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Post by d3M0n on May 22, 2009 20:49:29 GMT -5
I don't know how philosophical I will get as drunk as I am but I will try...
There is something about horror films that regular films dont capture. I LOVE movies like Waynes World, Planes Trains and Automobiles and Predator. They all capture an amazing moment in time and are a part of me. There's just something so comforting about horror though. Something so relateable. Whether you are the killer or the victims. The location, the camera, the directing and the emotion.
We all fear death (everyone but Abraxas, he welcomes it) yet we are compelled to watched films in which people lose there lives. Sometimes the more the better (Friday the 13th). Sometimes the least the more realistic (Psycho). Yet we love it and it changed the direction and or course our lives were taking.
I can not believe horror changed the entire path of my life. It's not just a genre it's a lifestyle. To an extent... or not. Do most people who say they would definitely kill someone watch horror movies regularly? Do people who kill like horror? Are people completely afraid of the idea into horror because it's truly gives them fear and makes them feel alive?
Many of you may think I am just a regular guy who opened a message board. Yet it's much more then that. I am a person who seems to live what you may only see on a screen. The memory you have of a horror movie is the equivalent of a memory I have of my own life. Just as you have memories of your life and the songs you heard during those days, I have memories of these movies and the soundtrack is the songs of those moments.
I am not implying I am more of fan then anyone. I am saying I have a less healthy grasp on reality. You see I actually worked at the Bates Motel all those years. I killed my mother and she was taxidermied by me and sitting in that window. So that I can see her from anywhere I am on the grounds. It's become more then a flavor of the month. I may change Avatars and banners. Yet it never really goes away. It's always a memory of mine. Memories which I get to relive any night I choose. Just as I was there walking across the lawn. With one thing on my mind... to kill Laurie Strode. I somehow became fixated on her. I was never mentally sound. I was confined then escaped and there she was... on my door step. I was fixated on her. I followed her and the time came when I had to purge my fixation.
How can we cross from reality to fiction and have no consequence to face? In our own minds... the most powerful thing on this planet. And before they lower me in my open grave you can rest assure that I lived my life to the full extent of my own personal fulfillment. No matter what it cost me through the years and believe me I had to suffer for my beliefs... I never denied who I am. For any reason... because I look like a well adjusted person in pictures... because I am able to maintain a 9-5... because i write checks and pay bills...
What's inside of me can never be touched by anyone. It will never go away and that's why I am comforted by it. It will die with me by God's will. Not the influence of another human being.
I hope you enjoyed... feel free to add to this installment.
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Post by FireStar on May 22, 2009 23:32:50 GMT -5
I have always loved any type of film or novel. To me what is comforting is that it can take me into another time and place completely, which often lasts long after the credits roll or the final page is turned. But for some reason like you its always been the horror film that brings me the most comfort. I don't know for sure why, the only reason I can come up with is that its the darkness it conveys. It gives us a way to indulge that darkness that resides in all of us in a safe and acceptable way. There is a freedom in that darkness and for the running time of a movie the rules of society/life/man are suspended as we fall into the images we see.
When I was younger this is where I ran and hid when the world was less than kind to me, and it still is in fact. It made life much more bearable to face because I knew that I had all these other places and worlds that I was a part of and I wasn't just stuck in this one so to speak. I've lived more life in my mind thanks to books and films than I have in reality. Thanks to horror more than any other medium. And frankly the world inside my mind is usually more interesting than the world outside it. Because through books and movies I can be anything I choose to be. Hero, villian, or mythical creature.
Our lives for good or bad are the sum total of all our experiences and not all experiences are the same for all people. Some have positve effects on us others are profoundly negative. I have been changed by the movies and books I've read thoroughout my life just as I've been shaped by my interactions with people and the world.
In the end horror has helped shape the person I am now and how I define myself and all in all I'm pretty happy with who I am. And I am grateful to this genre for what it has given me. A place I can always call home if you will, which is always be there for me when I need it.
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Post by FireStar on May 23, 2009 0:50:24 GMT -5
I just like seeing people get chopped up. That goes without saying. ;D Unfortunately I'm completely sober, but a little over emotional tonight for some odd reason, if I was drinking I don't know what I would have posted. Probably some tirade or weeping epic. ;D |
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Post by d3M0n on May 23, 2009 6:59:33 GMT -5
if I was drinking I don't know what I would have posted. |
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Post by FireStar on May 23, 2009 19:02:15 GMT -5
;D
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Post by fridayfan1979 on May 24, 2009 8:00:57 GMT -5
I can definitely relate to what both Demon and FireStar said.
