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Life vs. Horror Films 💀ðŸ‘ŧ🎃  

sexyldy1000 68F  
10139 posts
10/30/2018 1:25 pm
Life vs. Horror Films 💀ðŸ‘ŧ🎃

Norman Bates, Leatherface and Freddy Krueger may be the stuff of nightmares—but they were all real.
Although I not a fan of the horror genre, I thought in keeping with the season, you may be interested in the 'story behind the movie'.

Jaws (1975)
Peter Benchley, who wrote the 1974 novel Jaws, got the idea for a killer shark story after chartering boat rides with a fisherman named Frank “Monster Man” Mundus (who claimed he was the inspiration for the gruff character Captain Quint). The book’s plot was inspired in part by the summer of 1916 when a rogue great white shark lurking in the waters off the Jersey shore killed five unlucky swimmers. Every time you hear the unmistakable, da-dum da-dum da-dum da-dum you are reminded of this movie. Note: Go see Sharkwater or Sharkwater Extinction and you will feel differently about sharks!

Psycho (1960)
When a sheriff visited Ed Gein’s Wisconsin farm in 1957, he was expecting to find a robbery suspect. Instead, he stumbled upon a true house of horrors: there was a bowl made from a human skull—and a chair, lampshade, and a suit made out of skin. After Gein was arrested, investigators discovered the remains of 10 women at his farm. He was committed to a mental institution for the rest of his life. In 1959, author Robert Bloch used Gein as the model for Norman Bates in his novel Psycho (including Gein’s unhealthy fascination with his domineering mother), and then Alfred Hitchcock turned it into a movie. Bonus: Gein also inspired Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Buffalo Bill from The Silence of the Lambs, and Bloody Face from the TV show American Horror Story. Note: Took me a long time to not be scared when using a shower curtain!

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Writer-director Wes Craven was creeped out by a story in the L.A. Times about three immigrants who died in their sleep. In one case, the man’s family begged him to go to sleep, but he insisted that his nightmares were different from anything he’d ever experienced and was terrified he’d die if he went to sleep. When he finally did fall asleepâ€Ķhe died. Craven also said that villain Freddy Krueger was based on a real-life creep: “The hat was the kind worn by men when I was a , and there was one particular man who scared me. He was a drunk that came down the sidewalk and woke me up when I was sleeping. I went to the window to lookâ€ĶHe looked right into my eyes. I went back and hid for what I thought was hours. I finally crept back to the window, and he was still there! Then he started walking almost half-backwards so that he could keep looking at me.”
Note: I have never seen this one

The Girl Next Door (2007)
This movie tells the story of two teenage girls who were orphaned by their parents’ death. They go to live with their aunt, and she holds them captive, beats them, and tortures them ultimately leading to their death. This is based off of the real life story of Sylvia Likens. Her parents left her with a family friend while they travelled for work. Similar to the events in the movie, the family friend terrorized Sylvia and eventually killed her. Note: never heard of this film

The Amityville Horror Films (1979 -2015), The Conjuring Films (2013-16) and Annabelle (2014)

In 1952, Ed Warren, a self-described “demonologist,” and his wife Lorraine, a “trance medium,” founded the New England Society for Psychic Research. Twenty later, the Warrens investigated the Lutz family home on Long Island, New York, where six murders had occurred. That case inspired The Amityville Horror franchise. The Warrens’ investigation of similar ghostly events involving the Perron family home in 1971 became The Conjuring. And the movie Annabelle came from a “haunted doll” case that the Warrens investigated in 1970. Note: Haven't seen any of these films

So....are you a fan of horror movies? Any that you love or that scare the daylights out of you?







sexyldy1000 68F  
9607 posts
10/30/2018 1:27 pm

As I mention at the beginning of the post, I am not a horror movie fan but know many are.


ninex717 52M
28 posts
10/30/2018 1:32 pm

the classic horror films are the best. today's horror films are weak


sexyldy1000 68F  
9607 posts
10/30/2018 1:58 pm

    Quoting  :

Hard to believe the Halloween series is still going strong. I saw the preview for the new one while waiting for the feature. Hard to believe it’s been 40 years! Enjoy your scary marathon!


sexyldy1000 68F  
9607 posts
10/30/2018 2:00 pm

    Quoting ninex717:
    the classic horror films are the best. today's horror films are weak
Since I am not a fan, I wouldn’t know.
What do you consider a ‘classic’ ?


Tmptrzz 61F  
107039 posts
10/30/2018 2:09 pm

Those are some definitely classics there, I have never liked scary movies. But I have to say I did like the Amittyville Horror Movies they had as they were quite intriguing..I hope you have wonderful day hun..

Seduce the mind and see what a wonderful adventure the body will take you on..


