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I guess I might be a bit skewed in my view as I saw Exorcist when I was 6 and it didnt bother me. The other supposedly scary movies such as the Nightmare line up, Friday the 13th, Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, etc. was that they were almost too gory to be real. To this day movies along those lines still make me laugh, with both their absurdity and creative ways of death.
A lot of the classic horror movies did more with sounds and camera angles to make the movies scary than anything else. They used to play on the fears of the public (Jaws is a good example. Its actually only rated PG but to this day some people havent gone swimming since. plus it is responsible for the wholesale blitzkrieg on all shark species)
Other movies such as Piranaha (and Black Piranaha), Alligator, HSSSSSSS, and similar science based horror movies use the fact that eveyone believes in the hidden power of the government, military, and scientist.
I think there is a definite difference between the shock of seeing a flayed and skinned person, which may cause the faint of heart to look away and actually being scared of the movie.
Any other thoughts?
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