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I'd have to go back to my childhood as well for the last time I was frightened by a movie. Back then I would get so wrapped up in whatever movie I was watching (in a theater, that is) that I would mentally insert myself into the film, going through whatever the characters were going through. Sadly, the film wasn't a classic (unless cult films count), or even good for that matter; seen through the eyes of an adult many years later, it was downright laughable. But I was 11 years old, and it was the first zombie movie I'd seen on the big screen.The most frightening were from my childhood. I recall seeing House of Wax when I was 12...
And that film was...sigh...Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things. By the end of the film I was a nervous wreck, convinced the zombies would get me too. But it was the beginning of a life-long love affair with zombie films, so that's something.
Other than that, I can't recall ever being frightened by a movie. Startled, yes--the cheap "gotcha" gag of something unexpected suddenly appearing on the screen--but not truly or properly frightened. I grew up watching the classic Universal horror films on television so, for me, horror films are fun. It saddens me that the horror film genre has turned into nothing but gorenography and torture porn--buckets of fake blood, no story. I admit I haven't seen many "psychological thrillers", but at the age of 49 I honestly don't think I'd be affected by them.
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