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Originally posted by Stompy
Don't mean to sound like a troll or anything, but I honestly can't understand for the life of me why people think this movie is scary (other than those who saw it when they were 6-7 years old when it was released back in '73)... and I'm a HUGE fan of all horror (provided it's actually scary).
Do you have to be strictly religious to find this frightening, or am I missing something here? I just find it odd that this is hailed as a perfect work of horror, yet ... there's nothing remotely scary about it (to me).
It's not that I have a problem suspending disbelief, because IMO, Aliens is as unreal as you can get, yet it's more frightening than The Exorcist, so I don't know what it is. Maybe it's just not my thing.. maybe I missed the boat on this one 
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That dialogue that was posted, for example, I find nothing remotely terrifying about it. I know the exact scene in which it happens, but... yeah, does nothing for me  ( and trust me, I'd love nothing more than to have the crap scared out of me by a movie)
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I think what makes people get into this movie is that fact that cases, although rare do exist. It is possible to be invaded by someone or something other than yourself. That is creepy. Sure, it is possible to get slashed, or cut up with a chain saw like other horror flicks. Check out the documentary behind this story, the amount of strength that this 13yr old boy had was unhuman.