Horror Archetypes - Page 2

terminal pharmacy · 01.09.2010, 06:30 PM

i put serial killers mostly because of henry: portrait of a serial killer with michael rooker and kalifornia with brad pitt (still his finest performance)...

Genteel Death · 01.09.2010, 06:40 PM

I like it when the villain's victims turn into murderes themselves. Or something goes wrong, like a vampire sucking blood off someone with AIDS. Also, animals and cars. Zombies often get on my tits because they look like twats.

automatic bzooty · 01.09.2010, 11:46 PM

zombie apocalypse y'all

phoenix · 01.10.2010, 12:17 AM

not a fan. horror movies gross me out and I dont get the point.

GeneticKiss · 01.10.2010, 12:29 AM

I picked vampires because I think goth chicks are sexy, and I like goth music.

However, Twilight is slowly but surely beginning to ruin the subgenre...

I'm not sure what Yureis are...

Toilet & Bowels · 01.10.2010, 08:17 PM

i like occult/religious horrors, so i guess that means demons, witches, satanists etc

Dead-Air · 01.10.2010, 08:20 PM

ghosts will always be the scariest because they are less obvious. really good serial killers can do that too, but movies about serial killers generally focus on the obvious ones.

Lamont Cranston · 01.11.2010, 03:29 AM

Body Horror

Toilet & Bowels · 01.11.2010, 05:30 AM

yureis are japanese ghosts

pbradley · 01.11.2010, 05:31 AM

I was mostly won over by the zombie archetype at some point in high school when I read Franz Kafka's *Metamorphosis* for the first time. At that point, and pretty much ever since then, I became fascinated with the idea of the inexplicable event. An event for which there was no cause. An event of absolute absurdity.

Romero's Night of the Living Dead immediately appealed to me on this intellectual level. Despite the characters attempt to give a cause to the apocalypse in order to satisfy this dimension of meaning, there simply wasn't one. The dead got up and began to eat the living.

This is why I have a strong aversion to zombie films that present contagious virus explanations or the like. Really, what's the point?

wellcharge · 01.11.2010, 06:05 AM

i think there's a pretty large surplus of quality zombie related films

werewolves are the coolest but there really aren't many great films about them

does serial killers include like michael myers and that type of thing? if so then that's def. number one.

i voted for werewolves because i want more of them

GeneticKiss · 01.11.2010, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

yureis are japanese ghosts

Oh yeah, I should've picked up on the "rei" part...

Maybe I should change my vote to that, because it seems like a lot of Japanese spirits that hang around the Earth realm don't have good intentions for the living (cases in point: The Grudge, The Ring, Bleach, Fatal Frame)...

A Thousand Threads · 01.11.2010, 10:41 AM

Due to my current fascination with the figure of Lilith
i voted for Vampires.

!@#$%! · 01.11.2010, 11:46 AM

the only people who really scare me are the rich beyond the reach of the law (e.g. prick cheney) and real-life mafiosos. when they are combined in a single person (e.g prick cheney) their existence is truly nightmare-inducing. basically because no matter how much you could personally kick their ass and rip their pacemaker off their chests with your bruce lee fingers, fat chance even laying a hand on them before their minions get you like they got scarface.

nicfit · 01.11.2010, 03:51 PM

dolls?

SONIC GAIL · 01.11.2010, 04:20 PM

Serial killers. Vampires are stupid. I don't understand the facsination. Why would you want immortality? After awhile you gotta just get bored.

Keeping It Simple · 01.11.2010, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by SONIC GAIL

Serial killers. Vampires are stupid. I don't understand the facsination. Why would you want immortality? After awhile you gotta just get bored.

Teenagers always complain they're bored. So why not reduce the lifespan of a human to just several years to avoid the onset of boredom?

jon boy · 01.11.2010, 09:23 PM

anything to do with the sea or sharks and things like that gives me the chills like nothing else.

wellcharge · 01.12.2010, 10:54 PM

what movie is this from?

alteredcourse · 01.13.2010, 12:42 AM

..Total Recall ?

