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Unsettling Horror Movie
In light of the thread about how many people are desensitized to horror these days, I wonder whether anyone can be unsettled, at least. I must be more sensitive then most. For example, a few years back, I literally jumped when a ghost casually flitted across the screen in The Sixth Sense, taking me by surprise. Just recently on cable, I caught the movie 28 Days Later, which actually inspired a nightmare. And after the movie was over, I found myself staring warily into dark corners while outside a pair of running feet set my pulse racing.
For a quick synopsis, a rage virus overtakes London when animal rights advocates release an infected chimpanzee, thinking they are doing a good thing. Unfortunately for them, they are the first casualties of a man-made virus that infects and turns a human into a raging maniac within a matter of 10 to 20 seconds. A few scenes later, the protagonist awakens from a coma after London has become a ghost town, and finds out the hard way from several survivors just what has happened.
The "zombies" are indeed frightening, as is the premise. Faces distorted with rage and maybe hunger, bloodshot eyes, and the agility to nearly outrace their prey, these creatures made for some harrowing scenes.
Has any other movie ever caught you guys by surprise? I mean, yes, it is harder to be frightened these days, but has something in a movie or book just unsettled you, if not necessarily frightened you?
In light of the thread about how many people are desensitized to horror these days, I wonder whether anyone can be unsettled, at least. I must be more sensitive then most. For example, a few years back, I literally jumped when a ghost casually flitted across the screen in The Sixth Sense, taking me by surprise. Just recently on cable, I caught the movie 28 Days Later, which actually inspired a nightmare. And after the movie was over, I found myself staring warily into dark corners while outside a pair of running feet set my pulse racing.
For a quick synopsis, a rage virus overtakes London when animal rights advocates release an infected chimpanzee, thinking they are doing a good thing. Unfortunately for them, they are the first casualties of a man-made virus that infects and turns a human into a raging maniac within a matter of 10 to 20 seconds. A few scenes later, the protagonist awakens from a coma after London has become a ghost town, and finds out the hard way from several survivors just what has happened.
The "zombies" are indeed frightening, as is the premise. Faces distorted with rage and maybe hunger, bloodshot eyes, and the agility to nearly outrace their prey, these creatures made for some harrowing scenes.
Has any other movie ever caught you guys by surprise? I mean, yes, it is harder to be frightened these days, but has something in a movie or book just unsettled you, if not necessarily frightened you?
