Re: DarkArtist's Creations of DOOM!
Really that scary? I haven't seen it yet, what would you compare it to?
Excellent question.
First, my favorite horror movies:
Halloween 1, Exorcist, Black Christmas (original), The Ring, Jeepers Creepers 1, Friday the 13th 1, Blair Witch 1, The Howling, American Werewolf in London, The Thing (Carpenters), The Others and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1. There are others, just a sampling.
Gore DOES NOT scare me therefore Hostel and Saw DO NOT scare me. Michael Myers, Jason, Freddy and Pinhead DO NOT scare me. I laugh at these dumb characters. Yes gore is required in certain circumstances and is used in The Strangers to keep the move grounded in reality as it should be.
H1 is a classic because it's THE SHAPE in that movie and not Michael Myers. F13 only has Jason at the very end in a very effective scene that was scary the first time and still makes me jump when he comes out of the water. Too think that at one point a F13 movie was actually scary, remember Marcie in the bathroom in part 1, and not garbage like 2 thru parts 1000.
That being said, i'm not saying that all the movies on my top list are all scary, some are not and some are but all are classics for me for one reason or another.
The Strangers goes back to the 70's to get its influence and it's an almagation of Halloween 1 (70's), Texas Chainsaw Massacre (70's), Charles Manson Helter Skelter story (69-70's) and Black Christmas (70's), elements were taken from all of these and combined to make an effective scary movie.
As we all know, sounds in the dark, real life situations, violation of one's private life and home will always be scarier than gore and silly Freddy Krueger being shown 100 x on the screen cackling away.
I now regret not seeing this movie in the theater with a crowd although it's just as effective in your house in the dark especially with a sorround sound.
Heck, this movie would be scary during the day with no surround sound, that's how scary it is.
I'm happy that I went into it not knowing anything about it. Now, i'm not saying that I wasn't frustrated with some of the decisions that the characters made in The Strangers but regardless, still very effective.
I hear that The Orphange is also scary, I have to get that one.
Please, do yourself a favor. Rent it. You won't regret it.
Then please let me know what you thought.
Rorschach! 