Platosgames 102M
3189 posts
10/30/2018 2:12 pm

I like a good "horror" movie. Just most of the ones now days aren't really that scary.

I did like the original Halloween, Friday the 13th, Psycho, and Amityville Horror.

" I refuse to belong to any organization that would accept me as a member" Groucho Marx


sexynewf61 62M
2876 posts
10/30/2018 2:24 pm

I'm not much of a horror film buff. I have seem "Jaws" & "The Psycho" not the other ones. I enjoyed the two that I saw.

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redrockrascal 65M
23580 posts
10/30/2018 2:25 pm

I'm not a fan of the blood and guts type of films. I am a fan for Hitchcock because the majority of the scare is implied. He IS the master no one has even come close.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.


luvgluv19 75M

10/30/2018 3:16 pm

Todays so called Horror Film are just gorey messes and some thing jumping out on the screen and hollering Boo. No time will any one match Sir Alfred Hitchcock. You may want to try some of the books by Lincoln and Child "Still Life With Crows will be a good start if you like scary books


FMAOPLS 70F
27112 posts
10/30/2018 4:18 pm

I wouldn't say I am a "fan" of horror films, not having seen a lot of them, including a few you have mentioned.

I do remember my brother-in-law and I going to see "The Omen", though, because neither of our spouses could handle a move of that type.

I do think my life-long phobia about birds (I don't like to have them around me) came from seeing Alfred Hitchock's "The Birds", at a movie theatre when I was a teenager, and I vividly recall my girlfriend and I almost running all the way home to my house after. What on Earth were my parents doing, letting me go see that movie?

As for the original Psycho (with Anthony Hopkins), I also remember having my teenage kids watch it, when it came on TV. Their Dad and I said it was "a classic and everyone should see it", but they were almost bored out of their skulls, because the story moved so slowly, compared to what they were accustomed to.

I don't think I have watched one, since then, and that was probably in the early 90's. I read enough murder mysteries that I don't need to see gore on the screen. I am good enough at imagining it myself. without any help.

Check out my profile or and become a "watcher" of my blog FMAOPLS,to learn more about me, and for intelligent, lively, smartassy and fun discussion, with a little irreverence thrown in. "Like" or comment on my photos, and I promise I'll add more. Thanks.


Paulxx001 66M
22642 posts
10/30/2018 4:32 pm

Great list... Psycho, Jaws deffinitely. The ones that creeped me out would also have included : The Shining, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1972), The Thing (1982) I'm surely missing a few.. But yeah... Scary classics! Boo... 🎃ðŸ˜ĻðŸ‘ŧ🐙ðŸŒĩ


mc_justmc 63M

10/30/2018 4:32 pm

I used to wade out in the Gulf until I was neck deep as a child, but after seeing Jaws I haven't been more than knee deep and I'm ok with that!


marriedcretin 53M
1324 posts
10/30/2018 6:10 pm

Jaws isn't a film about a shark, its a film morality tale.


sexyldy1000 68F  
9607 posts
10/30/2018 7:43 pm

    Quoting Tmptrzz:
    Those are some definitely classics there, I have never liked scary movies. But I have to say I did like the Amittyville Horror Movies they had as they were quite intriguing..I hope you have wonderful day hun..
I am with you. Never been much of a horror or scary movie buff.
Thanks for dropping by. Happy Halloween!


sexyldy1000 68F  
9607 posts
10/30/2018 7:45 pm

    Quoting Platosgames:
    I like a good "horror" movie. Just most of the ones now days aren't really that scary.

    I did like the original Halloween, Friday the 13th, Psycho, and Amityville Horror.
So does that mean you won't be rushing out to see the newest Halloween movie?What's your criteria for a 'good' horror movie'?


sexyldy1000 68F  
9607 posts
10/30/2018 7:47 pm

    Quoting sexynewf61:
    I'm not much of a horror film buff. I have seem "Jaws" & "The Psycho" not the other ones. I enjoyed the two that I saw.
I am the same and those are the 2 movies from the list that I have seen.
What kind of movies do you prefer?


sexyldy1000 68F  
9607 posts
10/30/2018 7:52 pm

    Quoting redrockrascal:
    I'm not a fan of the blood and guts type of films. I am a fan for Hitchcock because the majority of the scare is implied. He IS the master no one has even come close.
Yes Hitchcock was in a league of his own. I think The Birds was the first of his that I saw and it scare the daylights out of me! The movie Hitchcock provided an interesting view into his genius and fetishes.


sexyldy1000 68F  
9607 posts
10/30/2018 7:53 pm

    Quoting  :

