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Originally Posted by RevengeBucks_Monica
Jacob's Ladder (for me) is about his struggle to survive on the surgeon's table, and the demons are death coming to take him away. Everything is all freaky because he is convinced that death is awful and scary, and the chiropractor is indeed an angel trying to free him from his life and aid him is his travel through death.
I love creepy movies like that but for me they don't fit into the genre of horror.
For horror, what really gets me is there aren't very many that I feel are well done. I think this is because I like movies that move beyond simple jump scares and give you a twisted mind fucking.
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Unfortunately it's very easy for horror filmmakers to go for the sensory scares... the boogeyman jumps out of the closet and there's a loud sound! After a little while you become habituated to it and you see it coming from a mile away.
There are, however, some films that reach a bit deeper and disturb your mental core for one reason or another. These are the horror films that leave an everlasting impression that extends beyond the movie theater. I know that Kairo is one of those films for me because of how it explores the theme of isolation. Very chilling stuff.