Signs I have a funny story with that's turned into a frequent flyer for me personally;
As a kid, around six years old, since I knew how to operate a VHS player I was deemed A-OK to watch whatever movies my folks owned, which typically was my dad's scary movies: Aliens, Predator, Stephen King adaptations like Carrie, and enough Cronenberg/Craven/Carpenter for just about anyone, which was convenient because the apple of film taste didn't fall far from the tree. They did a good job of getting me used to scary movies (and doodling monsters in notebooks all through my childhood, which maybe led me to my interest in Magic?) anyways, the one that finally got me was Signs; I was nine and although I understood that movies were fake, and the monsters were costumes and props and special effects, my six year old brain hadn't made the connection that videos IN movies could be fake too! So when the aliens were spied around the Hess property and Mel went on his cornfield chase and the baby detector picked up signals from beyond, I was understandably a spooked out nine year old, but it was the scene where Joaquin Phoenix sees the news report, and they play the clip of the Hispanic boy's birthday party being crashed by the alien, that I totally lost it.
For a long time, about ten years actually, I couldn't hack it, and never finished a sitting of the movie, in fact often bailing before the scene in question out of pure apprehension. It wasn't until a few years ago that I actually gritted my teeth and beared through the entirety of it, and ever since then it's been my go-to if I want a REAL scare.
Other good picks are Truman Show and Army of Darkness for that cozy feeling, Dawn of the Dead for the popcorn feel and Fight Club to spark conversation with friends.
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As a kid, around six years old, since I knew how to operate a VHS player I was deemed A-OK to watch whatever movies my folks owned, which typically was my dad's scary movies: Aliens, Predator, Stephen King adaptations like Carrie, and enough Cronenberg/Craven/Carpenter for just about anyone, which was convenient because the apple of film taste didn't fall far from the tree. They did a good job of getting me used to scary movies (and doodling monsters in notebooks all through my childhood, which maybe led me to my interest in Magic?) anyways, the one that finally got me was Signs; I was nine and although I understood that movies were fake, and the monsters were costumes and props and special effects, my six year old brain hadn't made the connection that videos IN movies could be fake too! So when the aliens were spied around the Hess property and Mel went on his cornfield chase and the baby detector picked up signals from beyond, I was understandably a spooked out nine year old, but it was the scene where Joaquin Phoenix sees the news report, and they play the clip of the Hispanic boy's birthday party being crashed by the alien, that I totally lost it.
For a long time, about ten years actually, I couldn't hack it, and never finished a sitting of the movie, in fact often bailing before the scene in question out of pure apprehension. It wasn't until a few years ago that I actually gritted my teeth and beared through the entirety of it, and ever since then it's been my go-to if I want a REAL scare.
Other good picks are Truman Show and Army of Darkness for that cozy feeling, Dawn of the Dead for the popcorn feel and Fight Club to spark conversation with friends.