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It Follows. It’s not typical scary. What gets me is the dread of an entity that is chasing you and there’s no stopping it no matter what you do or where you go. I hate it because sometimes I dream about it and you know how running works in dreams right? You can’t. I always have to crouch down to grab the ground and launch myself forward.
Also, Fire in the Sky. Watched it as a kid and was so terrified I haven’t seen it again since. Maybe it won’t be scary anymore to me as an adult, but I haven’t had the chance to do a re-watch.
It Follows had a great concept but kinda missed the execution by trying to be traditionally scary. The first appearances of the monster where it still looked like a human were the best because it could be anywhere at any moment. Then it started showing up as a zombie and lost that. It's still a good movie but it could have been so much better.
So, I did like It Follows, I initially watched it with a guy who said "ooooo herpes again" every time the entity showed up. It was very funny but ruined the horror aspect. I do think its a good horror movie, but, forever ruined by that experience. I've never seen/heard of fire in the sky, I'll have to check it out
I had read such good things about it, but when I watched it, it just felt like a silly "oooh, herpes!" kind of movie, yeah. Just didn't hit it right for some of us, I guess.
Yeah, Fire in the Sky: NOPE. I was also so terrified by The Conjuring that I will never watch another of those movies. I realize I am in the minority. That said, I LOVED it Follows, and I was not scared by it, but I was super entertained. Honorable terror mention to the Eyes in the Dark episode off of Star Trek TNG. Never watching that shit ever again!