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Did "The Ring" scare you as a kid/adult?
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I am really desensitized to scary movies now. Basically I need really good surprise moments to really get me. It can't be cliché because I have seen so many movies I can see it coming.
Honestly I don't think modern day scary movies even try. They either went the overly gross route like Saw, The Hills have Eyes, etc., or they go the Blaire Witch route like Paranormal Activity or one of the many movies about possession.
Kind of why I stick with action films. They added some comedy and have never changed the formula since but I am OK with it.
Honestly I don't think modern day scary movies even try. They either went the overly gross route like Saw, The Hills have Eyes, etc., or they go the Blaire Witch route like Paranormal Activity or one of the many movies about possession.
Kind of why I stick with action films. They added some comedy and have never changed the formula since but I am OK with it.
It left me unsettled. Also I really hate static on tvs now. Saw it when I was 11 with my sister and her friend. We watched it on DVD, and after the movie was over, I was messing with the menu and found the hidden feature to actually watch the tape. Right after it finished, the phone rang.
Visualante2
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Absolutely. I saw this film on Channel 4 one night way past my bed time. Used to love catching foreign and cult classic films late at night.
I watched it again recently and while it is fairly well made. It didn't scare me this time around.
Cramoss
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well this did make 13 year old me jump
That shit was just out of nowhere. Loved it.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
I was scared as a youngling. Especially that teleport thing she does. Heeby jeebies!
Brian Griffin
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Saw it in the theater when it came out. On the drive home I nearly had a panic attack in the car and almost ran off the road because my friend was in the back and flicked at my ear to fuck with me. Couldn't stop crying and shaking with fear when I was trying to sleep that night. I'd never felt fear like that before or since and looking back it was pretty awesome.
Like others have said it was the faces and jump cut movements that did it. The House on Haunted Hill remake had similar stuff and also really creeped me out.
Like others have said it was the faces and jump cut movements that did it. The House on Haunted Hill remake had similar stuff and also really creeped me out.
You would punch a ghost?
DizzyCaffeine
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Pretty sure you die if you touch her.
BlueBadger
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It did scare me.
It still scares me.
I can't with that movie. :'(
It still scares me.
I can't with that movie. :'(
The Silver
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Grudge girl was a mean ass bitch, killed you just for going inside a dumb house and for even associating with people who are currently "cursed". At least with Ring girl you had to go out of your way to watch a damn VHS and she was nice enough to call you up and give you a heads up.
Zeyphersan
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I feel like I'm missing something because this movie did not terrify me like it apparently did other people. And that's not me bragging or anything: I am a gigantic pussy. Horror movies usually get to me, but this one just didn't. Maybe I need to rewatch
This.
I watched it when I was 16. Dude in front of me turned around at some point and asked me if I was going to shut up at some point. He was right to complain. Fuck that movie.
blazenumb1
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Yep, that movie itself(the one you watch and you did 7 days later) is very unnerving as well.
DizzyCaffeine
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I felt the same way before, but I dunno - it's pretty cheesy now. I blame the internet.
Septimus Prime
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Yes. The Ring is actually the only horror movie that's ever scared the hell out of me, since jump scares don't do much for me (I'd just be surprised for a bit and then go back to being whatever).
I remember I was so scared that, when I went to bed that night, I left Kingdom Hearts on, in the menu screen (where Sora, Donald, and Goofy are all walking toward the player). The thought was that they could fuck up Samara if she showed up.
I remember I was so scared that, when I went to bed that night, I left Kingdom Hearts on, in the menu screen (where Sora, Donald, and Goofy are all walking toward the player). The thought was that they could fuck up Samara if she showed up.
DontBeThatGuy
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You know, I'm a big fan of the horror genre, but I can't remember the last time I was scared by a film, and it's certainly never happened while being in a room full of people. I'm kind of envious because I slept like a baby after watching The Ring.
HammerOfThor
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This scared me shitless in 8th grade.
It'll scare me shitless again if I watch it.
It'll scare me shitless again if I watch it.
FrontalMonk
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I think the big jump scare
was big for me, but mainly because I was on the edge of my seat for everything after
with samara coming out of the TV, and that jump edit
the scene where Naomi Watts's character is telling her son it's okay, because the ghost is free, and he just bolts upright and is like "YOU DID WHAT?!"
It scared the ever-living fuck out of me when I was younger. So many nightmares.
Ringu is better though, it actually displays some subtlety. The remake is just so loud and blue and...Hollywood. The worst thing about it is how it creates artificial tension by beginning every scene with a loud noise. It's really obnoxious.
Ringu is better though, it actually displays some subtlety. The remake is just so loud and blue and...Hollywood. The worst thing about it is how it creates artificial tension by beginning every scene with a loud noise. It's really obnoxious.
ElectricBlanketFire
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The Ring freaked me out at the time, but the horse falling over the boat made me burst out laughing.
TheProdigal
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the way the corpses looked in the first one scared me, and Sadako's eye in the japanese one scared me.
commanderpepper
Member
Yeah I got scared as a kid. I still remember that horse scene.
Bare Grills
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I had no clue what was going on so I couldn't get scared.
BlueBadger
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plasmawave
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The original Ringu did.
Hollywood thought girl with angry monster face was scary.
Hollywood thought girl with angry monster face was scary.
CarpeDeezNutz
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Never seen it before, will it scare me?
DontBeThatGuy
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The original Ringu did.
Hollywood thought girl with angry monster face was scary.
That went on for awhile.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Original Ringu, both the "climax" at the end, the overall atmosphere, the actual video and the entire story takes a massive Halloween dump over The Ring. It did scare me a few times, especially with that one particular jump scare, but Ringu, along with Blair Witch Project are the two horror movies that obliterates the competition.
does creepypasta scare you? if it does, then yes
Same.
TimeEffect
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well this did make 13 year old me jump
Scared me a lot. Whole reception scene was boring and sleepy, and BAM! Scare scene. Perfectly done.
I'm going to watch Insidious 3. Not many good scary movies, but I guess it'll do
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