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By the way, all six films I mentioned in my in my first post have at least some "creepy child" moments.

Richard Maurer

Also Village Of The Damned, The Children (2008), and Who Can Kill a Child? - aka Island of the Damned in the US

Richard Maurer

She has a thing about creepy kids so Children of the Corn and Salem’s Lot are pretty much toast!🤣

Krusty “Topher”

The fact that you found the Shining more scary than It Follows, while I found It Follows creepy as hell and The Shining mild (at best) points to another problem - the fact that different people find completely different things scary. It makes it hard to judge how someone will react to them. For instance the six films I mentioned for are there because they gave some moments genuine creepiness, but it's not like I had nightmares or anything. But I'm pretty sure they'd all scare the bejeezus out of Cassie

Richard Maurer

I like those 6 you mentioned. I've only seen the Japanese version of The Grudge but the American Ring was pretty good. And I actually think Cassie would be well able for It Follows, even now. It's creepy but not a relentless, psychological mindf**k like The Shining, and it's a really good movie. I love horror movies so I'll only cover recent years. I'm sure I'll miss a few but I loved The Witch, Midsommar, The Babadook, It Comes at Night, Don't Breathe, Mandy (that's an insane movie), both A Quiet Place films. I wouldn't be recommending any of them for our host:) You raise a good point about gore. I'm not saying Cassie should watch The Thing, as some people have joked in recent days. But I honestly don't think it would affect her like The Shining did. She has watched some really brutal stuff, particularly the WWII films/shows. So much death, bodies literally being blown apart and it hasn't put her off returning to the genre. And if you can handle Aliens, I'm not sure you need to be much more gore tolerant for The Thing. Also, no kids regularly in near death situations in The Thing, unlike Aliens. I'm looking forward to seeing what she makes of The Others.

Jay

This thread may be dead already, and I could be wasting my time, But I thought I would offer my thoughts as a long-time horror fan - from age six to my current age 58. First, earlier in this thread I'd made some comments about enjoying the screams of reactors , and I stick by this comment. I meant this in a light-hearted way, as in when someone gets a scare and everyone laughs, including the person who was scared. But NOT someone who is in abject terror. I would in fact have preferred she just stopped watching The Shinning, and hopefully most people here would understand why. I've seen some posts on here suggesting Cassie start with older horror films and work her way forward - and with her reaction to a mild film like The Shining I completely agree (yes, I said mild, to most horror fans it is considered on the milder side of the spectrum). I would in fact suggest she start with 1930's Universal classics (Dracula, Frankenstein, the Wolfman, etc.) as I did as child. these films scared me a little back then, but I was fine. Working her way up through the decades until the late sixties, where things get a little more problematic with the introduction of graphic horror. Graphic horror films are not necessarily scary , but many people would at best consider them gross, at worst truly disturbing. So a lot would depend on how gore tolerant Cassie is. Before anybody jumps to conclusions I knew a girl who was scared of her own shadow, but gore didn't bother her at all - because she grew up a farm (I also grew up on a farm and gore has never bothered me either). Anyway , I thought I'd list a few films off the top of my head that managed to scare me (a little anyway) as adult so Cassie can avoid them, at least till she becomes a hardened veteran, like myself - although I won't be holding my breathe waiting for that to happen :) The Ring; The Grudge; It Follows; Hereditary; REC: the Exorcist - any other films my fellow fans find scary? add to list. One last thing - a short list of films Cassie (or most other people) should NEVER watch, these films will scar you for life: Human Centipede; Cannibal Holocaust: A Serbian Film: Necromantic: Antichrist: Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom: Irreversible - even I'm sorry I watched most of these

Richard Maurer

People who weren't scared by it? I'm in that category.

Richard Maurer

Good god gurdy!!! I hadn’t been back to this thread in awhile and looks like it’s its own horror film! You “Mother Flippers” need to simmer the hell down! So anyway I’d like to recommend The Conjuring!! 😀🤷‍♂️🤪🤪😇😇😇

Krusty “Topher”

It’s almost as though Cassie needs to make a new Patron level for pre-1961 films and one for more modern films. You could sign up for both or only receive notifications for movies you signed up for.

Mark M

Good shout.

Jay

Cassie watching The Shining! I'm a little scared for her but at the same time, I can't wait to see it:)

Jay

Me too. I was the guy who requested Prisoners when she still had that Patreon tier level. That was about four months ago and I still feel horrible about having her watch it.

Baldielox

The baseball boy scene bothered me and I don't even have kids

William Bryan

Oh, I couldn't agree more. She'd be angry (justifiably so) if we didn't warn her about Doctor Sleep. Prisoners hurt her... D/S will scar her. Please skip it, Cassie.

Baldielox

No matter how brave Cassie gets the one movie she does not need to see is Doctor Sleep. Having small children and her reaction to Prisoners proves that.

William Bryan

I LOVED the Others. Nicole Kidman is brilliant…as usual!

Laura Mowle

Yeah A Quiet Place would be good for you Cassie. Good scifi/horror that won't terrify. If anything both it and part two i don't think were as scary as Aliens. Emily Blunt carries that movie. Omg she's incredible

William Bryan

I think you would like the movie A quiet place. It is an intense movie, will be a bit scary, but not haunt you. Another suggestion would be get out, it is a great film that will disturb you, but not scary. Also I would love to recommend more movies that made me cry, those are the ones that made a big impact on me. There are so many great movies out there, don't waste your time on horror, it's not for everyone. Love what you do 😊

This was beautifully stated.

WastedPo

Cassie isn't nearly ready for anything that scary. She's gonna have to work her way up to the 1990 mini series first, which is better anyway.

William Bryan

I'd love to see her reaction to IT chapter 1

Shaun2342!

I'd love to know who told Cassie The Shining isn't "too scary."

Shaun2342!

Young Frankenstein. A Mel Brooks classic. A hilarious spoof on Frankenstein.

Grinznmore

It is important to remember that movies are not toys. They have enormous power. They can rip our hearts out (Band of brothers or Schindlers list), they can makes us feel happy and loved (RomComs), they can make us laugh (comedies) and yes, they can scare the sh*t out of us (horror movies). As for the later it´s seem to be something human to "want" be "scared". Children love when you, the big scary monster, chases after them. One young girl I know loved Shrek when she was five although it was too scary for her to watch alone. Just proceed with caution. As I said; movies are no jokes.

Björn Von Knorring

I have to ask this Cassie, which version of "It" did you have on the schedule? 1990 or 2017?

William Bryan