scary movies are laughable, anything to do with vampires, werewolves & other monsters used to give me nightmares when i was a little kid. life has taught me however that imaginary monsters are nothing but the symbols of real life dangers (death, disease, pain, etc). so now movies that involve abuses of power or political paranoias or sociopaths do freak me out at times. for various reasons:
Z by costa gavras; kubrick's eyes wide shut; affliction (forget the director, with nick nolte & james coburn)
eyes without a face was awesome by the way. creepy, but didn't instill in me any fear.
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