Why I'm a total wuss when it comes to horror movies..

[Mo_(operalover)]

I love (well-made) horror movies, I love the adrenaline rush, the suspense... the everything. And at the same time, I'm traumatised by them, I jump the highest and I'm screaming on the inside (well, 6'4" men do turn a few heads when they scream outright).

I have a theory for this; we ISFPs are most in touch with our senses of sight, hearing... etc. and are most affected by them. Now, I'll most likely be the one making the biggest fuss over a beautiful painting and, at the same time, I'll most likely be the one jumping the highest at a monster on a movie-sized screen or a suspense building orchestra crescendo.

So, that's my theory of why I'm a horror movie wuss.

Because of my type.

Any reputable journal likely to let me write a full-length well-researched article on that? :D

[murkrow]

I freak out too.
I can't even deal with the music.

That slow building sound...

...

I don't watch that shit.

[Angry Ayrab]

That's a kick ass theory... I never thought of it that way but makes sense.

Well I do know some N types that get jumpy watching these movies though.

Me personally, I am that asshole talking throughout the movie the whole time, pointing out everything that was stupid, fake, or strange in the movie while its going. I have a knack for making a horror movie into a comedy. Honestly though, I cannot watch a movie by myself, I am seriously bored to tears no matter what the movie.

[Mo_(operalover)]

I freak out too.
I can't even deal with the music.

That slow building sound...

...

I don't watch that shit.

Really? I would have sworn most of them were based on you guys...

:D


Me personally, I am that asshole talking throughout the movie the whole time, pointing out everything that was stupid, fake, or strange in the movie while its going. I have a knack for making a horror movie into a comedy. Honestly though, I cannot watch a movie by myself, I am seriously bored to tears no matter what the movie.

Aaaarggh, you people drive me crazy!

I do try telling myself "it's only a movie.... only a movie... that actress right there that gets ripped in three by a mutant crocodile got up and grabbed some lunch as soon as the take was over... only a movie" but it never works!

[alicia91]

I'm totally freaked out also and can't watch them either. If I do, I'll have nightmares and think about it for years.

I can't watch any really violent movies either for the same reason.

[Angry Ayrab]

Aaaarggh, you people drive me crazy!

Lol, I know, I really do feel really bad after the movie when I hear the people mumbling things like what an ass etc... I then know that I ruined a movie. $100 bucks says it would be kick ass to watch a movie with a 6'4" guy that not only screams out of fear (or what not) but could probably also kill me with his bare hands if he had to.

[Trinity]

I love (well-made) horror movies, I love the adrenaline rush, the suspense... the everything. And at the same time, I'm traumatised by them, I jump the highest and I'm screaming on the inside (well, 6'4" men do turn a few heads when they scream outright).

I have a theory for this; we ISFPs are most in touch with our senses of sight, hearing... etc. and are most affected by them. Now, I'll most likely be the one making the biggest fuss over a beautiful painting and, at the same time, I'll most likely be the one jumping the highest at a monster on a movie-sized screen or a suspense building orchestra crescendo.

So, that's my theory of why I'm a horror movie wuss.

Because of my type.

Any reputable journal likely to let me write a full-length well-researched article on that? :D

Don't like horror but feel this way about thrillers, I loooove them but the good ones totally freak me out, dunno that I'd say I get traumatised but they can stick with me :blush:

Guess you can strike me down as an NT wuss who likes punishing herself.

[colmena]

I think this is very likely S/N.

Films like "Don't Look Now" or "Picnic at Hanging Rock" I find far more frightening than 'horror' movies. And PaHR is a PG.

Atmosphere, ambiguity... stuff that plays with the mind rather than the senses.

I don't need anything explicitly frightening to keep me from being too scared to sleep at night.

[InaF3157]

Don't like horror but feel this way about thrillers, I loooove them but the good ones totally freak me out, dunno that I'd say I get traumatised but they can stick with me :blush:

Guess you can strike me down as an NT wuss who likes punishing herself.

Do you like others to help with punishing you? :devil:

[Trinity]

Do you like others to help with punishing you? :devil:

Why you hussy :wubbie:

[Angry Ayrab]

Why you hussy :wubbie:

Holy crap... can I be the perv that wants to watch?

Anyway... Thread-Jack much?

glad to have partaken.

[Trinity]

Holy crap... can I be the perv that wants to watch?

Anyway... Thread-Jack much?

glad to have partaken.

So you're not scared by horrors :huh:

["?"]

There are horror movies, and then there were classic horror movies that would most likely be considered Sci-Fi. I like the latter, but find the former pure non-sense with cheap theatrics.

[Mo_(operalover)]

Lol, I know, I really do feel really bad after the movie when I hear the people mumbling things like what an ass etc... I then know that I ruined a movie. $100 bucks says it would be kick ass to watch a movie with a 6'4" guy that not only screams out of fear (or what not) but could probably also kill me with his bare hands if he had to.

I can assure you; it is not a pretty sight!

