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The Realm of Horror
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The Realm of Horror
October 31, 2023 at 2:55 pm
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RE: The Realm of Horror
October 31, 2023 at 3:14 pm
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RE: The Realm of Horror
October 31, 2023 at 4:18 pm
Not really a fan of the horror genre, particularly the slice-and-dice type. I get more nervy over suspense films.

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RE: The Realm of Horror
October 31, 2023 at 4:32 pm
Sadism isn't horror.
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RE: The Realm of Horror
October 31, 2023 at 4:40 pm
(October 31, 2023 at 4:32 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Sadism isn't horror.

You are not horrified by sadistic acts?
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RE: The Realm of Horror
October 31, 2023 at 5:33 pm
(October 31, 2023 at 4:40 pm)Foxaèr Wrote:
(October 31, 2023 at 4:32 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Sadism isn't horror.

You are not horrified by sadistic acts?

I wouldn't pay to see them, so something billed at "horror" but is actually just sadism would piss me off. If they can't be honest about we have to ask why they're lying to us. Cenobites are sadistic, vampires are a horror. (YMMV)
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RE: The Realm of Horror
October 31, 2023 at 5:34 pm
(October 31, 2023 at 4:32 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Sadism isn't horror.

They seems pretty strongly linked. Many - if not most - films in the horror genre have a significant element of sadism.

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RE: The Realm of Horror
October 31, 2023 at 5:54 pm
(October 31, 2023 at 5:34 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(October 31, 2023 at 4:32 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Sadism isn't horror.

They seems pretty strongly linked. Many - if not most - films in the horror genre have a significant element of sadism.

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Sadism can be horrific, true. But to me it frequently seems to be crutch for the plot. YMMV

Perhaps this will help clarify my view.

The facehuggers planting an egg in a person, that's horror to me. Seeing it burst out of the chest with body bits flying helter skelter, that sadistic. Again...
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RE: The Realm of Horror
October 31, 2023 at 6:47 pm
(October 31, 2023 at 5:54 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(October 31, 2023 at 5:34 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: They seems pretty strongly linked. Many - if not most - films in the horror genre have a significant element of sadism.

Boru

Sadism can be horrific, true. But to me it frequently seems to be crutch for the plot. YMMV

Perhaps this will help clarify my view.

The facehuggers planting an egg in a person, that's horror to me. Seeing it burst out of the chest with body bits flying helter skelter, that sadistic. Again...

Yup, that clarifies it - I see your point. I agree that sadism alone isn’t enough to qualify as horror. Films like Rear Window or 2001 unnerve me more than every slasher film ever made.

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RE: The Realm of Horror
October 31, 2023 at 7:01 pm
Okay, checking off "clarified" for 2023. Cool
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