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I was just re-watching Dawn of teh Dead (the recent version) and have decided it is my scariest movie ever. I've had bad dreams about it since watching it for the first time a few weeks ago, and generally get very disturbed every viewing.

 

It occurred to me that when something scares us a great deal it says something about who we are. I ws wondering what Dawn of the Dead says about me, and what your scariest movie is.

"It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"."

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"...Anything can happen, anything is possible. Time and space do not exist..."

 

That really does sound terrifying.

"It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"."

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Nightmare on Elm Street scared the bejesus out of me, when it came out.

 

The thought of the surreal contents of my dreams having consequences in the real world; that an entity could invade my personal spaces and pollute them ... it was very effective.

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I think the scariest thing I had to deal with was when I was 12 and I ended up climbing about 40 feet in a tree. I looked down, got a bit of vertigo, and well fell straight down in hard earth. Heights are not something I like a whole lot. As for games and media, I don't get frighten by those. In the back of my mind I know there is always an off swtich.

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The Thing

 

Shining

 

Alien

 

System Shock 2

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Nightmare on Elm Street scared the bejesus out of me, when it came out.

 

The thought of the surreal contents of my dreams having consequences in the real world; that an entity could invade my personal spaces and pollute them ... it was very effective.

 

I watched that when I was about 8 years old. For a long time i used to imagine Freddy outside my window. Him and the monster thing from the beginning of The Twilight Zone movie.

 

The Omen scared me the worst. It really played into religious beliefs I had at the time... when i was 6 or 7 I guess.

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Pidesco, you stole my list! :)

 

... except for The Shining. Other than that, as an adult I don't find most movies frightening at all, beyond a startle moment or two. But I like good horror movies even so...I'm not sure why.

 

... non-movie wise, when I was very young I was horribly frightened of swimming pool drains. I had this repeated nightmare about a big pretty pool with tiled tropical fish decorations which would come alive while the drain turned into a black hole. But I loved to swim regardless and was a Tadpole in my rec class or something.

... then a few years later, I got trapped in a waterhole until someone pulled me out. Mid-teens got pulled into the ocean by undertow and bounced around a bit, nothing too serious but scary. Ever since, fear of drowning remains big enough that I don't really like to go in the water over my head that much. I don't freak out or anything and can swim fine, I just avoid it. :fear:

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I hate to admit it, but the original "The Fog" made me kind of jumpy on my way home after having seen it. It didn't help that I had to cycle through a small remote forested area in... yes, fog. A pox upon my imagination :fear:

 

Non movie related fobias, I got two (that I know of), one being heights and the other being a rather odd one, rooms full of people. Makes me all jumpy and looking for the exit constantly :)

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That's interesting, Gorth - is it the lack of elbow room, so to speak, by chance? My hubby's that way...kind of crowd phobic or something, both indoors and outdoors in his case. Doesn't enjoy going to amusement parks or anywhere you have to walk thru crowds/stand in lines etc. because of it.

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I'm not sure. It's hard to describe exactly, but I think it is the being surrounded of a lot of people. Never really thought about at what number or what degree of proximity triggers it. It sometimes happens outdoors too, like amusement parks, crowded railroad stations etc. Makes me want to climb up one of the street lights to get away :)

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People invading your personal space. It peeves me (not a phobia, just a BIG annoyance).

 

Also I saw Jaws 2 at the cinema when I was about six and I still have an irrational fear of sharks (not quite so overpowering now, though).

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Hmmmm. The only movie I've seen that I found honestly disturbing was The Exorcisim of Emily Rose. Perhaps because it was based (loosely) on a true story.

 

As for what scares me? Well, all of the most dangerous situations I've ever been in, I got into because I failed to use good sense. So I guess what scares me is me. Or at least my own belief that nothing bad will happen if I do ________ (insert dumb action here).

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I have a wasp phobia. I also have a mild fear of heights and a mild fear of wide open spaces, and when I'm high up in an open space (say, on top of a mountain) I freak out a bit. But those are little things.

 

What I'm really afraid of is sleep paralysis. There was a TV show or a movie I saw a long time ago, I can't remember much about it except it featured a guy who goes into a coma and everybody thinks he's dead, but he's fully conscious but unable to communicate or move. That freaked me out. So when I experienced sleep paralysis, it really ****ed me up. It's a really rare occurence, though, and it doesn't last for more than a few seconds (they feel like minutes, though)

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166458/

 

Um, yeah. It had this one episode scared me so bad I had nightmares for three months. There were parts in it which were shown "from the eyes of the murderer" where women tried to run away from him.

 

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I ws wondering what Dawn of the Dead says about me, and what your scariest movie is.

 

Obviously you suffered a zombie related incident as a child and have since repressed the memory.

 

I was attacked by a wild dog... I still have the scars on my forehead.

"It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"."

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tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.

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I ws wondering what Dawn of the Dead says about me, and what your scariest movie is.

 

Obviously you suffered a zombie related incident as a child and have since repressed the memory.

 

I was attacked by a wild dog... I still have the scars on my forehead.

"Braainssss!..."

 

Isn't there a professional term for the event, where your mind swaps part of your memory with something that it feels more comfortable with? Like Zombie -> Dog

“He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein

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I ws wondering what Dawn of the Dead says about me, and what your scariest movie is.

 

Obviously you suffered a zombie related incident as a child and have since repressed the memory.

 

I was attacked by a wild dog... I still have the scars on my forehead.

"Braainssss!..."

 

Isn't there a professional term for the event, where your mind swaps part of your memory with something that it feels more comfortable with? Like Zombie -> Dog

 

I think the term is transference. Ingenious, really, if you think about it.

"It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"."

             -Elwood Blues

 

tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.

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