[Mighty Mouse]

Are you captivated by most movies? If you are it may not just be horror films that affect you. It may be that you have the ability to get "swept away" in others' experiences so much so that you start to identify and feel what others do just by being around certain stimulus.

I get into movies but I don't "feel" the way the characters in the movies are meant to feel. I definitely keep a third person perspective.

[Angry Ayrab]

So you're not scared by horrors :huh:

LMFAO, I just never get it with woman. They can totally be attractive and still see them selves as uglier than.... well, I don't know what... but not pretty.

I have seen your old profile pic, and you is quite the Oz hotty. Man weird, either they be fishing for compliments (which I know this INTJ is not) or they really think that maybe they aren't bad looking but just plain average.

[Mo_(operalover)]

Are you captivated by most movies? If you are it may not just be horror films that affect you. It may be that you have the ability to get "swept away" in others' experiences so much so that you start to identify and feel what others do just by being around certain stimulus.

I get into movies but I don't "feel" the way the characters in the movies are meant to feel. I definitely keep a third person perspective.

Hmmm... that's a good point right there. I find it incredibly easy to identify with a character. Perhaps I might find a facet of their persona that we share or that I understand on a deeper level. It's actually rather easy for me to get really involved in a good movie from the character's POV.

[Mighty Mouse]

Hmmm... that's a good point right there. I find it incredibly easy to identify with a character. Perhaps I might find a facet of their persona that we share or that I understand on a deeper level. It's actually rather easy for me to get really involved in a good movie from the character's POV.

Well, then maybe that's your answer. You get caught up in the characters and their experience. It seems perfectly understandable that if the "experience" includes someone chasing you with a chainsaw... you might not want to go through that too often:)

[Hmm]

I love (well-made) horror movies, I love the adrenaline rush, the suspense... the everything. And at the same time, I'm traumatised by them, I jump the highest and I'm screaming on the inside (well, 6'4" men do turn a few heads when they scream outright).

I have a theory for this; we ISFPs are most in touch with our senses of sight, hearing... etc. and are most affected by them. Now, I'll most likely be the one making the biggest fuss over a beautiful painting and, at the same time, I'll most likely be the one jumping the highest at a monster on a movie-sized screen or a suspense building orchestra crescendo.

So, that's my theory of why I'm a horror movie wuss.

Because of my type.

Any reputable journal likely to let me write a full-length well-researched article on that? :D

I am an ISFJ and react the same way to horror movies, or any movie for that matter (provided it's good). One time I threw my shoe at the TV screen cos I got mad when this actor cheated on his wife in the movie. I guess I didn't realize that I was not in the movie. hahahaha

Oh, I don't watch horrors. Too traumatizing.

[Jeffster]

I only like horror movies if they're pretty much comedy movies with some gore in them. The real dark stuff I don't like. It has to have a sense of humor, and preferably hot chicks.

[locke]

I only like horror movies if they're pretty much comedy movies with some gore in them. The real dark stuff I don't like. It has to have a sense of humor, and preferably hot chicks.

I'm sorry, but I must plug shamelessly. Mark it up! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6KvKajYenE) (** WARNING GRAPHIC LINK **) Yes, I'm looking forward to that film. No, I don't generally like horror.

[Antisocial one]

To tell you the truth I don't watch horror movies because they are boring to me.

They are boring because nothing really happens in them. Actally horror video games are much better.
Trust me if you spend months in this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmwdBdDnxeg&feature=related) kind of environment everything that comes form Hollywood will be funny to you.

[Mo_(operalover)]

I am an ISFJ and react the same way to horror movies, or any movie for that matter (provided it's good). One time I threw my shoe at the TV screen cos I got mad when this actor cheated on his wife in the movie. I guess I didn't realize that I was not in the movie. hahahaha

Oh, I don't watch horrors. Too traumatizing.

Did you break the screen? :hi::laugh:I recently watched Rouge and had to close my eyes during some parts.

EEEK! just doesn't cover it.


I only like horror movies if they're pretty much comedy movies with some gore in them. The real dark stuff I don't like. It has to have a sense of humor, and preferably hot chicks.

Are you wary of watching the really dark ones or do you just not like them?

[kyuuei]

I think this is very likely S/N.

Films like "Don't Look Now" or "Picnic at Hanging Rock" I find far more frightening than 'horror' movies. And PaHR is a PG.

Atmosphere, ambiguity... stuff that plays with the mind rather than the senses.

I don't need anything explicitly frightening to keep me from being too scared to sleep at night.

I totally agree that suspense films and the like can hold a lot more to them, I guess because the character is deveoloped better with the storyline, so its either you're really into it in the first place or not at all sort of feeling.

Are you captivated by most movies? If you are it may not just be horror films that affect you. It may be that you have the ability to get "swept away" in others' experiences so much so that you start to identify and feel what others do just by being around certain stimulus.

I get into movies but I don't "feel" the way the characters in the movies are meant to feel. I definitely keep a third person perspective.

