>Yes, I don't like seeing horror in theaters, due to the fact
>that it usually startles me without scaring me, and I hate
>cheap startles. (I have really sensitive hearing, which
>increases this issue in theaters.) I also hate gore replacing
>actual fright-- gore doesn't frighten me, it mostly pisses me
>off as a cheap replacement for actual skill.

um, you made that clear you didn't like horror. did i miss something? because you've said that on podcasts you didn't care for horror. i think that's where people get that from.

and you know not all horror movies even come with those kinds of shocks snd scares...american horror for the most part does; foreign horror doesn't.

>But I love the Paranormal Activities, I love Blair Witch, I
>*love* John Carpenter, I love The Exorcist, I love Marathon
>Man as I said. There's plenty of horror I love. I just usually
>wait for consensus reviews to come in before I check for it,
>and even then, I usually wait for DVD where I can control the
>volume.
>
>I realize the stuff done here hasn't been done on TV in a
>while or ever (not since Hitchcock Presents or Twilight Zone),
>but they are familiar film tropes. That's all I meant.

then you should have probably said that instead of what you said above.

also, most of the tropes you listed haven't been used that frequently in years..."scary nuns" rarely if ever because no one's throwing that up in a horror movie, but I digress.

>Am I wrong in saying that Murphy has a flair for the campy?
>Was the nun spazzing out and dropping trou not campy? Was
>Lange's red nightie love sequence not campy? Was the sexual
>dialogue in the opening sequence not campy?

of course..it's Ryan Murphy. he's been campy since he did Popular. i mean, that's a given with him. It doesn't change the fact that its still done in the arena of horror and much of it was a dream sequence (Lange)...I have no issue with the camp factor (it "is" horror so unfortunately, a level of camp is to be expected). But, once again, it comes off like you're dismissing a show based on "camp" when its clear that AHS is a lot more than that (or attempts to be and for the most part, succeeds at it).

>
>Everybody else chimed in their expectations for the season
>based on what they saw, not sure why I'm not allowed just
>because I said it seemed more ridiculous than scary. What's
>wrong with ridiculous? Ridiculous can be entertaining.

who said you weren't allowed? I didn't. And, please refrain from even hinting I did.

I simply said you came in not wanting to watch based on your own feelings regarding horror. that's it. we're on a message board. you can chime in with what you want, just like I can and am doing now.

there's nothing else to read into that. but, hey, by all means, please do. I'm not stopping you from doing that.

>
>I had no expectations about this going in, as I didn't see any
>of the opening season, not a frame. I was mostly hesitant to
>watch this series because I didn't feel like getting scared at
>10 PM before bed mid-week, lol. The trailers intrigued me
>though, and Ian McShane's involvement pushed me over the edge.
>

and that's fine. that's your choice. but, once again, you are taking issue with my post when all I simple asked was why watch, save for Ian McShane, when you don't seem all that jazzed about it...Ian's involvement or not.


>And if I have to choose my horror on TV, seems like I'll like
>this more than The Walking Dead.

but, The Walking Dead is considerably moer violent and the "jump" scares you don't care for in horror are in TWD, its just way more in your face, unsettling and way more gory....

but it comes on at 9pm, so yay for you?