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<blockquote data-quote="allhaileris" data-source="post: 557802" data-attributes="member: 5663"><p>Different brains process these kinds of things differently. Watching horror movies cheers me up, yes, seriously. I used to LOVE gore, never had nightmares, never killed anything, am pretty gentle, just still a goth at almost 40 (you'd be surprised how wearing a lot of black at work is totally business like). I actually can't stand the more real stuff, like a movie about a child being molested would bother me a zillion times more than a hack and slasher. My favorite movie is the Shining. Favorite zombie movie is Dawn of the Dead by George Romero. For me it's catharsis, the same thing as when these teenage boys play shooting games. You know your son best, but fake gore for the fun of it is very different than real world violence.</p><p></p><p>Whenever Jaws came out, I was in elementary school. I wanted to see it, my mom said no, it would give me nightmares for 6 weeks (yes, I remember her saying that because I was so bothered by it). I finally saw it in college during a film class and all I could think was "that was it? what part of that freaked her out that bad to say it?", I'm sure she just didn't realize my brain could handle it. I actually haven't had a nightmare since I was a very little kid. There isn't a single movie out there that actually scares me, I like it when I can get a good jump or if there was excellent use of special effects. </p><p></p><p>What does scare me? Bugs. There was this 10-legged hairless conjoined mouse I saw in the garage recently and it freaked me out, found out it was called a Potato Bug. What else, super dark outside places that have weird noises, because I don't know what's out there. The unknown is way more scary than known to be fake gore.</p><p></p><p>The "it's not allowed, it's the rules" line is probably the best if you're adamant about saying no, I was seeing movies like this at that age, at least by 16 for sure. Instead, why don't you rent a scary movie that you know isn't horribly bad and see how they do? Something classically scary that they don't even know about. Have they seen the original Nightmare on Elm Street (it's so sad I have to say original)? Evil Dead series, Rosemary's Baby, Amityville Horror (the book is way better), anything by Romero, Dario Argento, early Stephen King, Poltergeist, late 70s-mid 80's is a good time period where they introduced gore but didn't have enough special effects to make them look too real. Don't go the way of Hitchcock path, so not scary.</p><p></p><p>"They" have said that watching a scary movie reaches a certain area of one's brain and stimulates it. Those who like scary movies are just made up differently and are stimulated in a way that those who don't aren't. Here is something I saw online: </p><p>Research suggests that while <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Women" target="_blank">women</a> watch horror flicks, the brain secretes neurotransmitter dopamine, glutamate and serotonin. Thus, increased brain activity gets the state of mind alert for a while. Additionally , threat signals that pass through the hypothalamus (in the brain) will stimulate the adrenal glands to produce adrenaline and opiates which has an anesthesia like effect.</p><p>After watching the movie for half and hour, the system of the body will be calm and the defense system will become more powerful. That is when the immune system in the body will be stronger for a while.</p><p></p><p>And that's exactly why I cheer up watching these movies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="allhaileris, post: 557802, member: 5663"] Different brains process these kinds of things differently. Watching horror movies cheers me up, yes, seriously. I used to LOVE gore, never had nightmares, never killed anything, am pretty gentle, just still a goth at almost 40 (you'd be surprised how wearing a lot of black at work is totally business like). I actually can't stand the more real stuff, like a movie about a child being molested would bother me a zillion times more than a hack and slasher. My favorite movie is the Shining. Favorite zombie movie is Dawn of the Dead by George Romero. For me it's catharsis, the same thing as when these teenage boys play shooting games. You know your son best, but fake gore for the fun of it is very different than real world violence. Whenever Jaws came out, I was in elementary school. I wanted to see it, my mom said no, it would give me nightmares for 6 weeks (yes, I remember her saying that because I was so bothered by it). I finally saw it in college during a film class and all I could think was "that was it? what part of that freaked her out that bad to say it?", I'm sure she just didn't realize my brain could handle it. I actually haven't had a nightmare since I was a very little kid. There isn't a single movie out there that actually scares me, I like it when I can get a good jump or if there was excellent use of special effects. What does scare me? Bugs. There was this 10-legged hairless conjoined mouse I saw in the garage recently and it freaked me out, found out it was called a Potato Bug. What else, super dark outside places that have weird noises, because I don't know what's out there. The unknown is way more scary than known to be fake gore. The "it's not allowed, it's the rules" line is probably the best if you're adamant about saying no, I was seeing movies like this at that age, at least by 16 for sure. Instead, why don't you rent a scary movie that you know isn't horribly bad and see how they do? Something classically scary that they don't even know about. Have they seen the original Nightmare on Elm Street (it's so sad I have to say original)? Evil Dead series, Rosemary's Baby, Amityville Horror (the book is way better), anything by Romero, Dario Argento, early Stephen King, Poltergeist, late 70s-mid 80's is a good time period where they introduced gore but didn't have enough special effects to make them look too real. Don't go the way of Hitchcock path, so not scary. "They" have said that watching a scary movie reaches a certain area of one's brain and stimulates it. Those who like scary movies are just made up differently and are stimulated in a way that those who don't aren't. Here is something I saw online: Research suggests that while [URL="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Women"]women[/URL] watch horror flicks, the brain secretes neurotransmitter dopamine, glutamate and serotonin. Thus, increased brain activity gets the state of mind alert for a while. Additionally , threat signals that pass through the hypothalamus (in the brain) will stimulate the adrenal glands to produce adrenaline and opiates which has an anesthesia like effect. After watching the movie for half and hour, the system of the body will be calm and the defense system will become more powerful. That is when the immune system in the body will be stronger for a while. And that's exactly why I cheer up watching these movies. [/QUOTE]
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