Movies I Never Want To See Again

[naamah_darling]

Well, alainbriongloid asked me for a list of movies I never want to see again, and I couldn't resist the opportunity. So, I compiled a partial catalog of stuff I could go the rest of my life without seeing ever again

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[tattycat]

Saw III. *kri*

And I agree with so very many of the ones on your list, it's not even funny. Frx, I can watch The Ring, but only when it's daylight. Event Horizon, likewise.

[naamah_darling]

Yeah, I just avoided the Saw movies altogether. I no longer feel I need to prove my masculinity by watching stuff I know is going to be really revolting and disturbing.

I learned a lesson, see, by letting people talk me into seeing shit like Seven.

[ladymairwen]

Ditto the Saw movies disgust.

Somebody tried to explain to me the ...philosophy?...of clownsadistdude and it took me about 30 seconds of thought to decide "um, nope."

They are designed to gross out, revolt, disturb, and otherwise fuck with the heads of normal people. Or perhaps (more disturbingly) for some people to enjoy death and murder and gore without actually having to murder anyone. Like a snuff porn.

[naamah_darling]

Hence the "torture porn" appellation for the genre. Totally accurate.

[ladymairwen]

Is that what it's called?

Blech.

[stormcaller3801]

Worth noting they're using the -porn appellation a lot lately. Elizabethan movies with huge, ornate costumes? Textile porn. Slasher flicks? Torture porn. Cooking shows? Food porn.

[ladymairwen]

I know, it's a little weird.

But I'm so there for the Textile porn. :-) I loves me some Lizzies.

[naamah_darling]

Porn can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on what you're pairing it with. It's sort of like vanilla ice cream that way.

[stormcaller3801]

Ice cream porn?

[naamah_darling]

I'm on that.

With a slice of waaarm apple pie.

[naamah_darling]

By people who hate it as much as I do, yeah.

People who actually watch that shit consider it "horror." Never mind that they wouldn't know real horror if it bit them in the ass.

[ladymairwen]

Not me, man. Yuck.

[amberkatt]

How do you define "real horror"?

[naamah_darling]

Hmm. In general, stuff where the psychological element outweighs the physical suspense/shocking gore element.

The Fog, though it can be argued that it's actually a monster movie. What it is, is a damn scary ghost story, and it blends the two genres almost perfectly.

The Thing, and the horrifying novella it was based on: "Who Goes There" by John W. Campbell. Both are highly recommended. (And yes, the grossness of The Thing was far, far outweighed by the disturbing psychological elements of the story. It would be frightening even if we never saw the monster directly.)

"The Colour out of Space" by H. P. Lovecraft. An excellent example. A lot of his work is truly horrific because it implies horror that extends beyond the bounds of the story: even if the conflict is solved, the characters now know horrible truths about the universe that they cannot un-know. Their whole world has now become horrific, and they cannot escape it. That's a very pure form of horror

[stormcaller3801]

You know, the scary thing is, these movies actually serve a social good.

You see, they've done studies, and there are people out there who watch these movies (and porn flicks) because they enjoy them. People who happen to be potential murderers or rapists. Except, they're not. Why? Because they're busy watching movies.

It's true. You show stuff like this, let porn theaters run in your town, during the hours they're operating, the relative crime rates drop.

Pretty screwed up, but I keep it in the back of my mind whenever I read some self-righteous rant from some 'authority' about how porn and violent films/games cause crime.

[ladymairwen]

It is screwed up.

But I know the stuff doesn't cause crime. :-)