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Originally Posted by RobinMask
I think that's the thing with Japanese horror, it's so psychological that it really gets in your head, and - like with the old Hitchcock kind of movies - they rely more on actual scares that gore and bloodshed. It's more about what you don't see than what you do. Don't get me wrong, I do love gore, but it's certainly not scary, just 'awesome special effects. Pass the popcorn?' So yeah, deffinately psychological, way better in horror films. There are some good American horror films of late though that rely on scares rather than gore, or use both, and they work quite well too  |
Totally. As a cinema student, I've gone through pretty much every mechanism film makers use to make the audience feel tense and expectant. Hitckcock knew how to do that like no one else.
Horror is about suspense and getting the audience to feel like they wanna watch something they actually don't. I think Haneke's
Funny Games is about the best example there is. This movie is the closest I've ever felt to "horror" when watching a movie. I know it ain't Japanese but oh well, I really can't imagine the story it tells taking place anywhere other than Germany.