Horror has without a doubt shaped who I am more than any other thing that I can think of. When I look back over the course of my life, it seems I always think of something horror related. Some of the best times I've ever had has been while watching a Friday the 13th marathon on USA, reading one of my favorite horror novels, or having a Halloween party. That may sound pretty sad to some people, but that's how I've lived my life and I'm happy with it. I wouldn't have it any other way.
I've said it many times before, and FireStar mentioned it again in her post. Horror has always been there for me. Jason, Michael, and Freddy are like members of the family. Old, familiar faces that I'm always glad to see.
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Post by FireStar on May 24, 2009 20:00:48 GMT -5
I think we all do to some degree. ;D
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Post by Xч on Jul 15, 2009 4:04:03 GMT -5
There's nothing more left for me to say that i haven't said before.Horror=life for me.But you know whats funny? I enjoy watching the horror on screen but i'm not a fan of real life evil.Most people i meet at my job don't understand when i say i love horror.They think i'm some raving lunatic with serial killer overtones.I don't understand those people at all.Nothing really matters though,it never does.People will still judge and talk,that's why i avoid them.Theres only a handful of people who really understand what the horror means for me.The people here on clad of course,and the women in my life (past and present).
Not most people are into Horror like me.I enjoy reading,watching,researching and collecting any and everything horror related because it makes me feel good.My advice to anyone would be to do whatever makes you feel good without any regret as long as its not hurting anyone else in the process.
We all fear death (everyone but Abraxas, he welcomes it) yet we are compelled to watched films in which people lose there lives. Sometimes the more the better (Friday the 13th). Sometimes the least the more realistic (Psycho). Yet we love it and it changed the direction and or course our lives were taking.
I don't fear death.
But yes i enjoy watching the horror on screen.Its like drugs,im addicted to it and i can't kick the habit.
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I can not believe horror changed the entire path of my life. It's not just a genre it's a lifestyle. To an extent... or not. Do most people who say they would definitely kill someone watch horror movies regularly? Do people who kill like horror? Are people completely afraid of the idea into horror because it's truly gives them fear and makes them feel alive?
Many of you may think I am just a regular guy who opened a message board. Yet it's much more then that. I am a person who seems to live what you may only see on a screen. The memory you have of a horror movie is the equivalent of a memory I have of my own life. Just as you have memories of your life and the songs you heard during those days, I have memories of these movies and the soundtrack is the songs of those moments.
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You're one of a kind man.To actually express yourself freely shows character.I'm glad to hear your opinion and how you feel about horror.I agree with every word posted.I really appreciate this entire thread.
I have always loved any type of film or novel. To me what is comforting is that it can take me into another time and place completely, which often lasts long after the credits roll or the final page is turned. But for some reason like you its always been the horror film that brings me the most comfort. Our lives for good or bad are the sum total of all our experiences and not all experiences are the same for all people. Some have positve effects on us others are profoundly negative. I have been changed by the movies and books I've read thoroughout my life just as I've been shaped by my interactions with people and the world. In the end horror has helped shape the person I am now and how I define myself and all in all I'm pretty happy with who I am. And I am grateful to this genre for what it has given me. A place I can always call home if you will, which is always be there for me when I need it.
Thank you,
Your post made me realize a few things about myself as well.Horror for me is a release from a world i'm not to happy about.Actually 2 things help me forget the ugliness of the world. Women/Sex and horror.
I love going to Haddonfield or elm street.I enjoy walking through the dark corridors of Leviathans labyrinth in Hellraiser or maybe going skinny dipping in crystal lake.I create wonderful memories watching these things,memories i enjoy visiting time and time agian.
I can definitely relate to what both Demon and FireStar said. Horror has without a doubt shaped who I am more than any other thing that I can think of. When I look back over the course of my life, it seems I always think of something horror related. Some of the best times I've ever had has been while watching a Friday the 13th marathon on USA, reading one of my favorite horror novels, or having a Halloween party. That may sound pretty sad to some people, but that's how I've lived my life and I'm happy with it. I wouldn't have it any other way. I've said it many times before, and FireStar mentioned it again in her post. Horror has always been there for me. Jason, Michael, and Freddy are like members of the family. Old, familiar faces that I'm always glad to see.
Excellent.Its really nice to see decent hard working people who truly understand what it means to be a horror fan.
I just like seeing people get chopped up.
Me too.
Can't get enough of the fake on screen horror deaths.
Not into real death though.
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Post by Xч on Jul 15, 2009 17:31:20 GMT -5
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Post by Boggman! on Jul 15, 2009 18:32:28 GMT -5
I don't know how philosophical I will get as drunk as I am but I will try...
Many of you may think I am just a regular guy who opened a message board. Yet it's much more then that. I am a person who seems to live what you may only see on a screen. The memory you have of a horror movie is the equivalent of a memory I have of my own life. Just as you have memories of your life and the songs you heard during those days, I have memories of these movies and the soundtrack is the songs of those moments.
