *fun.* We are an entire community of lolfans. I think that's what people who don't watch a lot of this stuff don't get--we know when it's bad. We just don't care, and gleefully watch it anyway. Well, sometimes.
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Date: 2015-02-09 03:56 pm (UTC)I get more terrified by real-life documentaries on serial killers than I do fictional films.
Agreed--ick! I don't even like slashers with serial killers in movies, because it's too close to something that could happen in real life. I'm not against slashers on the whole, but I need some element of the supernatural or outlandishly unrealistic to get on-board.
Slashers it usually "this guy is psychotic" and thrillers the villain typically has another motive other than "because he has the crazies."
And that too, heh. Usually, the "s/he has the crazies" explanation works better if you're inside the killer's POV, at least for me, because then it's interesting and unsettling for different reasons.
I figured FD3 had a female lead when I saw Mary Elizabeth Winstead, so yeah, I definitely need to check that out. Plus, it's in an amusement park! I have a thing about creepy amusement parks.
I saw When A Stranger Calls in theaters, and believe me it was the only time I enjoyed a terrible movie in the theaters solely because the audience mocked it the entire time.
LOL--see? This is why I like seeing horror movies in theaters. The audience is always awesome. Nobody texting or talking through it, unless it's to say stuff like, "Dude, don't go in there!" or "Aw, shit, here it goes!" It's *fun.* We are an entire community of lolfans. I think that's what people who don't watch a lot of this stuff don't get--we know when it's bad. We just don't care, and gleefully watch it anyway. Well, sometimes.