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09-04-2008, 08:20 AM
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Ntwa'dumela
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Why I'm a total wuss when it comes to horror movies..
I love (well-made) horror movies, I love the adrenaline rush, the suspense... the everything. And at the same time, I'm traumatised by them, I jump the highest and I'm screaming on the inside (well, 6'4" men do turn a few heads when they scream outright).
I have a theory for this; we ISFPs are most in touch with our senses of sight, hearing... etc. and are most affected by them. Now, I'll most likely be the one making the biggest fuss over a beautiful painting and, at the same time, I'll most likely be the one jumping the highest at a monster on a movie-sized screen or a suspense building orchestra crescendo. So, that's my theory of why I'm a horror movie wuss. Because of my type. Any reputable journal likely to let me write a full-length well-researched article on that? 
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09-04-2008, 08:29 AM
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That's a kick ass theory... I never thought of it that way but makes sense.
Well I do know some N types that get jumpy watching these movies though. Me personally, I am that asshole talking throughout the movie the whole time, pointing out everything that was stupid, fake, or strange in the movie while its going. I have a knack for making a horror movie into a comedy. Honestly though, I cannot watch a movie by myself, I am seriously bored to tears no matter what the movie.
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09-04-2008, 09:14 AM
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I do try telling myself "it's only a movie.... only a movie... that actress right there that gets ripped in three by a mutant crocodile got up and grabbed some lunch as soon as the take was over... only a movie" but it never works! |
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09-04-2008, 09:48 AM
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09-04-2008, 11:25 AM
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Join Date: May 2008
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 Guess you can strike me down as an NT wuss who likes punishing herself.
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09-04-2008, 11:26 AM
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señor member
Join Date: Apr 2008
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I think this is very likely S/N.
Films like "Don't Look Now" or "Picnic at Hanging Rock" I find far more frightening than 'horror' movies. And PaHR is a PG. Atmosphere, ambiguity... stuff that plays with the mind rather than the senses. I don't need anything explicitly frightening to keep me from being too scared to sleep at night.
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09-04-2008, 11:27 AM
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