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Post by d3M0n on Jul 15, 2009 19:56:07 GMT -5
I enjoy watching the horror on screen but i'm not a fan of real life evil.Most people i meet at my job don't understand when i say i love horror.They think i'm some raving lunatic with serial killer overtones.
You know what I mean though... I can deal with whatever physical pain the transition of life to death my bring me. In all reality my life isn't worth a rats piss. It makes no significant difference if I am alive or not. I have effected no one's life in anyway. Believe it or not CLAD was probably the only way I effected some lives on this planet. Yet 90% of those people eventually grew bored of it and CLAD no longer plays a role in there lives either. The same will eventually happen to all of you reading this and myself.
So I will not be longing to hold on for the lives of others. Nor my own... I have truly wasted my life, yet I was happy while doing so. So anyway... I fear the complete black out, not dying per say.
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Post by Xч on Jul 15, 2009 20:37:00 GMT -5
Within the Christian faith, there is a significant amount of confusion regarding what happens after death. Some hold that after death, everyone “sleeps” until the final judgment, after which everyone will be sent to heaven or hell. Others believe that at the moment of death, people are instantly judged and sent to their eternal destinations. Still others claim that when people die, their souls/spirits are sent to a “temporary” heaven or hell, to await the final resurrection, the final judgment, and then the finality of their eternal destination.I understand what you're saying Demon,i wish i had the answer.Not knowing whats next after death could be a petrifying thought.The way i deal with it is by having a little bit of hope.
(But yeah, saying having hope from a guy who almost blew his brains out a few nights ago might sound like bullshit.)
I enjoy watching the horror on screen but i'm not a fan of real life evil.Most people i meet at my job don't understand when i say i love horror.They think i'm some raving lunatic with serial killer overtones.
I think we all have the inclination to kill for whatever reason.We think about it,but i truly believe only evil people act on it.
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Post by FireStar on Jul 16, 2009 13:06:53 GMT -5
Yeah none of us knows why we are the way we are or what happens when its all said and done. And I think that's what scares people the most, the classic fear of the unknown. I really don't know what to believe when it comes to an afterlife or whatever, I just want to make sure that I have as few regrets as possible when that time comes. I like to think its all explained to us in the end but who knows?
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Post by chukrok on Jul 16, 2009 14:37:01 GMT -5
I can truly say that without music or horror I don't know who I'd be. Those things have permeated my entire existance.
That said, I know that people assume things about others because of what they wear, listen to, watch, etc. I honestly couldn't give 2 shit's worth for most peoples' opinions. I am who I am. Either you like me or not. I'm not a violent person, I don't thrive on others' misery (unlike most "regular" people, who watch TMZ and such crap just to see the train-wreck of people like Lindsay Lohan's lives). I honestly believe that horror feeds certain primal needs and fills voids in peoples' lives, thereby reducing the need to act violently in real life. Horror fans are probably less likely to snap and take out diners in a McDonald's than non-fans.
Eh, just my opinion.
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Post by Kwik Kash on Aug 6, 2009 15:52:50 GMT -5
Horror for me has always been entertaining, and I like the concept of the genre. In action films you rarely have captivating villains, but in Horror you do. Even if the whole point of the film is killing, the killers make it interesting. Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, they all do the same thing but have their own methods and motives.
Growing up we had a lot of VHS tapes of recorded or old Horror films. I associate Horror films with those late nights of watching grainy, skipping, sometimes color distorted videos, and it takes me back to a time in my life where living wasn't so difficult. I cherish those memories, and Horror allows me to relive them and to vent to someone who, not only helped me, but lived it as well.
When I do discuss my like of Horror, most people immediately ask me what particular movies. If I say Friday the 13th or Halloween, they always ask me "original or remake?", and I tend to say original. This is followed by the ever-annoying: "Dude, the remake LOOKED so much better! All that outdated shit/funny clothes and hair/bad acting isn't scary/cool/entertaining", so I try and not bring the topic up much. I hate dealing with people who judge a film by the year it came out and compare it unfairly to today's films.
Horror also has that comforting formula where you know what is going to happen, but not how. So you get a sense of familiarity and surprise, which Action or Drama tend to fall flat in doing. It makes you feel good knowing you're part of this close-knit group, almost like a secondary family of sorts. That even if you feel alone or desolate, you have something connecting you to others... even if it is a silly little film like Friday the 13th.
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Post by Uncle Creepy on Oct 29, 2009 23:20:00 GMT -5
Freddy: Pervert Uncle Jason: The retard no one talks about Micheal: Black sheep of the family Yeah I have all of those in my family tree  thought i was the only one |
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