I definitely get that way! I will cry, laugh, yell, get angry right along with the characters.. if I don't feel like I am in the movie, I still empathize with them so much that I'm completely absorbed. People will talk to me while watching movies and I won't hear them, or I'll scream or jump.

Last night I watched In Bruges, and although I was laughing at all the funny parts, the sad parts would make me cry right alongside the character, despite me laughing at all the comedy the way people should that are watching the scene. It makes for a very silly way of doing things.

As to the gaming comment: I can agree there. Fatal Frame scared me, and Silent Hill did make me jump a bit, albeit I did think it was more cool than scary. Doom I haven't ventured to play.

[norepinephrine]

I think this is very likely S/N.

Films like "Don't Look Now" or "Picnic at Hanging Rock" I find far more frightening than 'horror' movies. And PaHR is a PG.

Atmosphere, ambiguity... stuff that plays with the mind rather than the senses.

I don't need anything explicitly frightening to keep me from being too scared to sleep at night.

"Picnic at Hanging Rock" stayed with me for days. Not that I don't enjoy a good jump-out-of-your-seat horror flick. "1408" made me jump (and gave my friend an opportunity to laugh at me) but once it was over, it was over.

There was a book I read in junior high that really freaked me out as well. After more years than I care to think about I can still remember the kind of "don't look behind you" dread it induced.

I don't particularly enjoy movies that include scenes I know in advance I'd really prefer not to see. The cover-your-eyes bits. And the episodes of Fear Factor that involve eating repulsive things set off a serious gag reaction.

[Antisocial one]

As to the gaming comment: I can agree there. Fatal Frame scared me, and Silent Hill did make me jump a bit, albeit I did think it was more cool than scary. Doom I haven't ventured to play.

The catch about the video games is that they have personal approach and fact that winking will not solve the problem is huge plus.

Only real flaw is that you get use to it and then the beauty of any kind of horror is lost.

[kyuuei]

The catch about the video games is that they have personal approach and fact that winking will not solve the problem is huge plus.

Only real flaw is that you get use to it and then the beauty of any kind of horror is lost.

I can see the replay value going tremendously down the tubes after you know what to expect, but you're right! I didn't think of that, Fatal Frame WAS scary because I'd jump and drop the controller, but it wouldnt make the ghost go away! There was no movie to continue until I DID something about it.

[JivinJeffJones]

I'm definitely in with the Picnic at Hanging Rocks crowd. The more it's left up to the imagination, the scarier it is. Jaws, for instance, was always scarier when there was no shark in view. And, despite all the ridiculing and spoofing which later ensued, I thought The Blair Witch Project was a fucking awesome horror movie. What could make the dude stand in the corner like that? Was it the same guy who disappeared a couple of days before who was calling out to them and laughing during the night? Why would he do that? Wtf is going on??? I saw a Disney movie (non-animated) when I was a kid which featured the ghost of a little girl who had died somehow at the bottom of a well. She kept singing "Frere Jacques". I had nightmares about that for months afterwards.

More traditional horror movies (blood guts n gore) are fun to watch, but not that scary.

[Mo_(operalover)]

I think this is very likely S/N.

Films like "Don't Look Now" or "Picnic at Hanging Rock" I find far more frightening than 'horror' movies. And PaHR is a PG.

Atmosphere, ambiguity... stuff that plays with the mind rather than the senses.

I don't need anything explicitly frightening to keep me from being too scared to sleep at night.

I do love a good thriller too and haven't seen the PaHR movie but I did find the book well unsettling.

But I'll agree that I prefer to not have too much left to the imagination. Not to say that I don't have one (an imagination). It's more the S and wanting to experience/hear/see the horror.

[Jeffster]

I'm sorry, but I must plug shamelessly. Mark it up! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6KvKajYenE) (** WARNING GRAPHIC LINK **) Yes, I'm looking forward to that film. No, I don't generally like horror.

That didn't seem the least bit entertaining to me. But then, it's totally out of context, so I have no idea what's going on.


Are you wary of watching the really dark ones or do you just not like them?

Do you mean "wary of" like I think it will give me nightmares? Probably sometimes. Sometimes I just find them boring. But it's been a long time since I've seen one, I just don't watch them now. The last "dark" seeming movie that I went to was The Incredible Hulk, and I found it very boring. I didn't bother to see the newest Batman movie because I knew I wouldn't enjoy it. I realize those aren't horror movies, but they are examples of stuff I consider dark.

[sassafrassquatch]

I laugh at horror movies but I can't watch them because seeing women die in movies put me in a homicidal rage for a few days.

[Dwigie]

Lol, horror movies take time to "get out" of me, I remember watching the grudge at 13 and being phobic of long dark haired ladies for over two months? and then that noise...that dreadful noise! they passed the commercial on the radio at night when I was about to sleep=> I was this close to peeing in my pants!LOL
Nope, horror movies are not for me :(

[Antisocial one]

Stupid question.

What scares you in horror movies?

[Mo_(operalover)]

The music; a good, perfectly composed 'well-placed' score (that accompanies a good plot) will have me jumping inside.

What scares you?