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Snake5555555555 posted...

That's why I like to expand my definition of horror as much as I do. Just because something isn't about a big serial killer, or a vampire, or zombie, or a demon, doesn't make it any less scary. 1984 definitely scares because of its huge implications on society which can be a scarier reality than any physical threat out there.

I think the most tense and scary scene in a movie of any sort for me is in All the President's Men (coincidentally, the director passed away today). There's a scene where Robert Redford is confronting Deep Throat in a parking garage, and Deep Throat hears a noise. Even knowing the end of the true story of Watergate, I still always have this ominous, pulse-pounding fear of a shadowy, amoral governmental organization thinking it will stop at nothing to protect its secrets. And here's Redford, alone in a remote, dimly lit, abandoned building with no protection and a host of reasons why someone might want to take him out.
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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful