When I watched the original Exorcist movie, I wasn’t scared at all! I just thought it was another horror movie, akin to Freddy Krueger. However, at the time, I didn’t know it was based on real life events. Yikes! Ignorance in certian matters is sometimes a good thing, I guess.
What did you think of the AmityVille Horror movies? I heard those were based on real life events, and that, at one point, St. Padre Pio got involved. I thought these were fairly scary.
I’m a Gen-Xer and I grew up on the 1980’s horror films (before I returned to Church). As teenagers, we rented these movies all the time. Every Friday was “horror night.” Not much scares me anymore, especially after seeing the “Hellraiser” films. The only horror films I haven’t seen are the “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” movies, mostly because I have grown out of them and don’t need to have a fear of hand tools. HA!.
I never saw The Exorcist or Amityville Horrors until I was in my 30s, and by then, I was pretty desensitized. That’s probably why they didn’t phase me.
OHHH … one movie that sticks in my mind is “Rosemary’s Baby.” That was pretty freaky!!! Another freaky series is the “Omen” series. Both of these films are about the Anti-christ.
I like the suspense aspect of horror films, but they don’t scare me.
Don’t get me wrong. I do believe in the existence of Old Scratch and his fallen angels, but I also believe that they can’t harm my soul because I belong to Jesus. Therefore, when Old Scratch starts tempting me I just say, “Get thee behind me, Satan!” or “My Jesus, have mercy on me a sinner.” These simple words said by a contrite and humble soul make the Devil flee.
Now, the ONLY film that scared me in an intense way was “8 MM” with Nicolas Cage … only because the film was too close to reality. I didn’t sleep for two days after watching that one. I didn’t know people could be that evil. The film removed some of my naivety by depicting the extreme evil of snuff films. This film shows the extreme evil that the Devil has manifested through man, and I find this idea to be very scary. I don’t recommend watching it, because it depicts man at his very lowest.