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[carver]

as a dedicated player of rpgs as a youngster I am eagerly anticipateing the release of H.P,Lovecrafts work as a game for pc . I have seen the screen shots and they look excellent hope the game will be as creepy and unnerving as some of the games i played were and its good to see that a windwalker is included in ghostmaster though dissapointed that he isnt more powerfull as ithaqua of legend ( american indian ) was . Also a movie on the lovecraft theme being completed as we speak that should shake up the horrror genre .

[David]

Really? I shall have to keep my eye on that with IMDB pro - I always love horror films (and spooky things) so it sounds interesting.

It will have to be especially well written contain a great mpact to shake up the horror genre though, remember people have tried this before (although there was success with Halloween and more recently Scream)

[carver]

i think that creepy horror perhaps even investigative horror in the lovcraft vein is needed and perhaps this genre will spark imagineation amongst horror writers and film producers to make intelligent thought provoking films , that if they dont exactly give a shock a minute will leave people unnerved and wondering about things that go bump or slither in the night

[David]

I agree with you - I think that some of the horror genre could do generally with Revitalising. We need more horror films like say Rosemaries Baby and Psycho that scare you more by what you do not see rather rhan by what you see.

[Kitty Kitty]

Interestingly enough... 2 of the all time most famous "horror scenes" were the shower scene in Psycho and the chainsaw scene in Scarface (even though that's not actually a horror movie)

The really funny thing is, neither of those scenes really show a damn thing... though there's been tons of people who swear they "saw" the chainsaw cutting or the knife stabbing into the victem.

I think a large reason for this is that the mind naturally fills in blanks. Ever watch a scary movie as a youngster and cover your eyes for some of the really scary bits? Ever notice how you can still "see" pretty much exactly what happened? The real neat thing about this technique is that generally, the mind will search for possibilities, and often fills in the worst possible information within reason it can.. so what you imagine is many times far worse than the reality.

Not a bad little film trick.. especially considering that it was a technique largely developed to keep movies at an R rating that the ratings company would have otherwise stamped an X on.

-Kitty

[carver]

look at the popularity of shows such as the twilight zone and tales of the unexpected these gave people thaught provoking shocks that make you think about the reality we live in and played on our paranoia . with the interest in the paranormal and contact with spirits around and broadcast lets see movie makers start playing with our fears in a interesting way that makes us think if we are not alone then what exactly is out there and is it what we expect it to be or something far more sinister and slimey