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Originally Posted by thesowismine

Me, I don't care as long as it's done well. One of my faves, "1408" didn't even specify what kind of monster it was: ghost, demon, or etc. It was just "an evil f&cking room". I agree with roshiq that the horror comes from what the characters are experiencing, moreso than the monster. Sometimes not knowing what it is that is coming after them is what makes it more scary.

Actually, that was MY point, that Roshiq was kind of agreeing with, but not really.

And Roshiq, I understood what you were saying. I still disagree. "Familiarity leads to contempt," as they say. Overexposure of the monster more often than not results in less horror/suspense/fear, whatever you want to call it. Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas, The Descent, Night of the Demon, that one movie I love that I can never remember the name of with the invisible brain/spinal chord monsters, IT, Alien; the list could go on and on of movies that were more effective because they showed the actual creatures sparingly.

In King Kong, for instance, we are terrified the first time we see Kong, but as the film goes on, and we see he's just a big lovesick teddy bear, we begin to pity him, and by the end of the film, we're not scared of him at all; in fact, we're rooting for him.