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Originally Posted by Roiffalo
Horror movies in general are not for everybody. If you were to label a group to them that would be best suited watching them, it wouldn't be 'woman' or 'man', it would be something like... 'bold', 'thrill seekers', 'creative types who need an outlet'.
My sister and I (may come of a shock to you but I'm also female) grew up on Star Trek/Wars, Indiana Jones, Superman, Batman, etc. If someone gave me the option of watching the Notebook or gouging my eyes out with a spoon, I'd ask them if they had a grapefruit spoon to make my task easier. Just about every male I know is scared to death of spiders, and some of bats, when I myself have no problem with spiders and am actually very fond of bats (my girlfriend too).
Point being; it's a new century. Stereotypes don't apply anymore, so let's let them get old. What you think may be true for one group is most likely JUST as true for another, therefore how is it fair to associate the one but not the other? The movies you watched you watched because they interested you, where as I'm just as happy to watch something else like Wolfcop. So maybe those two movies that started this all are actually not 'for women' but for 'ImmortalSlasher'.
It'd be nice to see the childish trend of 'everyone else is doing it so I should to' get cut down in its tracks. Do what you want to do. Let people do what they want to do without fear of being judged for it.
(This probably seems long, unnecessarily rant filled, and off topic, but I implore you to consider how you use stereotypes. As in not using them. Movies are for everybody.)
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I like horror movies because of the dark and spooky environments, certain themes, end of the world type stories, and the breaking of certain rules having crazy things happen. Many times you get to see the character of people in these situations. Which is something you don't see in the usual type of movie. And of course I like the strange monsters, aliens, boogeymen, zombies, etc.
I think it's rare from the girls that I've met for them to honestly like Sci-Fi, Horror, Adventure, Comic, Spy and other male type movies. The majority of girls I've met would only watch so they could get a guy. I only met maybe more than a handful that actually like those normally male type movies. Perhaps it's more now. For example back when I grew up there wasn't a huge cosplay market and the Internet was for computer geeks. I know on occasion I read comic articles where girls or women, I don't know, complain about certain female comic character costumes. But these characters were created for a male audience. Not for realism.
Perhaps I am using a stereotype or a generalization, I usually try not to as there is always the person that won't fit in whatever category. As it seems in this case. But there are always many that do as well. I think I'll spoil the two movies in question to clarify my thoughts and why I came to the conclusion and statement that I made.
SPOILERS BELOW!!!
The Ward -
I watched this because it is a John Carpenter movie. Plus the cast looked strong. Here the twist is that the main character is alone and all the other characters are from her imagination. She created them to protect her mind from the trauma of being kidnapped and raped. The killer is the traumatized persona and therapy if I remember correctly wiping out all the other personalities. Even the main character we are watching is just one of the latest imagined characters from the victim.
Silent House -
I watched this one because of the one take nature and the trailer made it look good. Like a scary haunted house type movie. Not a psychological thriller. Again this is another rape twist with the main character reliving some of those past moments in the form of a shadowy non-existent figure and hallucinations. Also she makes up characters while actively going around subduing her Father and Uncle off screen to the audience. Finally killing her Father and potentially leaving her Uncle to die from a gunshot wound.
This sort of thing is not for me and certainly not worth a second watch. If I knew the twist I would not have watched these movies. Maybe I would have watched The Ward just because it's a John Carpenter movie. But I don't think the average guy would if these were sold as what they are. I mentioned LMN movies because you see many broken woman themes in those movies. How do I know that? Because on occasion I'll flip channels and see a notable actress in the movie and either watch some out of curiosity at what the actress in doing in this sort of thing or just read what it's about. It's almost always the same sort of story. According to the wiki and what I've seen that network is aimed primarily at women. Thus my comments about The Ward and Silent House.
Now on other topics: bats, spiders, and horror reviews. Bats are no problem. I used to go crawling through caves and tons of bats were there. Small spiders don't bother me either. It's bigger ones that I thankfully never encounter that freak me out. Probably because of Dr. No and this movie:
Arachnophobia -
I saw this in theaters way back then it was released. It's still a great horror movie. A small little town gets invaded by killer spiders. It sounds like a joke but it's good. Seeing the intelligence of the spider and how it goes for revenge and jumps is freaky. The movie has some comedy bits too with the bug infestation management guy. Also when a spider bites one character he says it felt like a cougar. That always cracks me up that a small spider could bite like a huge animal. This is worth a watch for those who haven't seen it.