Yes I feel the same way. I slept with the lights on for quite awhile after seeing 'Silence of the Lambs'


sexyldy1000 68F  
9607 posts
10/30/2018 7:56 pm

    Quoting luvgluv19:
    Todays so called Horror Film are just gorey messes and some thing jumping out on the screen and hollering Boo. No time will any one match Sir Alfred Hitchcock. You may want to try some of the books by Lincoln and Child "Still Life With Crows will be a good start if you like scary books
Yes . Hitchcock is in a class by himself.
It's funny, I can read horror stories (although really not a fan) and they don't bother me much. Guess the difference is my imagination can control the amount of horror visualized. Happy Halloween.


sexyldy1000 68F  
9607 posts
10/30/2018 7:57 pm

    Quoting  :

Yes I can identify with that! What kind of movies do you like?


sexyldy1000 68F  
9607 posts
10/30/2018 8:15 pm

    Quoting FMAOPLS:
    I wouldn't say I am a "fan" of horror films, not having seen a lot of them, including a few you have mentioned.

    I do remember my brother-in-law and I going to see "The Omen", though, because neither of our spouses could handle a move of that type.

    I do think my life-long phobia about birds (I don't like to have them around me) came from seeing Alfred Hitchock's "The Birds", at a movie theatre when I was a teenager, and I vividly recall my girlfriend and I almost running all the way home to my house after. What on Earth were my parents doing, letting me go see that movie?

    As for the original Psycho (with Anthony Hopkins), I also remember having my teenage kids watch it, when it came on TV. Their Dad and I said it was "a classic and everyone should see it", but they were almost bored out of their skulls, because the story moved so slowly, compared to what they were accustomed to.

    I don't think I have watched one, since then, and that was probably in the early 90's. I read enough murder mysteries that I don't need to see gore on the screen. I am good enough at imagining it myself. without any help.
As I have stated, it's definitely not a genre that I enjoy. And to be honest, often wonder why people make them and others pay good money to go see them. I have better ways to spend my $14.00.
Thanks for sharing your experience.


sexyldy1000 68F  
9607 posts
10/30/2018 8:17 pm

    Quoting Paulxx001:
    Great list... Psycho, Jaws deffinitely. The ones that creeped me out would also have included : The Shining, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1972), The Thing (1982) I'm surely missing a few.. But yeah... Scary classics! Boo... 🎃ðŸ˜ĻðŸ‘ŧ🐙ðŸŒĩ
The list could have been much longer if I was going to include all horror movies. I wanted to focus specifically on those that were based on real incidents.
Happy Halloween!


sexyldy1000 68F  
9607 posts
10/30/2018 8:20 pm

    Quoting mc_justmc:
    I used to wade out in the Gulf until I was neck deep as a child, but after seeing Jaws I haven't been more than knee deep and I'm ok with that!
For a long time, I think I felt the same way about the lake where the cottage is!
If you want to get a much different perspective about sharks, check out Sharkwater or Sharkwater Extinction, by Rob Stewart who was a Canadian photographer, filmmaker and conservationist.


sexyldy1000 68F  
9607 posts
10/30/2018 8:24 pm

    Quoting marriedcretin:
    Jaws isn't a film about a shark, its a film morality tale.
Interesting perspective. Thanks for sharing.


sexyldy1000 68F  
9607 posts
10/30/2018 8:24 pm

    Quoting  :

Yep - I am with you on that! Being on here can be pretty scary at times.


pocogato12 71F  
37235 posts
10/30/2018 8:53 pm

I think Psycho and The Birds is about my limit. I read a Deane Koontz BOOK sitting in the dining room corner so nothing could sneak up on me. Nope scary stuff and horror is not my thing at all. Great Post!!!

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sexyldy1000 68F  
9607 posts
10/30/2018 8:57 pm

    Quoting pocogato12:
    I think Psycho and The Birds is about my limit. I read a Deane Koontz BOOK sitting in the dining room corner so nothing could sneak up on me. Nope scary stuff and horror is not my thing at all. Great Post!!!
LOL - I can relate to that. I actually did see both Psycho and The Birds as well as Jaws. I cringe at the thought. Yikes maybe I will need to sleep with a light on tonight!


Platosgames 102M
3189 posts
10/31/2018 4:58 am

    Quoting sexyldy1000:
    So does that mean you won't be rushing out to see the newest Halloween movie?What's your criteria for a 'good' horror movie'?
Probably not. Though I heard from a good source it was a good movie.

I would like them to be more scary, instead of just gory. Get that suspense thing going, not just another slasher flick.

" I refuse to belong to any organization that would accept me as a member" Groucho Marx


sexyldy1000 68F  
9607 posts
10/31/2018 6:03 am

    Quoting Platosgames:
    Probably not. Though I heard from a good source it was a good movie.

    I would like them to be more scary, instead of just gory. Get that suspense thing going, not just another slasher flick.
Hard to believe there can be a 40 yr span from the original to the larest edition and people are still interested.
Yes the art of creating suspense seems to have been lost.


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