Questions about horror films
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 9:54 am*Do you like horror films, such as films about Dracula and Frankenstein? Why or why not?
I’m not really a lover of this genre in particular. In fact, the genre of the film is not a important characteristic for me. For me, it’s more important the quality of the film itself. I’ve seen terrible horror films and films of the same kind that I loved. But if I have to decide whether to go to see a movie to the cinema I don’t care by the genre of it.
*What is your favourite horror film of all time? Who is your favourite actor in horror films?
If I have to choose one, I would say “Friday the 13th”, but just by the memories it brings back to me from when I was a child. I didn’t watch it again ever since. I say this because I went “recenctly” to the cinema to see “The Sixth Sense” and it really impressed me. But when I watched it for the second time, just one year later, it disappoint me a little. Maybe not knowing what is about to happen is important for the reaction that produces to the spectator. I don’t have a favourite actor. Whoever does a good performance in the movie
*What is the fascination of horror films? Why do film studios keep re-making them?
I don’t know, I guess we like the feeling of being scared, at least for a short time. Maybe it’s like a shot of adrenalin. Studios may find this genre lucrative.
*Continuing a story: "It was on a dreary night of November that I saw the result of my labours.…"
... I had been working on the project for five years and I could finally reap the benefits of my work. The idea was quite simple in its origins but difficult to achieve: I was trying to “download” my mind, my brain, my thoughts into a physical device, a hard drive. Month after month of suffering and frustrations led to the day I was about to start the proces. But when I finally did it everything went terribly wrong...
I’m not really a lover of this genre in particular. In fact, the genre of the film is not a important characteristic for me. For me, it’s more important the quality of the film itself. I’ve seen terrible horror films and films of the same kind that I loved. But if I have to decide whether to go to see a movie to the cinema I don’t care by the genre of it.
*What is your favourite horror film of all time? Who is your favourite actor in horror films?
If I have to choose one, I would say “Friday the 13th”, but just by the memories it brings back to me from when I was a child. I didn’t watch it again ever since. I say this because I went “recenctly” to the cinema to see “The Sixth Sense” and it really impressed me. But when I watched it for the second time, just one year later, it disappoint me a little. Maybe not knowing what is about to happen is important for the reaction that produces to the spectator. I don’t have a favourite actor. Whoever does a good performance in the movie
*What is the fascination of horror films? Why do film studios keep re-making them?
I don’t know, I guess we like the feeling of being scared, at least for a short time. Maybe it’s like a shot of adrenalin. Studios may find this genre lucrative.
*Continuing a story: "It was on a dreary night of November that I saw the result of my labours.…"
... I had been working on the project for five years and I could finally reap the benefits of my work. The idea was quite simple in its origins but difficult to achieve: I was trying to “download” my mind, my brain, my thoughts into a physical device, a hard drive. Month after month of suffering and frustrations led to the day I was about to start the proces. But when I finally did it everything went terribly wrong...