I'm an 80s baby so we saw American werewolf and Nightmare on elm Street etc at a pretty early age. Then the teenage years came and it led to girls weed graffiti and clubs, I think i tried to watch The Exorcist with my girl around 98 but we watched it in the day and didn't get through it, there was too much life shyt going on.
Fast forward a few years I've travelled for work, broke up a few relationships and moved back home. Was pondering what to do with life and was up weeded out at about 2 am... See the Blair witch project is on... Haven't watched a horror on my own In years, and I was aware of its rep. I was shook, I couldn't tear my eyes from the screen and was left sat in the dark when it finished, no smartphones or anything to distract me, I sat thinking about the film till I fell asleep.. the image of Mike at the end seared into my subconscious for the rest of my days
So that was it, I went back rewatched 80s/70s classics, then got into torrenting and worked my way through years of horror from candy man (which I had dismissed as slasher when younger but is so much much more... The score is phenomenal)
then through to Japanese and Korean horror like shutter and pulse, the great Spanish horror like REC and the orphanage, some Italian and giallo though not my preference
Had about 3 years of diving deep into horror then burnt myself out, with the very last movienof that run being Black Death with sean bean, fukkin depressing shyt
Nowadays I've gone back to the hammer and Universal movies as its such a departure from modern clichéd horror
But it was that one isolated and unexpected viewing of TBWP at a turning point full of turmoil in my life that sparked this off. A moment I'll never forget
It's been a while since I watched something recently made which was quality, I enjoyed hereditary.. and it follows was good, Sinister (other than that 1 moment) was great, ticked all the boxes.. But I know I'm well out the loop.... Any suggestions welcome!
Thanks for reading if you did, I don't post much but I've wanted to share this story and ask this question for a while, and I know there's knowledgeable horror fans here
Also as I know TBWP is contentious and is hated by lots of people, but I'd like to say Open Water is one of the most frightening fukking experiences on film.... Its literal nightmare fuel but again, widely disliked.
But I'm rambling now, peace.
Fast forward a few years I've travelled for work, broke up a few relationships and moved back home. Was pondering what to do with life and was up weeded out at about 2 am... See the Blair witch project is on... Haven't watched a horror on my own In years, and I was aware of its rep. I was shook, I couldn't tear my eyes from the screen and was left sat in the dark when it finished, no smartphones or anything to distract me, I sat thinking about the film till I fell asleep.. the image of Mike at the end seared into my subconscious for the rest of my days
So that was it, I went back rewatched 80s/70s classics, then got into torrenting and worked my way through years of horror from candy man (which I had dismissed as slasher when younger but is so much much more... The score is phenomenal)
then through to Japanese and Korean horror like shutter and pulse, the great Spanish horror like REC and the orphanage, some Italian and giallo though not my preference
Had about 3 years of diving deep into horror then burnt myself out, with the very last movienof that run being Black Death with sean bean, fukkin depressing shyt
Nowadays I've gone back to the hammer and Universal movies as its such a departure from modern clichéd horror
But it was that one isolated and unexpected viewing of TBWP at a turning point full of turmoil in my life that sparked this off. A moment I'll never forget
It's been a while since I watched something recently made which was quality, I enjoyed hereditary.. and it follows was good, Sinister (other than that 1 moment) was great, ticked all the boxes.. But I know I'm well out the loop.... Any suggestions welcome!
Thanks for reading if you did, I don't post much but I've wanted to share this story and ask this question for a while, and I know there's knowledgeable horror fans here
Also as I know TBWP is contentious and is hated by lots of people, but I'd like to say Open Water is one of the most frightening fukking experiences on film.... Its literal nightmare fuel but again, widely disliked.
But I'm rambling now, peace.
