Poll: Is Gore Truly Scary?
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Well ok, except for that one.GTwander said:Uh, say what, what?canadamus_prime said:
Easily one of the best movies, ever, ever.
EDIT: But what made that one good? You never did actually SEE the monster.
No, but it sure as hell can be/is entertaining. I think a lot of the time it doesn't even intend to be scary. It's just entertaining in the same way that gratuitous violence is.
In real life? Yes, probably very much so.
In real life? Yes, probably very much so.
I don't find it scary, it is however, sickening for me and often leads to a lingering feeling on that part of my body that was effected on the other person. This is real gore I'm talking about, video game gore isn't anything to me. The only thing I worry about with video game gore is if my little brother is present or not.
What are you on about?canadamus_prime said:Well ok, except for that one.GTwander said:Uh, say what, what?canadamus_prime said:
Easily one of the best movies, ever, ever.
EDIT: But what made that one good? You never did actually SEE the monster.
You see the monster burst out of about half a dozen people.
It was the original Necromorph.
It -enhances- scariness, because it's unnerving. It kind of gives you an idea of the horrible things that could happen to the protagonist in that situation. But if a horror game/film tries to big itself up entirely on nothing but gore and expect people to shit themselves, it doesn't work.
I don't remember actually seeing anything like that. The closest thing I remember was when all those tentacle things were coming off the possessed dog.GTwander said:What are you on about?canadamus_prime said:Well ok, except for that one.GTwander said:Uh, say what, what?canadamus_prime said:
Easily one of the best movies, ever, ever.
EDIT: But what made that one good? You never did actually SEE the monster.
You see the monster burst out of about half a dozen people.
It was the original Necromorph.
Or when they are giving that one dead dude the paddles, and his chest rips open to teeth and bites the guys hands off?canadamus_prime said:
Then his head stretches off his torso and scuttles away with spider legs?
There's tons of this stuff - watch it again.
Pretty much this. The original Evil Dead used its cheap gore effects very well, making it tense and seem downright horrible with how slow the pain seemed to be getting inflicted. Unfortunately that became the only thing that people seemed to get out of it, not sense of paranoia or claustrophobia knowing you're stuck in a cabin where everything can and will kill you but in the meantime it's just going to mess with you.SlaveNumber23 said:
As for the remake, I already have a good guess about the ending if it doesn't go the same. Deadite is going to possess the dog and give us a cliffhanger ending of it jumping at someone. If not there's going to be that "I can't kill him he's my dog!" before it kills/bites the owner and gets them possessed.
Gore for me isn't so much scary as it is... discomforting.
Gore is not scary, but it can be a component of something scary. It is not scary by itself, but it can add scariness to something that already is scary.
Gore isn't scary. It falls under the "body horror" genre, but it isn't horror. It's just a bit repulsive, until you get desensitized.
Unfortunately, horror films have focused on gore for way too long, and now that seems to be the only form of horror we can get (outside of jump scares, which are more startling than scary anyway).
Unfortunately, horror films have focused on gore for way too long, and now that seems to be the only form of horror we can get (outside of jump scares, which are more startling than scary anyway).
No.
But his message sure is.
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We can't brush this issue off as a problem for someone else to fix, it's up to us to make a difference.
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But his message sure is.
Global climate change isn't just a scary story, it's a very real phenomenon that's already affecting us and will destroy our planet if we don't act now. This isn't a political issue, it's an issue regarding it's a survival of the human race and it's being decided by what we do right NOW. The evidence is incontrovertible, climatologists are in full agreement, if we don't find a way to stop the rampant releasing of carbon emissions into our atmosphere our children will live in a world with mass food shortages and year round hurricanes like Sandy.
We can't brush this issue off as a problem for someone else to fix, it's up to us to make a difference.
-This has been a PSA from the Organization of OlasDAlmighty
The eye coming out of Ash's shoulder scared me far more than, say, the chick in Jason X getting sucked through the small-squared grate into outerspace, or the guy getting torn in half in Jaws.
There are different grades of horror movie. Some people want the sophisticated horror like in Shining. Others want to sit back and watch heads explode like in Dawn of the Dead. My favorite horror movie genre is beasts (mythical or not) attacking people. Monster flicks. It comes off campy but I like the idea of it.
The real point of over-the-top gore is to gross people out. If played right, it can be absolutely terrifying. Most of the time, sadly, it is not.
So what I'm really trying to say is that it's good to have multiple genres of horror at hand in case you have a moment where you don't want to sit back and think about it. Or maybe you do. Or maybe it's cooler to watch a lion rearrange someone's intestine.
To me, most gore in horror films does not effect me like real life gore will. And if I see gore in real life, my first reaction is to assist in any way possible. Stop the bleeding, put the body in a better position, assess the wounds and tell the emergency people over the phone what is wrong before they get there (which helps). Only after the fact am I allowed to be traumatized and cry, or go into shock. One of the two. Time and a place for everything.
There are different grades of horror movie. Some people want the sophisticated horror like in Shining. Others want to sit back and watch heads explode like in Dawn of the Dead. My favorite horror movie genre is beasts (mythical or not) attacking people. Monster flicks. It comes off campy but I like the idea of it.
The real point of over-the-top gore is to gross people out. If played right, it can be absolutely terrifying. Most of the time, sadly, it is not.
So what I'm really trying to say is that it's good to have multiple genres of horror at hand in case you have a moment where you don't want to sit back and think about it. Or maybe you do. Or maybe it's cooler to watch a lion rearrange someone's intestine.
To me, most gore in horror films does not effect me like real life gore will. And if I see gore in real life, my first reaction is to assist in any way possible. Stop the bleeding, put the body in a better position, assess the wounds and tell the emergency people over the phone what is wrong before they get there (which helps). Only after the fact am I allowed to be traumatized and cry, or go into shock. One of the two. Time and a place for everything.
I've a phobia for blood, so well-done scenes of gore can get me. But it's just a lazy trick. It's not good horror, it's not good storytelling. It's just "This looks kinda icky, that'll get someone."
It's the modern equivalent of jump-scares. It should be used to exacerbate horror, not to substitute for it.
It's the modern equivalent of jump-scares. It should be used to exacerbate horror, not to substitute for it.
It depends
For a long time I thought I was desensitized for seeing lots of gore and guts in games. But then I played muv luv alternative and there was a really fucked up scene that involved a lot of gore.
Happened to someone the main guy cared about deeply and it happened at the worst time.
I threw up a bit in my mouth and I couldn't sleep that night....
For a long time I thought I was desensitized for seeing lots of gore and guts in games. But then I played muv luv alternative and there was a really fucked up scene that involved a lot of gore.
Happened to someone the main guy cared about deeply and it happened at the worst time.
I threw up a bit in my mouth and I couldn't sleep that night....