Traumatized by Stephen King.
Ever since I was a child, I have always loved movies. I enjoy any genre as long as it has a good plot and is well acted, regardless of the cast. The first Fast and Furious movie is my favorite of all; I was very young when I saw it for the first time and was fascinated by the races, even though they have nothing to do with real life—I am a very careful driver.
However, it's not that movie I wanted to talk about, but one I saw when I was a kid, and even though it's very old, I still feel the same terror I felt back then. It's Pet Sematary, also known as The Haunted Cemetery and Pet Cemetery, based on the novel written by Stephen King, the master of horror.
I think when I saw it, I was traumatized for life, and the reason is simple: Who wouldn't want to be able to bring a loved one back to life, even if it's a pet? Of course, you would always hope that they would come back as you remember them and not as they come back to life in that movie... I think it instills a great psychological terror apart from the graphic terror that can be seen on screen.
It should be noted that Stephen King himself wrote the screenplay for the film, resulting in a fairly faithful adaptation of his novel. He considers it one of his most disturbing and darkest works. Apart from all this, the child's performance after coming back to life is incredibly creepy... I don't think I want to see it again, and not because it's not good in its genre, but because it's too good; the ones they make today aren't even scary anymore.
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I watched it too. To me, there's a good message in it. Don't try to play God trying to bring back the dead.
As you mentioned, they might not be return as the same as what we knew them for. Even a living human coming back from somewhere can be altered by what they experienced.
Well, that message is very clear in the film. However, what I found most disturbing was the fact that there was a place in that town (the old Indian cemetery) that could bring the dead back to life. My God, who wouldn't want to do that? That's why the protagonist (the father), even though he knows that everything will go wrong, tries it anyway in the hope that everything will turn out differently. Believe me, there are many who would try it. And to top it off: knowing that everything went wrong with the child, he tries again with his wife because for us humans, hope is the last thing to die.
I faintly remember seeing some of that movie. I think the parents had to do with this decision to resurrect their son. I don't think I watched it completely, because I'm very impressionable, I think I changed the channel or removed the movie; I don't like these movies because they are so scary.
Well, you already know my comments about the movies I prefer. I'm left with fantasy, wherever it comes from.
Life already brings with it too much impression daily to look for psychological traumas while watching a movie. That's really masochism.
Well, everyone looks for their own movies to see, for their delight or trauma. You looked for yours.
Ha ha ha, he was a child, my friend @gertu. And yes, the decision to resurrect the child was made by the father. Well, I think it's not just scary horror movies that can cause problems. For example, I don't know if you remember the anime CANDY CANDY. I think that caused massive problems, and it wasn't exactly a horror movie. I always tell my wife that.
I had many restrictions to watch TV; I suppose that just like me there were many people who did not spend time watching Candy Candy, from what you tell me, thank goodness I didn't see it in its entirety.
I watched a few episodes and as far as I was concerned, she was always crying about something or someone. I preferred to see "Meteoro." That really distracted me for quite some time.
Well, that anime wasn't bad, it was like a soap opera. It's just that some of the themes were too strong for its target audience. It also planted the idea in many people's minds that pain is necessary to be happy, which is false. Psychologically, it also laid the groundwork for the idealization of bad boys and toxic relationships. All in all, it was a dramatic package that stuck in the minds of many, mainly girls. As for Meteor, I think I often wished I had a Mack 5. That car could do everything: it jumped, flew, and even drove underwater. It could do anything... Come to think of it, I think Meteor was cheating with that incredible car.
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Ufffs, I'll make an edit to include it. It's still possible.
Anything is possible, the important thing is to try.
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