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 Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:01 am
I enjoy writing horror. Truly. Generally, the monsters in my horror stories are human psychos, demons, or zombies.
As Christians, I know that horror can be iffy for us. But I enjoy writing horror and I always bring Christian undertones into the story. I wouldn't have it any other way.
At any rate, I was curious as to how you all felt about a Christian who enjoys writing horror, and/or how you feel about the genre of horror itself.
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Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:21 am
Oooh... well I enjoy the suspense thrillers where there would be a crazy madman for a villain... I think it's an interesting study to see how far evilness is in a man's soul... and how their behavior becomes so inhumane...
The other horror genres are not too appealing for me my dad said that most of the horror movies are inspired by the evil one.
If the ones who wrote the Bible were inspired by God, then what more of the writers of horror films...?
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Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:20 pm
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I believe the Saw movies are evil.
People don't need to be tortured to appreciate their life, to change their ways. What they need is Jesus Christ. I've only seen pieces of certain Saw movies on youtube that a friend showed me, and I cried.
Such movies are evil.
But I confess that I do like really cheesy, gory horror movies. I doubt they're to be taken seriously, and if they are, that makes them even more amusing.
I write horror stories though, and I'm a Christian. So I don't know that horror stories are ALWAYS inspired by the devil.
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 6:41 pm
I'm fine with blood and gore but horror itself lacks a good intellectual plot. movies with blood, gore and intellect are movies such as Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, Passion of the Christ etc. Movies that have gore and no intellect are Saw 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 (because we all know they're not going to stop making these things.). Movies without gore but have intellect are star wars episodes 4, 5, and 6, Macgyver (I know it's a TV show but it still has loads of intellect) and Back to the Future. Movies with neither gore nor intellect would be possibly almost every movie made in the us since 1995 that hasn't fallen under any of the other categories.
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:09 am
i love reading about horror and i think it's great when we get some christain horror writers that can keep the horror interesting and clean at the same time.
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 1:00 pm
Scarlet_Teardrops I believe the Saw movies are evil. If you don't mind my description, all Saw movies are 2 hours of crap and $5,000,000 or whoever gives a care what the budget is down the drain, when it could have been spent to help children in Africa, that somehow keeps the human mind interested. Because Hollywood's stupid that way, and there's no limit to stupidity. Hey, what are you supposed to expect from them anyways? Any "good" movies are swatted down and are poor sellers, while the movies with the most gore, violence, language, and sex are number one hits.
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:19 pm
I don't like horror... It gives me nightmares for the next three days... eek I'd always leave when someone even mentions watching a horror movie... Books are slightly better, but not by much. We did a horror unit in English. Poe stories and poems. Blegh... gonk
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:06 pm
Rytram I'm fine with blood and gore but horror itself lacks a good intellectual plot. movies with blood, gore and intellect are movies such as Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, Passion of the Christ etc. Movies that have gore and no intellect are Saw 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 (because we all know they're not going to stop making these things.). Movies without gore but have intellect are star wars episodes 4, 5, and 6, Macgyver (I know it's a TV show but it still has loads of intellect) and Back to the Future. Movies with neither gore nor intellect would be possibly almost every movie made in the us since 1995 that hasn't fallen under any of the other categories.
You obviously don't know much about horror.
Many horror stories have FANTASTIC plots. Just because there are overly popularized slasher flicks that are predictable doesn't mean that there aren't great horror stories out there.
Have you ever seen Silence of the Lambs? I suppose you could say that's more suspense, but it still is in the category of horror.
And you should read some of Stephen King's books.
Horror can be quite intellectual. Don't let popularized movies make you think that horror is low on the intellectual scale. That's insulting.
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:13 pm
Sapphirianna I don't like horror... It gives me nightmares for the next three days... eek I'd always leave when someone even mentions watching a horror movie... Books are slightly better, but not by much. We did a horror unit in English. Poe stories and poems. Blegh... gonk
Edgar Allen Poe is a genius, and his work is fantastic and amazing. The Raven is a perfect example of intellectual horror. If you actually know WHAT Poe is writing about in that poem, it's quite terrifying.
