Scariest movie ever!!!!
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Elephant Man
dashaunfolife — 10 years ago(December 08, 2015 06:29 AM)
Know hear me out I'm not trying to be rude but this is the scariest movie i have ever seen because i get get scared easy but how the elephant man looks the real guy was more scary looking but man was this haunting blood and guts or hell even jump scares don't scare me but deformities do and this is the scariest one of them all, I've tried to do more research on Joseph Merrick but after awhile i start feeling sick great film scary as hell though what do you guys think.
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imbluzclooby — 10 years ago(December 16, 2015 07:16 PM)
Well, you are not entirely alone for i was a little scared and apprehensive myself when I first saw this movie. It takes a bit of courage to watch this film, because it has such a foreboding, ominous and grim presence. The way Merrick is presented to us is built up to suspense and we are left uneasy until we finally see him. But the buildup to that moment is vague and uncertain for we are anticipating that moment when we have to brace ourselves for the initial shock.
But the movie can be haunting for other reasons as well and not just Merrick's appearance. Whatever Lynch did, he sure made this one effective movie on our conscience, emotions, guilt, feelings and paranoia. This movie forces us to look within ourselves. -
patrickschueller — 9 years ago(January 30, 2017 04:53 PM)
At first i think the audience is scared and shocked by the appearance of the elephant man as well as all the characters in the film except from the doctor played by Anthony Hopkins (forgot his name). But with the elephant man becoming John Merrick and therefore also becoming a human being (don't get me wrong: Of course he was a human being before but now he is finally accepted as one by the society) the audience starts to build a strong relationship with John. And that's when the audience is no longer scared but emotionally highly intrigued.