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Originally Posted by ChronoGrl
That's interesting how claustrophobia isn't effective on you... What films work for you?
Honestly, the claustrophobia was VERY effective for me... My problem was that the director painstakingly took the first 1/2 hour in the cave bringing up this incredibly intense and claustrophobic feel to it...
And then the girls spend the rest of the movie running around from the monsters.
Claustrophobia vs. Haunted House Maze.
It's actually laughable when I think about it.
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They were running around, yes. But the time it took to get to that part, eh, it seemed like too much.
As far as what works for me, nothing really. I'm not really scared of anything. There are a few movies that have left a slight impression, such as
Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer and
Dead Birds(Not sure why). But they don't really make me squirm in my seat.
Now I will say
High Tension kept me on the edge of my seat...literally. But it was a very fast paced movie, and it had suspense that seemed to work. I enjoyed it. But not all movies like this, I enjoy.
Creep was a pretty fast paced movie, but it really wasn't my forté. It didn't have enough depth, and there was a lot that it didn't explain. Not to mention I had really high hopes for it, considering the great reviews it got. And that may have been part of my problem with
The Descent. I had too high of hopes and expectations, and when it didn't work the way I had hoped, it fell off of my list.
As far as
Jeepers Creepers, the first one wasn't really scary, but I did love the atmosphere and style. A very creepy film, and a good attempt at another slasher villain. The second one started out okay, but turned back downhill for the rest of the film, very quickly. I don't care to watch the second installment, again, anytime soon. Not to mention the insane amount of pointless profanity.
Maybe I'm expecting too much out of new movies, but some are just outright, awful. Example, the
White Noise series. But I do tend to like a lot of the very, very, low budget films out there. But hey, that's just me.