You see, horror takes intellectual prowess. In the words of a good friend of mine, if you can make somebody reading a book with the light on get uncomfortable or scared by your story, you've done an excellent job. It takes intellectual power and the ability to wield that power effectively to do so.
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:35 pm
Scarlet_Teardrops Horror can be quite intellectual. Don't let popularized movies make you think that horror is low on the intellectual scale. That's insulting. Unfortunately, it's the "this guy can kill like 500 people using only his feet or some other insanely stupid weapon without any actual plan, he just goes into some random house and stalks the girl who's inside before she somehow manages to kill herself" horror movies that manage to interest people. As Fahrenheit 451 has taught me, intellectual's a swear word. No one cares as to how you found how to be a successful serial killer, they want to see you actually kill people.
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:21 pm
Ikatsui-Karite Manticore Scarlet_Teardrops Horror can be quite intellectual. Don't let popularized movies make you think that horror is low on the intellectual scale. That's insulting. Unfortunately, it's the "this guy can kill like 500 people using only his feet or some other insanely stupid weapon without any actual plan, he just goes into some random house and stalks the girl who's inside before she somehow manages to kill herself" horror movies that manage to interest people. As Fahrenheit 451 has taught me, intellectual's a swear word. No one cares as to how you found how to be a successful serial killer, they want to see you actually kill people.
Well that's lame. Personally, part of the horror is their degeneration into a serial killer, or them totally snapping mentally and causing chaos.
The best horror movies, I've found, have the least amount of killing. Or it's not shown, at least.
Ever seen The Secret Window?
Part of the reason it's horrifying is because the guy slowly falls into complete madness. He was all ready sort've there to begin with.
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:36 pm
Scarlet_Teardrops Well that's lame. Personally, part of the horror is their degeneration into a serial killer, or them totally snapping mentally and causing chaos.
The best horror movies, I've found, have the least amount of killing. Or it's not shown, at least.
Ever seen The Secret Window?
Part of the reason it's horrifying is because the guy slowly falls into complete madness. He was all ready sort've there to begin with. Well, that's lame to the whole of society. Society likes to see everything in action. It's logic--if we can see it in action, we don't care how you degraded, how you were before you went insane, we want to see you kill people. Context is for poor suckers who don't have lives. That's not how I see things, but that's definitely the world for you.
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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 5:17 pm
Ikatsui-Karite Manticore Scarlet_Teardrops Well that's lame. Personally, part of the horror is their degeneration into a serial killer, or them totally snapping mentally and causing chaos.
The best horror movies, I've found, have the least amount of killing. Or it's not shown, at least.
Ever seen The Secret Window?
Part of the reason it's horrifying is because the guy slowly falls into complete madness. He was all ready sort've there to begin with. Well, that's lame to the whole of society. Society likes to see everything in action. It's logic--if we can see it in action, we don't care how you degraded, how you were before you went insane, we want to see you kill people. Context is for poor suckers who don't have lives. That's not how I see things, but that's definitely the world for you.
Yes, I know all about the world.
I just wish it wasn't that way.
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:00 am
Scarlet_Teardrops Ikatsui-Karite Manticore Scarlet_Teardrops Horror can be quite intellectual. Don't let popularized movies make you think that horror is low on the intellectual scale. That's insulting. Unfortunately, it's the "this guy can kill like 500 people using only his feet or some other insanely stupid weapon without any actual plan, he just goes into some random house and stalks the girl who's inside before she somehow manages to kill herself" horror movies that manage to interest people. As Fahrenheit 451 has taught me, intellectual's a swear word. No one cares as to how you found how to be a successful serial killer, they want to see you actually kill people.
Well that's lame. Personally, part of the horror is their degeneration into a serial killer, or them totally snapping mentally and causing chaos.
The best horror movies, I've found, have the least amount of killing. Or it's not shown, at least.
Ever seen The Secret Window?
Part of the reason it's horrifying is because the guy slowly falls into complete madness. He was all ready sort've there to begin with.
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