What's Your "No-No" in horror movies/games?

[Captain Xin]

I'm a massive wimp so.... a lot of things. Dark areas, going underwater, creepy **** that stalks me around but doesn't feel quite like fighting me yet. But I love the **** out of some properly done world building; in Doom 3 the only reason I made it as far as I did was because I couldn't get enough of all the audio logs laying around, it was some seriously awesome stuff

For me, I have a sort of love-hate relationship with the horror genre, my first horror movie was Alien back in the day when I was 11-12. Back then, every horror movie was a "No No" to me.

Then I grew up, and the first two Alien movie became one of my all time favorite. Although I still couldn't stand some of the more nasty stuff in horror movies.(i.e. torture scenes, scenes involved food, that kind of stuff. )

And I love the audio log in Doom 3, they reminds me of the audio log&diary in System Shock series!

 

[Director Bison]

i'm not to afraid of horror movies/games
played outlast in one sitting wasn't scared

but the one movie that did scare me was john carpenter's the thing
the idea that anyone could be infected
Sheesh had a hard time sleeping that night
but it was an awesome movie

 

[The Final Offer]

i'm not to afraid of horror movies/games
played outlast in one sitting wasn't scared

but the one movie that did scare me was john carpenter's the thing
the idea that anyone could be infected
Sheesh had a hard time sleeping that night
but it was an awesome movie

Did you play the DLC?

 

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Did you play the DLC?

What's wrong with the Outlast DLC?

 

[Bazilican]

What's wrong with the Outlast DLC?

Oh trust me. You don't wanna know

 

[Dante's Stalker]

Off-topic: The Happening was a decent horror too.

 

[Innsmouth]

but the one movie that did scare me was john carpenter's the thing
the idea that anyone could be infected
Sheesh had a hard time sleeping that night
but it was an awesome movie

Have you seen other 2 of "lovecraft's trilogy" by carpenter: Prince of Darkness and In the Mouth of Madness?

 

[ROCKMAN X]

I'm the opposite of @ROCKMAN X, family friendly horror really gets old very quickly.

Don't get me wrong! i am no prude when it comes to gore.. my all time fav movies are a clockwork orange,sim city,pulp fiction,reservoir dogs and oldboy.

I just don't like movies that use gore as simple gimmicks i don't want to watch torture scenes and rape scenes for the sake of it take for ex human centipede and the saw sequels you can tell that the whole movie is just trying to gross you out as much it can without caring about the plot,characters or anything..

And if the gore is used too much it just loses its shock value and becomes boring.

 

[Chancey289]

Off-topic: The Happening was a decent horror too.

I thought that movie was really stupid. How in the hell do you out run the wind?

 

[Chancey289]

The first Human Centipede movie is actually really not graphic so we should really stop trying to call that one of the grossest movies ever. And overall, it's not a bad flick. Mainly because the guy who played the Dr. in it was freaking awesome. I loved that guy. He really makes that movie.

The second one however is just silly. It's so over the top with trying to actually be graphic and gross it comes off not as gross but very cartoony. It actually reminded me of the South Park episode the Human Cent-iPad.

 

[Chancey289]

The Saw franchise is something though that is kind of a guilty pleasure for me. I still enjoyed all the Saw movies, but the first one is no doubt the best.

I can see why some people got tired of them, but there's not denying how far they took that plot with from just two dudes chained up in a bathroom. They added enough to keep me compelled wondering what happens next. So I kept watching and took it as it is.

 

[ROCKMAN X]

Oh i understand, what qualifies a horror movie/game for some isn't necessarily the same qualifications for others.

Nah its about what qualifies as horror its about overused genre tropes.

I like action,ultra-violence,drama,mystery,plot-twists in movies but when they're overdone and delivered in a half-assed way it just comes off as unsavory and leaves a lot to be desired.

 

[Jak]

this just qualifies for movies. but when i actually see the threat or it's physical form, i lose interest. and for games, when i don't feel vulnerable. if i know i can handle the situation with ease, then the fear isn't present anymore

 

[Dante's Stalker]

I thought that movie was really stupid. How in the hell do you out run the wind?

Exactly! How do you escape an invisible foe?

 

[The Final Offer]

What's wrong with the Outlast DLC?

Alot of people have suppressed the very memory of it.

It made me actually say "Nooo......no no......NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!" I stopped playing for a week before I could muster up the courage to continue. That s*** is the definition of scary.

 

[Jak]

Scary OMG I'M GONNA SCREAM IN FEAR FOR DAYS or Scary OMG IT SUCKS ?

scary as in...*hears a knocks on the door* **** it. i'm not gonna answer it. in fact i'm not gonna leave this room for the rest of my life without a sword

 

[alis grave nil]

dumb protagonist, sex scenes, killkng off people of color/kill the black guy first.Not common anymore...except the dumb protagonist

 

[alis grave nil]

Unkillable stalker enemies.
I hate wasting resources on them.

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I figure that it's a cheap excuse for sequals

At least in saw, the guy was NOT invincible. Hats off to them not doing thse 'invincible stalker enemy ' thing

 

[alis grave nil]

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I figure that it's a cheap excuse for sequals

At least in saw, the guy was NOT invincible. Hats off to them not doing thse 'invincible stalker enemy ' thing

And in games, it is frustrating.

Don't usually play games like this .I am, however, a resident evil fan so I feel your pain

 

[Captain Xin]

And in games, it is frustrating.

Don't usually play games like this .I am, however, a resident evil fan so I feel your pain

The Nemesis in RE3 was my favorite enemy from Capcom, and that was an unstoppable enemy too. So I think it's all comes to how well the developers design their games. It can be a heart-pounding bloody good time, but also become a frustrating BS rage quit.