Quote (TrouNce @ 25 Apr 2013 22:10)
you must be new around here.
That's because the shining is actually a good movie, and leather face doesn't have to rape children for shock points you pretentious little c--t.
Well that's a bit strong.
Regardless both movies are dated now. When Texas Chainsaw Massacre came out it was treated with the same revulsion as August Underground and a Serbian Film etc... But that was a long time ago. Tastes and times have changed. Those of us who watched these films as kids are no longer scared by what has become cookie cutter horror. Leatherface and his slasher film ilk have been repeated and recreated more times than I can count and the genre along with the concept is tired and ineffective.
As for the Shining... Well... Stephen King. Pretty much all I have to say about that. Don't get me wrong - I love the film. It was kinda creepy when I watched it at about 13-14 but nowadays it just doesn't have the same jolt. I appreciate the plot but it doesn't come close to frightening me.
To summarise - people said exactly the same thing about leatherface in 1974. Times change and Horror progresses. Everything is done for shock points. That's the entire point of horror. To get a reaction out of someone. I never said either of those films were good either - I was simply listing the most depraved and messed up Movie Killers I could think of - as the topic title requested.
If you think a deformed child who is mistreated and grows up to become a sociopathic killer is more evil thana priveleged man who purposefully manipulates a man into several murders and into violating his own child... there's something wrong with you. Leatherface I can empathise with. Maggot and Vukmir I can't.
This post was edited by Vivienne on Apr 25 2013 03:34pm