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Hello to all,

my second post here, great site, exciting times for us lifelong TP addicts. Here's a question that's been on my mind a few times: how many of you TP fans are also horror fans? I know I am, and I've been wondering if there's something in a horror fan's taste that makes him more acceptive of TP's peculiar, unique pulse. TP's a mixture of numerous different genres, modes, aesthetics, approaches, to be sure, but horror seems to stand out the most, what with all the frightening otherworldly stuff, Maddy's graphic murder, the last episode etc.
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TvinPiks wrote:Hello to all,

my second post here, great site, exciting times for us lifelong TP addicts. Here's a question that's been on my mind a few times: how many of you TP fans are also horror fans? I know I am, and I've been wondering if there's something in a horror fan's taste that makes him more acceptive of TP's peculiar, unique pulse. TP's a mixture of numerous different genres, modes, aesthetics, approaches, to be sure, but horror seems to stand out the most, what with all the frightening otherworldly stuff, Maddy's graphic murder, the last episode etc.
There are very few horror films I like and I'm definitely not a fan of the genre, even though horror and the surreal are my favorite aspects of Twin Peaks.
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As a child and teenager I loved horror. And then for probably 15 years I would have told you that I don't like horror movies at all. My wife got me interested in the genre again. And there have been some good ones over the last few years. The Conjuring, deliver us from evil, drag me to he'll, cabin in the woods, and the first 2 insidious films are some that come to mind. And there are countless classic ones aswell.

I think it was during this period when the saw movies and hostel type movies were popular that I was not a fan of horror.
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Platypus2000 wrote: My wife got me interested in the genre again. And there have been some good ones over the last few years.
You're blessed! :) My spouse can't stand the genre.
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I'm a fan of psychological horror that is more relying on atmosphere and mood rather than gore. Genre is often subjective anyway, but films like The Shining, Alien, The Thing, Psycho, Santa Sangre, Let the Right One In, Žulawski's Possession, Cronenberg's Videodrome and The Fly are some of my favorites. I find most slasher films to be insufferable.
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Horror fan here. For me, watching horror films is just a load of fun, but in terms of quality, storytelling or authenticity, about 95% of them are really, really bad. Guess you could say I like how predictable they generally are. The indian burial trope is getting old.

There's some I consider really good films. some examples:
-The Shining
-The Descent
-Room 1408
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i like it, especially if it is either very well done, or, very poorly done. and when a film is able to be both, that is truely amazing to me which is probably why jack hill's "spider baby" (1967) is maybe my favorite movie. tim lucas, in video watchdog, made a good case i think that fwwm is indeed a horror film, and i would tend to agree with him. i also would agree with platypus2000 that the "saw" type movies, or the whole so-called torture- porn subgenre, can certainly turn a person off to horror. those type of movies are of no interest to me although i would make an exception with "the strangers" (2008) which, although by no means a favorite of mine, is a well made drive-in style escapist suspense film that borders on that subgenre. as far as recent horror films are concerned, a lot of people hated "the witch" from last year, but i like it - mainly because of mark korven's beautiful score, rooted so unexpectedly in 20th century atonalism. a lot of people focus on it's flaws but i also liked " the babadook" (2014), because it took so many chances with an otherwise standard sort of exploration of parental paranoia seen in many lesser horror films. my favorite movie of recent years was david cronenberg's "maps to the stars", which comes pretty close to a horror film too, and cronenberg is of course one of the masters. he and lynch (the davids) are easily my two favorite living english language filmmakers.
i don't think tp fans are always horror fans though. i know one person who stopped watching with me during the series' original run after maddy's murder. the scene was just too much for her. and it is indeed a tough scene. i can't really think of another scene more disturbingly nightmarish, violent, and surreal that ever aired on a network t.v. show before that. although that time the beaver fell into a giant coffee cup is kind of troublesome.
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djerdap wrote:I'm a fan of psychological horror that is more relying on atmosphere and mood rather than gore. Genre is often subjective anyway, but films like The Shining, Alien, The Thing, Psycho, Santa Sangre, Let the Right One In, Žulawski's Possession, Cronenberg's Videodrome and The Fly are some of my favorites. I find most slasher films to be insufferable.


I love videodrome Most of cronenbergs work is awesome. And It's cool he's from my hometown, Toronto.

Also not a fan of slasher flicks. Although violence on film can be very powerful. Nwhen it's gratuitous, I get turned off.

Suspense and the threat of violence I actually find much more terrifying. And blue velvet does this better than any other film I can think of off hand. When we are introduced to Frank it is an explosion of kink and violence. Whenever he is on screen again we wonder what will the next explosion be. And what else will this ruthless guy be capable of.
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Not huge on horror, unless it's the kind of dark and psychological. So more about the dark side of the mind than actual monsters and bogymen. I like Twin Peaks mostly because the darkness is combined with quirk and surrealism. I'm especially a fan of the latter.
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I am a fan of horror-- certain types anyway. I don't like gore, and I don't like being repulsed, so slasher and torture porn films don't work for me. What I do love, more than just about anything in a film, is powerful use of atmosphere, no matter the genre. Chinatown and E.T. have loads of atmosphere and haunt me, even though they aren't horror films. So, of course, a moody and atmospheric suspense/horror film is going to speak to me on a personal level. Also, mysteries and loose ends are very attractive, which also seem to be a common them in the good thriller and horror films. Explorations of the dreamscape and distorted realities are a nice bonus. Naturally, when you are drawn to mysterious films with heavy atmosphere and unanswered questions, anything by David Lynch will be right up your alley. And I maintain to this day that Mulholland Dr and Lost Highway are every bit as terrifying as any number of great "horror" films.

Great films that I believe represent horror in a way that appeals to me:
Mulholland Dr.
The Shining
Rosemary's Baby
Deep Red
Lost Highway
The Exorcist
2001: A Space Odyssey (profoundly disturbing to me, ha ha)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

I must say, it's been a long time since a new film really scared me. I'm encouraged that we seem to be back to a place where psychological horror is the desired route, with films like It Follows, The Babadook, The Witch, etc enjoying success. It's good to see the torture porn fad has run it's course. Still, I don't think any of these films were particularly 'scary' or as good as their reputations and I keep waiting for somebody to blow me away with something truly terrifying. Perhaps Twin Peaks Season Three will do just that. Lynch has a way of really making my skin crawl.
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Polanski's Apartment Trilogy is definitely the epitome of creepiness in film. Repulsion in particular seems to be an influence on Eraserhead.
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^ Indeed, and I can't believe I didn't mention The Tenant earlier. It's the epitome of what I'm talking about, like a precursor to Lynch. Should be near the top of my list, was still on my first cup of joe earlier ;p
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Dead Dog wrote:^ Indeed, and I can't believe I didn't mention The Tenant earlier. It's the epitome of what I'm talking about, like a precursor to Lynch. Should be near the top of my list, was still on my first cup of joe earlier ;p
'The Tenant' & Zulawski's 'Possession' are two of my favourite films; djerdap, cheers for mentioning the latter!
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Saturn's child wrote:
Dead Dog wrote:^ Indeed, and I can't believe I didn't mention The Tenant earlier. It's the epitome of what I'm talking about, like a precursor to Lynch. Should be near the top of my list, was still on my first cup of joe earlier ;p
'The Tenant' & Zulawski's 'Possession' are two of my favourite films; djerdap, cheers for mentioning the latter!
I guess we have very similar taste. The Tenant is my favourite Polanski and Possession is one of the most visceral viewing experiences I ever had. It's both profoundly disturbing and oddly hilarious.
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