Posted by Immortan Jonesy
- Oct 10, 2021, 12:58:00 AMQuote from: Xiggz456 on Oct 06, 2021, 02:23:06 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Oct 06, 2021, 11:39:49 AM
Other than the physical reaction I got from playing Isolation, the last time I was genuinely really scared was watching Dark Skies. I love horror, I love sci-fi, but for some reason I'm just genuinely terrified of Greys. Another show I used to love as a kid was Taken, but I always covered my eyes whenever the aliens showed up. But with the dated effects, it's not so effective anymore. But Dark Skies...I loved it. But it terrified me. I couldn't sleep at all that night.
I think my biggest (perhaps unreasonable) fear is to be abducted by Greys lol. Back in college a buddy of mine wrote a paper on abductions and apparently people who claim to get abducted tend to have had it happen throughout their life and often times it runs in families; which to me seems akin to humans tracking an animal throughout its life to gather data. Regardless "Dark Skies" did a good job of unsettling me as well.
Wow!
I didn't know Dark Skies was that good. Time to see it, I'd say. 
Also Fourth Kind! garbage movie, I know, but I find the idea that grays are "owls" kind of creepy. 
And yup, thanks to Fire in the Sky, I'm scared of dentists. 😱
I also used to like old Unsolved Mysteries style shows but with UFOs. I think I remember an episode where a band of musicians recounted their alleged encounter with a UFO, while traveling on a highway at night. One of the guys said he saw a light the size of a bus. They stopped, and when they got out of the vehicle to watch the phenomenon, the light split into several small luminous objects that were blinking. One of the guys used the car lights to blink them in order to communicate with UFO lights, which as a result of the above rejoined to become an an entity. The guys got scared and got into the car, then the entity disappeared, the lights came back doing some maneuvers and then they merged and formed the mother ship and moved away. One of the guys said that the creature was radiating light from its suit / body. There was a face, kinda human, but strangely not human at the same time. The story is probably a hoax or drug product, but the tale scared me a bit since I was a child.
Posted by Prez
- Oct 06, 2021, 11:12:46 PMQuote from: Shasvre on Oct 06, 2021, 11:27:28 AM
It Follows (2014). That feeling of never being safe, never being able to relax.
Yep. That film! Didn't help my wife did her best Samara (from the Ring) impersonation half way during the film when I wasn't looking. HAHAHA.
Posted by Xiggz456
- Oct 06, 2021, 02:23:06 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Oct 06, 2021, 11:39:49 AM
Other than the physical reaction I got from playing Isolation, the last time I was genuinely really scared was watching Dark Skies. I love horror, I love sci-fi, but for some reason I'm just genuinely terrified of Greys. Another show I used to love as a kid was Taken, but I always covered my eyes whenever the aliens showed up. But with the dated effects, it's not so effective anymore. But Dark Skies...I loved it. But it terrified me. I couldn't sleep at all that night.
I think my biggest (perhaps unreasonable) fear is to be abducted by Greys lol. Back in college a buddy of mine wrote a paper on abductions and apparently people who claim to get abducted tend to have had it happen throughout their life and often times it runs in families; which to me seems akin to humans tracking an animal throughout its life to gather data. Regardless "Dark Skies" did a good job of unsettling me as well.
Posted by Corporal Hicks
- Oct 06, 2021, 11:39:49 AMOther than the physical reaction I got from playing Isolation, the last time I was genuinely really scared was watching Dark Skies. I love horror, I love sci-fi, but for some reason I'm just genuinely terrified of Greys. Another show I used to love as a kid was Taken, but I always covered my eyes whenever the aliens showed up. But with the dated effects, it's not so effective anymore. But Dark Skies...I loved it. But it terrified me. I couldn't sleep at all that night.
Posted by Shasvre
- Oct 06, 2021, 11:27:28 AMIt Follows (2014). That feeling of never being safe, never being able to relax.
Posted by BlueMarsalis79
- Oct 06, 2021, 08:49:40 AMMetalhead's alright, Shut Up And Dance and San Junipero are the best.
Posted by [cancerblack]
- Oct 06, 2021, 01:47:03 AMQuote from: Immortan Jonesy on Oct 05, 2021, 11:23:32 PM
Black Mirror's uncanny valley?
No. I just don't like it for the same reason I don't like the other things that over-indulge misery or anxiety - I have plenty of my own, thanks.
Quote from: Trash Queen on Oct 05, 2021, 11:42:46 PMQuote from: Kradan on Oct 05, 2021, 11:14:14 PM
I didn't have any incline to watch BM after that first episode, tbh
It takes a science fiction angle after that first one.
Having said all that, I really did like Metalhead. And f**k the purists who say it's the worst of that season for being conventional.
Posted by BlueMarsalis79
- Oct 05, 2021, 11:42:46 PMQuote from: Kradan on Oct 05, 2021, 11:14:14 PM
I didn't have any incline to watch BM after that first episode, tbh
It takes a science fiction angle after that first one.
Posted by Immortan Jonesy
- Oct 05, 2021, 11:23:32 PMBlack Mirror's uncanny valley?
Regarding quality, for some reason I can't take US episodes seriously in the same way as UK episodes.
Regarding quality, for some reason I can't take US episodes seriously in the same way as UK episodes.
Posted by Kradan
- Oct 05, 2021, 11:14:14 PMI didn't have any incline to watch BM after that first episode, tbh
Posted by [cancerblack]
- Oct 05, 2021, 08:31:38 PMI'll freely admit that (at least the UK seasons) are high quality stuff. But it ultimately feels like misery porn to me in the end, and between that and the ideas it touches on, I'm too angry/revolted to get anything out of it. You could say it's too effective on me I guess.
Posted by BlueMarsalis79
- Oct 05, 2021, 08:28:36 PMI really love it. Oh and yeah Silent Hill 2 and 3 for sure.
Posted by [cancerblack]
- Oct 05, 2021, 07:41:40 PMQuote from: Kradan on Oct 04, 2021, 08:31:56 PM
Also, the first episode of Black Mirror. The one with the pig
Black Mirror just makes me angry to the point I can't enjoy it at all.
Posted by Kradan
- Oct 04, 2021, 08:31:56 PMhttps://youtu.be/qewK2rbkQr8
This short makes me legitimately uncomfortable
Also, the first episode of Black Mirror. The one with the pig
This short makes me legitimately uncomfortable
Also, the first episode of Black Mirror. The one with the pig
Posted by Immortan Jonesy
- Oct 03, 2021, 01:16:27 AMThe first thing seems to do a reflex action to avoid a dangerous situation. The second sounds like something 100% psychological.
