I don't like horror movies anymore either, for the same reasons as most. Life is scary enough to sit back and say: I need my scare fix!
There are two movies that I promised myself I would never watch again: “The Exorcist” and “Rose Mary's Baby”. And yet… If I can handle the horror on this planet, I thought, let's see how much you can handle these two movies.
Both films are very well done, so I watched them with detachment. It's an exercise in detachment and at the same time studying my reactions. But these films are so well made that they are also two lessons in how to make a very good movie. By watching them I study the direction, the script, the images, the actors, the music. The tools the director uses to scare, frighten, manipulate. This exercise also teaches us how to watch manipulators in real life, how they do the same thing: their staging, the actors, the manipulation, etc. and how to use the same detachment as when watching a horror movie.
There are two movies that I promised myself I would never watch again: “The Exorcist” and “Rose Mary's Baby”. And yet… If I can handle the horror on this planet, I thought, let's see how much you can handle these two movies.
Both films are very well done, so I watched them with detachment. It's an exercise in detachment and at the same time studying my reactions. But these films are so well made that they are also two lessons in how to make a very good movie. By watching them I study the direction, the script, the images, the actors, the music. The tools the director uses to scare, frighten, manipulate. This exercise also teaches us how to watch manipulators in real life, how they do the same thing: their staging, the actors, the manipulation, etc. and how to use the same detachment as when watching a horror movie.