Why are so many interesting TV shows creepy? I can't watch Torchwood anymore, because there were too many creepy shows in a row. Same with Heroes. *grumble*
For a while one reason I liked Supernatural was that despite the fact that it was "horror" theme, it was a lot more suspense than actual eww-horror, and none of the things that went bump in the night did so too obviously. Of course, lately they've gone much grittier. I still watch it, but now I have to twitch and close my eyes on occasion.
Me too. It still freaks me out. Like Crossroad Blues where the faces morphed and twisted into something out of that Scream painting? I, uh, had to watch a lot of Friends before I could go to bed. I think what helps is that for the most part, MOTW is killed off by the end of the ep, so you know it's safe at night. Much like X-files and Buffy was.
I never quite thought of it that way, but that's why I've always preferred MOTW to mytharc in X-Files and Supernatural both.
(Also, it helps a lot when the heroes are hotties. I don't know why, but it really does. So for Supernatural you know that no matter what the pretty boys will live or there won't be a show, so the ick is fine. Of course, getting attached to anyone else is inadvisable.)
High tention combined with high probability of things jumping out and saying 'boo' tends to make me spend most of my time hiding from the screen. This makes for less than useful tv watching. :/
Anything which in any way starts to refer to the apparent big bad tends to have high tension and seems to have high likelihood of something effectively jumping out and saying 'boo'. The second ep had it, the third had too much for me to cope (I was starting to rock due to stress and discomfort, and only noticed when I also started mewing in distress).
I have _very_ low 'jump out and say boo' tolerance, if there is any tension at all around it.
I used to love Supernatural for being light on the boo. No more.
The trouble is, it's not even just it being surprising - I can count down to the "boo", and I'll _still_ jump a foot when the scary thing abruptly pops up (right on cue).
The trouble is, it's not even just it being surprising - I can count down to the "boo", and I'll _still_ jump a foot when the scary thing abruptly pops up (right on cue).
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Date: 2006-12-10 11:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-10 11:39 pm (UTC)Bad people, creeping me out...
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Date: 2006-12-11 05:14 am (UTC)(Also, it helps a lot when the heroes are hotties. I don't know why, but it really does. So for Supernatural you know that no matter what the pretty boys will live or there won't be a show, so the ick is fine. Of course, getting attached to anyone else is inadvisable.)
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Date: 2006-12-11 02:07 am (UTC)I have _very_ low 'jump out and say boo' tolerance, if there is any tension at all around it.
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Date: 2006-12-11 02:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-11 05:38 am (UTC)The trouble is, it's not even just it being surprising - I can count down to the "boo", and I'll _still_ jump a foot when the scary thing abruptly pops up (right on cue).
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Date: 2006-12-11 04:23 pm (UTC)Often, me, too. Annoing.
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