Horror Aficionados discussion

Vampires lusting after their food source.

Now Paul, vampires lust after everything. They like to lust, how can you change that? What will we do with them if they don't get all lusty?

vampires period.... but I'm biased.

Jerrod wrote: "vampires period.... but I'm biased."

I second that.

Vampires may be cliche but they won't be going away any time soon. How long have they been around now?

I agree Jo, predictability is one of my peeves. The couple making out in a random dark place, the groups of otherwise intelligent people deciding it would be harder for the killer to pick them off one at a time.

Or answering the door, when they know it's nothing good. who answers the door to a stranger in the middle of the night? Not I.

How about people backing away from an horrific sight? You just know they're going to back into something worse.

Oh I forgot that one. Don't back away. Don't look over your shoulder. Just run damn it.
I must admit, I use that one in my writing. Several victims have backed into something worse. I should stop that. I'd hate to be cliche.

i love Scary Movie, all of them, and they are full of cliche's. I love how they make fun of them. I should watch them again, we'd have a lot more for the list.

But they are funny stuff.

I can't believe it when people open their doors to strangers. Some don't even look out to see who it is. Or others fall for the "my car broke down I need to make a call" ruse. I'm talking about in real life and in literature and movies.

That's funny, not too long ago I had a guy come to the door and ask to use the phone. In the age of cell phones, pay phones, and all that he was offended that I said no. I told him where he could find a payphone.
Apparently he couldn't find an address, and needed to call the person to make sure he had it right.
He was probably telling the truth, but I wasn't letting him in to use my phone.

I had cell phones, then I got rid of them. If the guy was medium height, long haired, beard stubble, slightly (note slightly) overweight, scruffy and smelling of alcohol, it was probably me.

where was your accent Paul? You should have said something, I would have let you use the phone.

See, I won't even open the door. So no phone at all. I've learned to lock my door since a certain religious group who distributes info and tries to convert you, just let themselves into my house when I didn't answer the door.

Lesson learned, next time it may have been an axe murderer. Always lock your door.

Think I'd prefer the axe murderer...

Me too, at least you could kill them in self defense. there's that.

I was putting the babies down for a nap, so I wasn't too loud. I told them to get the hell out or i'd let the dogs out. Not that those two would do more than lick them to death. But they didn't know that.

I'd worry about the little one, but his teeth don't even pierce the skin. Poor bugger, mean as hell sometimes, but not able to do much more than pinch his victim.

That's the strange part, my dogs have never growled, nipped, or bitten the kids. Just adults. They are extremely tolerant of the kids, to the point of getting dressed in tutus and tiaras and having their nails painted.

Horror cliche to dump - the getting lost with no way to contact anyone. oh, and going down in the basement, while everyone is shouting "don't go into the basement!!"

Last time religious nuts came to my door, I cussed them out like a crazy lady. Of course, I was working nights then, and they showed up sat 10amish, ringing the doorbell! They probably thought I was possessed when I opened the door and started yelling at them.

Christy wrote: "Jerrod wrote: "vampires period.... but I'm biased."

I second that."

Motion passed!

I'm not looking to get rid of vampires, I'm looking for a break, or maybe some quality stories that have vampires, but do they really need to be the focus?

The ambush in the dark, nearly abandoned for the day garage.

As for the opening the door in the middle of the night, I'll do that. Granted I've got a .50 cal desert eagle in my hand, but hey, I'm not afraid to answer my door. It's probably a buddy looking for help since I've got no LAN line and only mobile phone that gets turned off at night.

Oh the endless scream of some dumb broad and even dumber killer who can't shut her up fast enough.

How about a horny badass who uses women and throws them away - dead, kind of vampire. He can still love his women but not for long. That's more realistic. What would a vampire want with a live woman other than her blood anyway?

Anyone ever notice how someone will be bitten by a zombie, and the group he's with don't go ahead and chop his head off? Idiots wait until he turns and attacks another in the group.

This happened in one of the Resident Evil movies, and in a book I recently read called City of the Dead. I mean, you've been chased all day by brain-eating zombies, you know you're gonna have to kill your acquaintance there!

I hate the backing up thing, too. And the "good guy" who's helping out but leads you straight to the head vampire, monster, whatever. For example, that smarmy SOB in Aliens; the doctor in Rosemary's Baby; the Ralph Fienne's friend (Danny Huston) in The Constant Gardener. Granted, these people might really not know what's going on, but I hate when a bogus level of trust is shown that we can see through a mile away.

How about the black guys always die first? As Eddie Murphy says " When the house tells you to get out you only tell a brother once, a dumbass white boy will keep on going".But in almost all horror movies the black guy dies FIRST.