View Poll Results: well?
Vampires	5	17.86%
Zombies	7	25.00%
Scientist's Monsters	4	14.29%
Werewolves	5	17.86%
Mummies	0	0%
Yureis	0	0%
Seriel Killers	6	21.43%
Simple Ghosts	1	3.57%
Voters: 28. You may not vote on this poll

01.09.2010, 06:30 PM	#21
terminal pharmacy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,358	i put serial killers mostly because of henry: portrait of a serial killer with michael rooker and kalifornia with brad pitt (still his finest performance)...
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01.09.2010, 06:40 PM	#22
Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	I like it when the villain's victims turn into murderes themselves. Or something goes wrong, like a vampire sucking blood off someone with AIDS. Also, animals and cars. Zombies often get on my tits because they look like twats.
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01.09.2010, 11:46 PM	#23
automatic bzooty invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,859	zombie apocalypse y'all
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01.10.2010, 12:17 AM	#24
phoenix invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: the future where it's hot and dark Posts: 5,926	not a fan. horror movies gross me out and I dont get the point. __________________ tiny and lost.
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01.10.2010, 12:29 AM	#25
GeneticKiss expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,666	I picked vampires because I think goth chicks are sexy, and I like goth music. However, Twilight is slowly but surely beginning to ruin the subgenre... I'm not sure what Yureis are... __________________ https://handinthefates.bandcamp.com<--music
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01.10.2010, 08:17 PM	#26
Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,264	i like occult/religious horrors, so i guess that means demons, witches, satanists etc
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01.10.2010, 08:20 PM	#27
Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	ghosts will always be the scariest because they are less obvious. really good serial killers can do that too, but movies about serial killers generally focus on the obvious ones. __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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01.11.2010, 03:29 AM	#28
Lamont Cranston 100% Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 725	Body Horror __________________ This is how it will all end: not with floods, earthquakes, falling comets or gigantic crabs roaming the Earth. No, doomsday will start simply out of indifference.
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01.11.2010, 05:30 AM	#29
Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,264	yureis are japanese ghosts
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01.11.2010, 05:31 AM	#30
pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	I was mostly won over by the zombie archetype at some point in high school when I read Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis for the first time. At that point, and pretty much ever since then, I became fascinated with the idea of the inexplicable event. An event for which there was no cause. An event of absolute absurdity. Romero's Night of the Living Dead immediately appealed to me on this intellectual level. Despite the characters attempt to give a cause to the apocalypse in order to satisfy this dimension of meaning, there simply wasn't one. The dead got up and began to eat the living. This is why I have a strong aversion to zombie films that present contagious virus explanations or the like. Really, what's the point?
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01.11.2010, 06:05 AM	#31
wellcharge expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cold and boring kanada Posts: 1,297	i think there's a pretty large surplus of quality zombie related films werewolves are the coolest but there really aren't many great films about them does serial killers include like michael myers and that type of thing? if so then that's def. number one. i voted for werewolves because i want more of them
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01.11.2010, 10:41 AM	#33
A Thousand Threads expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,000	Due to my current fascination with the figure of Lilith i voted for Vampires.
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01.11.2010, 11:46 AM	#34
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,550	the only people who really scare me are the rich beyond the reach of the law (e.g. prick cheney) and real-life mafiosos. when they are combined in a single person (e.g prick cheney) their existence is truly nightmare-inducing. basically because no matter how much you could personally kick their ass and rip their pacemaker off their chests with your bruce lee fingers, fat chance even laying a hand on them before their minions get you like they got scarface.
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01.11.2010, 03:51 PM	#35
nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	dolls? __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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01.11.2010, 04:20 PM	#36
SONIC GAIL invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: I moved from hillbilly Florida to hillbilly Alabama Posts: 3,723	Serial killers. Vampires are stupid. I don't understand the facsination. Why would you want immortality? After awhile you gotta just get bored. __________________
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01.11.2010, 09:23 PM	#38
jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	anything to do with the sea or sharks and things like that gives me the chills like nothing else. __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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01.12.2010, 10:54 PM	#39
wellcharge expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cold and boring kanada Posts: 1,297	what movie is this from?
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01.13.2010, 12:42 AM	#40
alteredcourse expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,503	..Total Recall ?
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