Sigh - Why Is It Always Demons??? Just a Rant.....
All I wanted to do was watch a ghost show (yes I know they aren't real - but sometimes have a few scares in them) to get a little chill when what pops up - DEMONS. Why are these shows always talking about demons? I do not find demons scary at all - maybe because I find it all so ridiculous. OOOO something from hell is trying to possess this woman in East Bumfuck Iowa. REALLY?????? If demons existed why would they bother & surely her god (because most of them claim to be devout Christians) should protect her - can protect her - if not, not much of a god. If God created Satan - why can't he oust him from a devotee when asked - why an exorcism?
Yes, I believe there is evil in the world - I do not believe it comes from Satan.
I just want to watch a scary show...... No zombies, no demons - just scary stuff.
Just a rant for my furlough day.
Give me old fashioned scary....
Watch the Omega Man. You will be scared to death and zero demons.
Saw that years ago & it did scare me then. I think now it will just depress me.
That was a good one !
Maybe I will watch it again...
I like a good scary movie. I don't like what was referred to as "torture porn". I want a good story, compelling characters and some spooky atmosphere.
I agree wholeheartedly. I don't need exploding heads.
A good psychological thriller is better than fake gore.
I love watching those.
I do like me a good thriller. I've seen piss poor psychological thrillers (or physiological horror) and some decent (is there any great ones?) gory horror. It's all about story for me. Too often it's just about scares and shock. I watched House Of A Thousand Corpes (no one still knows what happened to Dr Satan!) and The Devil's Rejects and liked them for what they were, but they will never be my favorite movies. Where Evil Dead 2 is just classic - Sorry Veronica there's demons called up from the Necronomicon (the Sumarian Book of the Dead).
Damn demons.
I use to love the older movies. One I remember was the man that was trying to drive his wife insane. Gaslight, I think it was.
Lord, it has been years since I saw that. I recently watched Rear Window.
I highly recommend it, though skip the first one if you haven't seen it. Evil Dead 2 is pretty much a remake of the first one. It's followed up by Army of Darkness which is way more comedy than horror. Then check out Ash vs Evil Dead on Netflix.
A good - not scary - ghost story is The Frighteners - with Micheal J Fox as the lead.
1408 is decent with John Cusack and Samuel Jackson.
I've been told Mama is good. I have that on my watch list.
I like 13 Ghosts the 2001 remake. The sound track is better than the story, but it entertained me for 90 minutes.
The Woman In Black is pretty scary at times. Danielle Radcliffe plays the lead. I've also seen it as a stage play.
I will put it on my list to watch.
I have seen all of the others you have mentioned. Although I enjoyed the original 13 Ghosts more, the Juggernaut in the remake creeped me out immensely. Mama was really good. Loved the Woman In Black - the sequel is not so good.
I heard that and haven't watched it.
I was disappointed, but sequels tend to do that.
Exactly.
They, or, Satan, does exist. How else would one explain Trump in the Whitehouse, instead of a Whorehouse?
There doesn't have to be a Satan - there are enough evil & ignorant people in the world to get stupid shit like that done.
I always get a laugh at the zombie movies. All one has to do is walk a little faster.
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That's why newer film makers came up with Infected. 28 Days Later was good!
I'll take your word for it....
Train to Busan wasn't bad.
Haven't heard of that. I will have to look it up.
It is Korean.
NETFLIX?
Not sure.
One thing I have noticed, about me anyway, nothing is really scary to me.
The ones that come the closest are the ones that can seem real to life.
I understand that. I disappoint my son because I like jump scares.
I find those Chucky movies super stupid. It's a simple matter of physics. Soccer kick the little fucker in the fireplace - movie over!
I see that in a lot of movies. It is almost as bad as the "killer" Bigfoot movies.
Who couldn't love Sharknado.
Haha
I used to love those killer ant movies in the 80's! We need a new one with Jason Stratham in the lead! Hahahaha! It would be hilarious!
The SYFY original movies are generally hilarious even when they are supposed to be scary.
Did you see him in The Meg? My son & I decided to go to the theater to see it, knowing it was going to be bad - we loved it - had fun.
Wasn't Joan Collins in one of those?
Yeah. I saw it on HBO before I dumped my cable. It was fun.
You're thinking of Empire of the Ants (1977). That was giant ants though.
