I enjoy scary movies, but they almost never actually scare me or even make me uneasy.
Tasha was greedy and took three scary entertainments, but I’m not going to let that stop me from seconding the love and terror for The Orphanage (a.k.a. El Orfanato), the Spanish-language film from 2007. I enjoy scary movies, but they almost never actually scare me or even make me uneasy. There’s a shot in this one Wholesale, though, that made me actually expel some random scared-guy noise (from my mouth, take it easy), and I wasn’t the only one. I watched The Orphanage with a fellow manly man, and we both kinda jumped out of our seats when we first saw a little kid with a sack over his head. Also notable about The Orphanage: It’s actually a great film on its own, not just a great scary film—it’s never about “boo” scares, and there’s no axe murderer. It’s just an awesome ghost story, with plenty of real chills. Netflix it!
Keith Phipps
I love horror movies Wholesale, but the ones I like best aren’t necessarily the ones that scare me in the traditional sense. It isn't hard to jolt an audience into jumping out of their seats, and a lot of horror movies this decade have been content just to engage in cheap shock tactics. So, yeah, makers of The Haunting In Connecticut, the remake of The Last House On The Left, and so on, yes, you scared me for a second. But you didn’t really unnerve me in a way that I took home later. Sure, making a face appear in a closing bathroom mirror works, but it doesn’t get at what’s really scary.
Keith Phipps
I love horror movies Wholesale, but the ones I like best aren’t necessarily the ones that scare me in the traditional sense. It isn't hard to jolt an audience into jumping out of their seats, and a lot of horror movies this decade have been content just to engage in cheap shock tactics. So, yeah, makers of The Haunting In Connecticut, the remake of The Last House On The Left, and so on, yes, you scared me for a second. But you didn’t really unnerve me in a way that I took home later. Sure, making a face appear in a closing bathroom mirror works, but it doesn’t get at what’s really scary.



