When I realized it was some supernatural bs, it didn't really creep me out anymore. That said, the movie did make me jump a few times. It usually happens when I concentrate on a scary movie lol.
shareIt would have been far more interesting if it were a serial killer. I like supernatural films but the super 8 film collection and the sequence of murders would be far more eerie as a real life killer because it would be so much more eerie.
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shareI like supernatural films but the super 8 film collection and the sequence of murders would be far more eerie as a real life killer because it would be so much more eerie.
Same here. I was fully convinced that one of those cops was the serial killer.
shareI think it's all a matter of personal taste and fears. Personally serial killer movies don't scare me, but pagan gods do. So I wasn't scared until it became supernatural :P
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Damn I agree, I wanted it to be a serial killer because supernatural stuff just isn't scary, it can't happen in real life but serial killers actually do. That being said I like the movie a hell of a lot more than most horror movies, most of them are total *beep* with their jump scares and bad acting, but I have to give props to this one.
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But what's this got to do with the CIO?
Serial killers exist in real life, but they don't last very long when they leave boxes of damning evidence at the crime scene.
Just because ghosts and demons aren't real doesn't mean the movies can't be scary. You have to allow yourself to be drawn into the fictional world the writer has crafted. By saying "This isn't possible in the real world" you're showing that you allow your personal beliefs get in the way. You fail as an audience member.
Especially since this movie made it pretty clear that it was supernatural at its base. The only way you couldn't have seen it coming is if you didn't see a trailer, a poster or read the title of the movie.
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Hm, interesting, I feel exactly the opposite. I'm not afraid of some wacko with a knife but I'm afraid of "supernatural bs" because that's usually something you cannot kill or deal with by ordinary means. To each his own I suppose.
shareI respect the opinion of those who have it, I just personally disagree.
I love supernatural horror and Bughuul is terrifying (now, he would have been more terrifying had he been used sparingly but... that's another thread) so it all played well for me.
It really wouldn't work as a straight serial killer movie. Since no serial killer who intends to be successful in maintaining their secret is going to leave boxes of films around that link them to the crime. Especially by leaving that box of evidence laying around at the previous crime scene.
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Agreed.
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