Mazra wrote:
Dunno if it's the stalking scene I'm thinking about. I'm thinking of the one where she goes to school, walks home, talks to friends, drives in a car and nothing happens. A good 15-20 minutes of movie time where literally nothing happens except for some moments where you might be afraid that he's hiding behind a hedge, but it turns out to be nothing.
Granted, it was late at night when I watched it, but I remember switching channels because it was so oddly boring in the middle of a horror movie. Came back a while later and she was still just walking around in the neighborhood.
Granted, it was late at night when I watched it, but I remember switching channels because it was so oddly boring in the middle of a horror movie. Came back a while later and she was still just walking around in the neighborhood.
I like when horror movies do that--it establishes the person (victim) as a real human being with a life and connections. It makes you care about the victim, which makes the latter half of the movie far more suspenseful (imo).
Also, I wouldn't say that the scene you are talking about is in the middle of the movie. The first half is pretty much establishing the characters, the back story, and their relations. The only overtly creepy thing to happen is that he murders a dog and places it on his mother's grave (which is really just intended to add to the building fear).
All the movies that bother to make you care about the people are the ones that stick out in my memory, because you get emotionally invested in whether they live or die. That's what many modern horror films fail to do. When it's a bunch of random people getting killed off, I'm not emotionally invested. Half the time I end up rooting for the killer, because the characters are annoying and their stories are shallow...