Jigsaw glares at your SOUL!
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I have to say my favorite type of genre are Horror films. Call me weird but I am just a huge fan of getting scared; the feeling of your heart throbbing, the suspense behind who’s going to die next, and the post horror movie “NO I WASN’T SCARED!” arguments.
It’s ironic, I used to hate horror movies as a child. “Chucky” used to scare the bejezzers out of me and even “Small Soldiers” gave me nightmares (Anything with toys coming to life basically). As a full fledged man however, watching those same movies gives me nothing but laughter and joy. Now I just cant get enough of them. Maybe its because I was never able to enjoy them as a child and I’m living out my lost childhood through these films? Go figure
THE BEST series possibly ever in horror genre are the SAW series. I have seen the fisrt 2 and bits and pieces (haha get it) of the other movies but I am still waiting for NEtflix to have the whole series so I can watch one through six uninterrupted. The way the movie is constructed is just perfect. The blood and gore, i understand, is a turn off for many but I am really not bothered by it. What I really love is the buildup. The times when the “hero” is wandering aimlessly through a maze of darkness, searching for that next trap, and then making that life or death decision of what to do. And each trap has a purpose in the whole plot of the series. Characters die off but are importatn in later series and plot twists go back and into the first movie! Everything is just so calculated! Even Jigsaw’s message, as unorthodox his means are, is admirable.
“Cherish your life is the concept this entire clinic was built on. Cherish your life. Your life.”
“Did he just quote a psycho killer?” is what you might be saying to yourself. Yes I did is the answer.
What makes horror movies even more fun is when you’re watching them with friends. It’s not only a movie at that point but an experience. One friend in particular hates horror movies but she succumbs to peer pressure and watches with our group anyway. She jumps at every sudden movement and shrieks at the scary moments but as soon as we come out of the theathre, she’s jokingly accusing others of being scared and laughing all around. What other kind of genre of movie can have such a jubilant affect on its fans? NONE I TELL YOU!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1lgXhFbXy4
4 responses so far ↓
elizabeth griffin // Sep 18th 2012 at 1:57 pm
I like jigsaw because he thinks he is making people stronger by testing them and in a way that is true but i also think he is making them stupid because most of the one’s who survive become his apprentices. And I ask you, how stupid can a person be to become the apprentice of the person who could have been their killer?
Brooklyn Brit // Sep 18th 2012 at 7:15 pm
Cool read, as a true hater of horror films I have to whole heartedly disagree with your love of them as they bring me nothing but recurring nightmares and random bouts of anxious paranoia, I’m a ‘wuss’ and I fully admit that. I wish I could enjoy them just like you are though, sounds like fun.
im103702 // Sep 18th 2012 at 9:33 pm
This is like the opposite of me entirely. I don’t really hate horror films but movies like Saw that are just so twisted just freak me out. The whole concept of Saw with the quote you used about “cherishing life” is great and all but I’m too much of a softy to sit through an entire Saw movie without closing my eyes or feeling sick to my stomach.
KAYONNE JOHNSON // Sep 19th 2012 at 7:45 pm
I enjoy watching horror films but I don’t remember the last time I was actually frightened. I love the Saw series but I believe it’s more gory than scary. You know the part of horror film where everyone gasps and cringes in fear? Those parts actually make me laugh. It sounds pretty sick and I honestly don’t know why it tickles me. I am far from a morbid person.
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