I was thinking more like Phase IV (1974) or the made for TV movie It Happened At Lakewood Manor (retitled to Ants!) (1977)
A friend asked why I bothered going to see it when it was reviewed so badly - I told him not all movies are Oscar contenders and some are strictly for entertainment purposes and we were entertained.
BTW - I am glad the dog didn't get eaten because it is ridiculous to think that a predator that big would notice a little dog swimming.
Agreed. Critics look for "artistic" content and the like. They don't get that some people just want to be entertained no matter how hokey the production is.
Those are more like Kingdom of the Spiders with William Shatner.
For the price of going to the movies I want to be entertained.
My son and I went to see Annabelle in the theater. While it was not one of my favorites it had its moments. We had talkers sitting in the row behind us that was annoying. When the movie was over the one woman said "That was the worst horror film I ever saw" - I turned around and said "Never saw The Blair Witch Project then?"
That movie was fun too! For some reason I liked killer ants more than killer spiders. I don't know why.
Yeah, I totally get that!
I had to walk out of the movie theater when that played. I got so motion sick I puked in the parking lot. LOL. I finally watched it on TV and the only part that was scary or interesting was the last few seconds. The whole internet craze of The Blair Witch is based on a true story was externally entertaining and funny!
I do not like either, but can watch spider movies more than ants.....8 Legged Freaks
8 Legged Freaks was funny!
I dragged my husband to it. When we left he said "You have lost movie picking privileges".
I just think they could have done so much more with it. Like when they came up to the house and they panned the camera across it - it would have been awesome to see a shadow or something move in the window.
I thought so, too.
ROTFL!
Remember the spine tingling old Twilight Zone. Freaky!!!!
There is a newer version of something like that. It is called Black Mirror.
I haven't watched any of it though so couldn't vouch for content.
I watched one episode and was not impressed. My son calls me picky.
Check out The Vast of Night on Amazon Prime. It's got that same type of vibe and a pretty good Scifi movie.
I did a short review here:
I will check it out. Added it to my watch list.
Loved watching - Kolchak: The Night Stalker and the 70's series Ghost Story.
Loved Kolchak. Ghost Story was creepy.
Miss those shows.
Now, it's nothing but how gory can they get.
I do too.
They have them free online now at
They sometimes come up on either Amazon Prime or Netflix. I watch them when I see they are available.
Cool !
Jeepers Creepers anyone?
The first one was good. The second wasn't so good. I haven't seen the third one. I can't hear that song without thinking of the movie! LOL!
I really liked the first one. The second one had its moments. The third really pissed me off. It was supposed to be 23 years later & it turned out to be between the first two. I didn't like it at all.
It's time to what ''The Shining'' again.
Here's Johnny.......
I was thinking The Stand or Rose Red, but The Shining is a good choice.
"The Silence of the Lambs." I can't watch that one alone.
I just watched that last week.
Hannibal Lecter: You still wake up sometimes, don't you? You wake up in the dark and hear the screaming of the lambs. Clarice Starling: Yes.
I can hear him....chills.....
Stoppit.
It doesn't have to be a supernatural demon, it could be a terrifying actual being. Ever since I watched the movie "Jaws" I have never gone in over my waist in the ocean.
Just so ya know Buzz, sharks have attacked and killed in less water than that (said with an evil laugh)
Actually, maybe I shouldn't be so concerned - I'm entitled to professional courtesy.
LMAO
I am not a big water person - drowning & all that. I usually only dip my toes in the water and let the waves cover them.
I do watch Jaws every 4th of July.
I don't do much "Swimming" in the ocean anymore either.
Does anyone want Wolf Creek on DVD? Just pay for shipping and it's yours! I got it free and never watched it. I'll even thow in Zombie Honeymoon.
No takers? LOL! Why am I not surprised...
You said Zombie & my blinders went up.
LOL!
A new movie - Ghosts of War premieres on Direct TV June 18 and then goes to on-demand, digital, and virtual cinema screenings July 17.
A group of WW2 soldiers get stuck in a mansion haunted by the victims of horrific Nazi violence.
That sounds interesting....
It does. It looks from the trailer they are trying to set up the Jewish family ghosts killing the soldiers, but I'm expecting a twist. Similar was Dead Birds (2002) where a group of Confederate soldiers hole up in an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank. I was surprised at how entertaining it was when I watched it years ago.
Now that one sounds more my style.
Damn. I have Dish.