10 December 2008

It's just a flesh wound

I don't have a particularly high tolerance for movie gore, and last night I ended up contemplating one of the most gruesome scenes I've ever viewed (really not saying much at all): the opening of Ghost Ship, where a stray cable neatly bisects nearly everyone on the ship. I don't know what happens in the rest of the movie, 'cause after that I quickly gave up.

One late night I stumbled on Resident Evil on HBO; the laser scene (you know what I'm talking about) squicked me out and I quickly turned off that one too.

So tell me horror fans: are there other movies featuring neatly sliced human beings that I should just remember to avoid? am I missing something great--am I turning off films that go on to become quality cinema after the FX folks have had their fun? My bet is that the answers are Yes and No.

1 comment:

Kirsten said...

Oh, unfortunately there are many of these. The first example that comes to mind is The Cell, but there are a lot.

We horror fans agree with you though--these are gross. We much prefer the scenes in Bad Taste where one of the characters wanders around for quite some time stuffing the brains back into his head.

For the love of God you rented Ghost Ship! You're like a real horror fan now. So deep into it that you can't even avoid the totally miserable films.