The Hills Have Eyes
I'm a pretty big horror fan. I like to be scared. I also like the really cheesy ones. I consider Nightmare on Elm Street to be one of my favorite movies. I can't really explain the real allure of horror films for me. I know one of my friends thinks there's something wrong with me and she may be right but I have to say that just because I watch and enjoy horror that does not mean that I would kill people or even that I'm attracted to violence. I'm actually a pacifist. We are talking a lot about looking at horrific images in my documentary photography class as a way to pass a test of some kind. It's painful to look but you feel that you have to in order to make it through this imaginary gauntlet. I feel a bit that way, which is why I'll watch a movie even if I'm pretty sure I'll hate it. I'm curious and I like to know that I can look. I sometimes feel like I'm toughening my self up for something which is kind of silly but there you go.
I've only been truly scared once or twice and never by the ones that everyone says are horrifying. The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre was silly, shocking certainly but still very silly. The Hills Have Eyes was a bit like a cross between Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the totally stupid Wrong Turn. First off, the whole genetically mutated weirdo family turning to cannibalism isn't really that new and it wasn't all that frightening here either but it was definately weird and creepy. Probably the scariest part of the film was toward the beginning when we don't see the killers. (That's actually true for most horror films.) There was pretty typical gore and bone-crunching grossness that never fails to entertain. There was one scene, however, that was particularly shocking. I know that the whole point of some horror is to constantly push the envelope and try to shock and scare a jaded public but this was just too much for me. There's something about rape and molestation that brings horror to a whole new level for me. It ceases to be entertaining for me. To me, rape is one of the worst things that can happen to a woman. It's so much more than violence, it's an invasion. It's a wound that never quite heals because it's psycological too. I've never thought it was write to portray rape in a movie unless it is sincerely part of the story. For instance, in the movie Bandit Queen, our heroine is raped but that was part of her real story and it defined her in the end. Why was there rape in The Hills Have Eyes? For shock value. That's what bothers me about it, it's entertainment value. Kill, maim and mutilate all you want but please keep rape out of the horror genre. Thanks. Eh, ghosts are much scarier anyway. I really want to see Stay Alive, Slither (Nathan Fillion ♥) and Silent Hill. I'll just keep looking for something to scare me.
And now I will leave you all because I have an essay to write about why I should get scholarships, yay! Do think just telling them that I'm FABULOUS would work? Probably not.
I've only been truly scared once or twice and never by the ones that everyone says are horrifying. The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre was silly, shocking certainly but still very silly. The Hills Have Eyes was a bit like a cross between Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the totally stupid Wrong Turn. First off, the whole genetically mutated weirdo family turning to cannibalism isn't really that new and it wasn't all that frightening here either but it was definately weird and creepy. Probably the scariest part of the film was toward the beginning when we don't see the killers. (That's actually true for most horror films.) There was pretty typical gore and bone-crunching grossness that never fails to entertain. There was one scene, however, that was particularly shocking. I know that the whole point of some horror is to constantly push the envelope and try to shock and scare a jaded public but this was just too much for me. There's something about rape and molestation that brings horror to a whole new level for me. It ceases to be entertaining for me. To me, rape is one of the worst things that can happen to a woman. It's so much more than violence, it's an invasion. It's a wound that never quite heals because it's psycological too. I've never thought it was write to portray rape in a movie unless it is sincerely part of the story. For instance, in the movie Bandit Queen, our heroine is raped but that was part of her real story and it defined her in the end. Why was there rape in The Hills Have Eyes? For shock value. That's what bothers me about it, it's entertainment value. Kill, maim and mutilate all you want but please keep rape out of the horror genre. Thanks. Eh, ghosts are much scarier anyway. I really want to see Stay Alive, Slither (Nathan Fillion ♥) and Silent Hill. I'll just keep looking for something to scare me.
And now I will leave you all because I have an essay to write about why I should get scholarships, yay! Do think just telling them that I'm FABULOUS would work? Probably not.