And it's not even a horror movie! But this does stuff to me when I watch it. It's so disturbing from start to finish. One of the creepiest moments for me was when the birds flew over the trees and you saw a tripod on the horizon. The fear that washed over me when I first saw that! And not to mention the first attack. At the cinemas, I thought I was going to have a heart attack. I was so swept up in it, and with the loud surround sound, it really made me feel like I was there experiencing it. I think even John Williams said it was one of the scariest moments in movie history. Well, I'd have to agree with him.
Anyone else just creeped out by this film?
Waigon, I couldn't agree more. I was in my mid-thirties when this came out and I was NOT expecting this to creep me out. Disturbing is a good way to describe the mood of the film. The first attack scene was masterfully directed, the Tripod Horn sound was pulverizing in surround sound (it's currently my text tone on my phone) and Speilberg's "patented" use of the swaying searchlights always has a creepy element to it. Back in
Close Encounters of the Third Kind the alien ships at the landing site were doing the same thing. Of course, they were benevolent as opposed to the Tripods.
I think the use of washed out colors had a lot to do with it as well. I was 11 years old in 1980 when I saw John Carpenter's
The Fog. THAT movie had the same effect on me. Creepy mood and I loved the use of the ghosts in that film as well.
You'll work on... "We were making too much money".
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