I watched Sunshine last night. What a side swipe. What is it about spaceship movies that makes them really freaky cinema? I'm also slightly agoraphobic -- like, if I were standing on top of Mount Everest, I'd be panic-stricken about all the openness -- so movies set in space, with all their pans of, well, empty, near-endless, open expanse, just totally mess with me.

Anyway, it got me to thinking about other creep-fests: Event Horizon, Solaris, The Exorcist (the original, only), The Ring (it wasn't scary, it was just a beautifully shot gloomy weirdfest), Hellraiser...

Bizarre and irksome movies you've watched. That's the topic.

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best digitally made space experience ive ever had was system shock 2 (game). but event horizon, aliens, total recall, dead space and duke nukem 3D episode 2 were all good space experiences too.

I'm pretty sure the first time I watched Donnie Darko the words "bizarre" and "irksome" probably summed up my reaction. I'd never seen anything like that before.
I had totally the same feeling when I watched Sunshine. Didn't expect much from it at all and was completely blown away. There's definitely something to be said for not reading up on films before you go and see them I think.

Have you seen Moon yet? That's another great film set in space.

Moon is interesting i wont say to easy to give it away, sunshine wasnt brilliant but it didntlike and bought the dvd, a freind said they were sitting with another freind watching a movie and the were suprised i hadnrt even heard of it, i went out and bought it on their recommendation and i love it, its called push. Also a straight to dvd a film called the warriors way interesting film. Also dante 01 also cargo a foreign film different, i original caught the last quarter of it on tv and it looked interesting, so i got a full copy and it liked it.

2001 has got the best robot-taking-over story, set in the awesomely silent space, that I've ever seen. And the rest is most certainly bizarre...

I thought Sunshine, like Event Horizon, worked well at the beginning and then went all weird on the ending. They've built up this very tense, very spooky atmosphere and then blow it with corny gore and wacky camera effects.

The reason scary movies are even scarier in space? Because its dark, quiet, and you have nowhere to go.

EDIT: It's the reason why the first Alien is such a good movie, because those elements were captured so well.

i dunno about sunshine not seen it, but i agree with this on event horizon. the film did need some action at the end cos there wasnt any for most of it, but a psycho Jurassic park guy and man on fire was a little disappointing. oh well its a good film overall.

I loved Moon. It's not really scary (it's not supposed to be), but it's a good story.

I saw it advertised on MTV two years ago and thought it was an MTV Production. Those are always dire. Watched it last night because I was in the mood for a popcorn celluloid... Yes, I was surprised. XD


Moon is awesome. Also, sad.


Is that the movie with Matt Leblanc and Lacey Chabert? I think it was alright for the age at which I watched it, but I tried to watch it again last year and was quite disappointed. X)



Yeah, it is corny. (Also, the dialogue. While the first guy is dying a probably extremely painful death, the psychologist is going, "What do you see? What do you see?!" Really, dude?) I think it's an effective set-up, though. Give people goosebumps and then whack them with the gore. I can yawn through all the Saws, Hostels and The Hills Have Eyes in the world, but set it up properly, the way movies like Event Horizon and Sunshine do, and I'm totally mindwhacked when the violence does come.

The Last House on the Left. There are some really disturbing scenes in this movie... If you don't know the plot, I suggest you google the it before you see this one.

It's not any particular movie, but I hate those creepy movies that include slow-mo chase scenes with creepy trip-hop beats in the background. Gives me the chills. I don't really expect anyone to relate to this as I suppose it's a strange thing to creeped out of.

i dont understand the obsession with saw and hostel. why do people want to see others tortured? its disgusting that humans enjoy it. yes i watched the first saw movie, and the second, and enjoyed them. but i was like 15 at the time. now im older it just wierds me out that people actually enjoy watching that [censored].

The six and the City movie was pretty scary for me... How did they get that horse to talk? And why do they call it Carrie?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0fhzA_j6lQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgCxCZNkQ9E

as much as i like you, Fallout+Nerds=OWNAGE, you an me could never get on. six and the city? why would you abuse yourself like that?

A girl. Nuff' said my man.

I don't like torture porm. People even think the first one is good, for some reason; even people who normally know better.


I LOLed. When you put it that way, it does sound scary.

well that changes everything. change that avatar and me n can be best of friends

Videodrome http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5cLj6L6zvo&feature=related

But why? It is from the original Batman movies.

nah i was only playing. do what you want.

so whats the deal with your name? you like owning fallout nerds or you think fallout and nerds own?

Hypercube

Sweet.

OT: But seriously I don't think I have watched any movies that have SCARED me. Most just jumped out and startled me but never scared me.