I was only allowed to pick one, so I will mention my choices:
Zombie movies - I love to watch them, but tend to act a little spooked by little noises after dark after watching them. Not always - - the House of the Dead movie on SciFi, for example, was just too awful to spook me.
Evil, undead children. It took me a year to finish the novel 'Pet Cemetary' because I could see what was coming and was too chicken to continue. :p
Films like "The Grudge" first becasue of the freaky, unnatural way the ghosts moved, but because of the unrelenting nature of the dead - - everyone has to die, no matter how peripheral their connection to the house.
Finally, while I'm not usually strongly affected by characters going mad, I will say that the first truly horrific moment for me when watching the first 'Saw' movie was when Cary Elwes' character lost it and began cutting of his foot; it wasn't the act itself, which was off camera, but his pain and horror and determination was a very powerful mix of emotion I couldn't help but respond to.
Great answers! I get a bit disturbed by horror children too, I admit, not as much as freaky moving patterns and the unrelenting issue you mentioned though. For some reason I don't get that scared by murderers and don't enjoy watching them, but I do love myself some zombies!
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Zombie movies - I love to watch them, but tend to act a little spooked by little noises after dark after watching them. Not always - - the House of the Dead movie on SciFi, for example, was just too awful to spook me.
Evil, undead children. It took me a year to finish the novel 'Pet Cemetary' because I could see what was coming and was too chicken to continue. :p
Films like "The Grudge" first becasue of the freaky, unnatural way the ghosts moved, but because of the unrelenting nature of the dead - - everyone has to die, no matter how peripheral their connection to the house.
Finally, while I'm not usually strongly affected by characters going mad, I will say that the first truly horrific moment for me when watching the first 'Saw' movie was when Cary Elwes' character lost it and began cutting of his foot; it wasn't the act itself, which was off camera, but his pain and horror and determination was a very powerful mix of emotion I couldn't help but respond to.
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