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Originally Posted by dicconzane
So what is the difference between Alien and Signs then? Both deal with aliens. Both attempted not to show the alien for a long period. The only real difference from my perspective is that one was done well and one not. One achieves the sense of dread and foreboding it aims for, though both are attempting to.
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Well, you can call ME an alien, but Signs really scared me. I jumped on that scene when the alien puts its hand under the door and then I jumped again when he appeared. Well, on that occasion wasn't really a jump, but.. my heart sank or something. Anyway, I wouldn't call it horror, but a thriller.
Now... I think that every movie that classifies itself as horror and then turns out not to create those feelings everyone has been describing on this thread (dread, fright, rising tension) is a bad horror movie. For instance, I hate The Village because I went to see it thinking it was HORROR.
Other examples of movies I hated... Alone in the Dark; Exorcism: The Possession of Gail Bowers; and.. Satanic.