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From: purtell@reed.UUCP (Lady Godiva)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Women and Horror Films
Message-ID: <1902@reed.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 16-Sep-85 17:00:10 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 16 17:00:10 1985
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In article <140@nvuxg.UUCP> micci@nvuxg.UUCP (D M Dennee) writes:
>
>I've seen just about all of the Friday the 13th and Halloween-type
>movies.  Most recently I saw "Fright Night" and "Return of the
>Living Dead".  Both were gory (lightened by a few funny moments,
>especially in the latter), and I enjoyed seeing them!  My opinion
>is also shared by many of my girlfriends...I don't feel that
>we're in the minority!

	Since the subject women and horror films seems to have caught on,
I'd like to make a distinction between two different kinds of horror
films. I love scary movies. Psycho is one of my ten favourite movies,
and I'll always go see a vampire or Frankenstein. In fact, any Hitchcock
is great, because even if it's nothing that will make you scream (I
screamed even the second time I saw Psycho) they almost always put you
in suspense, which is just as exhilerating. On the other hand - I can't
tolerate gory movies. I haven't seen any of the Friday the 13ths, and I
would flatly refuse an inviation to do so. I just can't tolerate the
violence. Being frightened is great - seeing blood and gore just doesn't
do a thing for me though. Anyone else make this distinction?

	cheers -

	elizabeth g. purtell

	(Lady Godiva)


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