Lori, ha ha. Never noticed that before, but it could be true.

Sort of like a group of stars in a horror movie will be padded with extras that will be bumped off to give the audience some of the violence they're hungering for, but sparing the stars they don't want to see killed. I think the Star Trek-like comedy with Tim the Toolman and Sigourney Weaveer had a faceless character that kept bemoaning the fact that he would soon get whacked because he's just an extra.

yeah, the guy in the Star Trek red shirt dies. I would have thought the bright red would be a literal dead giveaway.

Don't forget the macho jock with a high level of douchebagness who makes the audience want to shout, 'he's hiding in the attic' or 'under the bed!' to who ever or whatever stalking him.

Or how about the crazier hoodoo voodoo a character is, the wiser when it comes to whatever supernatural entity is terrorizing the group or town? Examples: that old woman in Jeepers Creepers.

And did anyone mention a scared character hiding and striking with a weapon the first movement they see, but it turns out it was their own mother or lover, and the injured person looks at them all pitiful and drops to the knees, pauses, and then falls flat on his/her face? LOL. Classic!

Exactly like that Tressa, & then thay get killed cause thay are to scared to run when the killer dose get to them. She or he dose one of those screams from HELL Jerrod was talking about.

And that fallen gun or knife or axe that is...just *exerted gasp* out *quick look at villain* of *exasperated groan* reach *damn! villain kicked it away*

Look up { eyes getting all big & teary} hands go to face { starting to shake } notice your back is on the wall { killer comes in slow golfclub rised to strike} you plead and beg { killer loves that shit} then you do that screaming from hell thing { killer strikes the first blow smiling} after 20 hits your finaly quite.{ fade to killer walking away while you bleed to death slowly} Off to the next victim.

Girl jumps in car *panting* looking around crazily for killer *left right left right* killer pops up *primal scream* as girl slams down door lock just as killer pulls on driver's door handle *she sits there while he goes for the next door* she rushes all over the interior of the car and slams the remaining door locks down just in time *sound of tinkling glass while killer breaks out window with his fist*

She screams{killer pulls her out the broken window by her hair} you see her getting cut across the back{killer drops her on the road} she starts to scoot backwards, she sees out of the corner of her eye what she thinks is help{killer smiles at her, lets her think she is going somewhere, notices her eye movement} in runs the boyfriend with a bat {killer turns takes bat and beats boy to death} girl screams tries to get up but falls back down{killer turns to her, grabs her by the hair and pulls her along the road thro the blood}she screams&screams killer smiles.

Whoa, whoa...let's not forget about the car failing to turn over moments before the killer arrives. I mean Jesus Christ, you would have thought at least some of the last victim/victor would have paid Peps Boys a visit.

The cheap jump-scare. You know what I mean. "My gosh, there's a noise in the kitchen" "Eeeeek! It's just the cat (sigh of relief).

I know, Patrick. I mean, even old junkers start more often than not.

How about when the victim is in a room turned in such a way the door to the hall is clear, and then a body walks by the door with that weird jangly piano music playing. Sometimes the victim turns in time to see nothing.

I detest the cheap scare. You know there will be one, two is pushing it, before the kill.

Or the dependable ending in which the victim turned into the very monster that she *gasp!* feared and thusly ensuring that the monster's spirit will kill again then a fast wiping fade out camera shot as end credits rolled.

Or the dependable ending in which the victim turned into the very monster that she *gasp!* feared and thusly ensuring that the monster's spirit will kill again then a fast wiping fade out camera shot as end credits rolled.

Perfect example is Karen Black in Trilogy of Terror. (Hope I didn't spoil this made-for-TV '70s movie that no one will ever see again.

M.R., that sounds like a hoot.

One cliche that bothers me, special forces and elite solders who couldn't hit the broadside of a barn.

I hate when men beat each other to a pulp and feel no pain. It's gotta hurt!

Jerrod wrote: "One cliche that bothers me, special forces and elite solders who couldn't hit the broadside of a barn."

I, too, always wish the hero would die within the first 5 minutes.

Christy wrote: "Jerrod wrote: "One cliche that bothers me, special forces and elite solders who couldn't hit the broadside of a barn."

I, too, always wish the hero would die within the first 5 minutes."



******SPOILERS********
You might light Necroscope then.

Jerrod wrote: "******SPOILERS********
You might light Necroscope then."

I like anything that begins with 'necro'

Noted.

I like anything that ends with 'wurst'.

Necrowurst...the final frontier in horror. Good title?

I'd hate to eat any wurst that WASN'T necro. The Night of the Living Wurst!

It was the best of times, it was the wurst of times...

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....necrowurst.