Horror films
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I want to talk about, erm, horror films and why I like them and what my favourite types are.
When I was young, I watched the classic horror films like Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th. My mum told me that when I was about six, she came downstairs in the middle of the night because there was a noise, and it was me watching The Omen on TV in the dark, on my own. So I guess I've always liked horror films.
I really like what are called 'slasher films' – the really gory, bloody, violent films like Final Destination and The Hills Have Eyes. I just find them quite funny and I like the special effects. I don't really find them scary at all. I think the scariest sort of films are the ones that are very tense, like Hitchcock films. I think the scariest one for me is The Birds because it's just very sinister the way that the birds come and sit and look at the people. And you know that it's going to be really bad very soon.
But I think my favourite, favourite sort of horror films are zombie movies. I've watched loads of zombie movies and I really like them. Again, I don't really think they're very scary. Dawn of the Dead is my absolute favourite horror film, I think. It's a film where people just wake up one morning and there are zombies everywhere. If a zombie bites you, you turn into a zombie. And the survivors end up in a shopping mall ... in a shopping centre and they're surrounded by zombies. And it does not have a happy ending.
There's a British comedy horror film called Shaun of the Dead, which is a bit of a joke on the idea of the Dawn of the Dead, which is also really great. The most recent one I watched was a New Zealand film called Black Sheep, which is about zombie sheep. That was pretty funny as well.
The most recent horror film I watched was on a plane last time I went back to the UK. It was a Stephen King film, it was based on a Stephen King book – I think a short story – and it was called The Mist. It was about people who lived in a small town in America and there was a hurricane, or typhoon, as we call them here. And after the typhoon, they wanted to go into town to get some supplies to fix up the house. And it started to get misty or foggy. It was quite a strange mist – it didn't look normal. And these people ended up in a hardware store in the town, all trapped together because there were sort of monsters in the mist – these unrealistic giant creatures that were in the mist that were killing people. There was quite a lot of blood and guts and people died in horrible ways, which is what I like about horror films. I would recommend it if you like horror films as much as I do.
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For me, one of the favorites has to be The Shining—the atmosphere, the tension, and Jack Nicholson’s performance make it unforgettable. But I also enjoy more modern horror like Get Out, which mixes suspense with social commentary.
love these movies!
I don't like watching horror movies because I get scared easily. I'm just like my dad in that regard. When he was young, he went to the cinema with my mom to watch Jaws, and he walked out because he felt sick when he saw the blood. When we are together, we try to watch comedy movies to laugh a little bit.
Not at all, im a scary cat so i dont like watch Gory movies so i Guess my cup of tea are psicológic horror movies i really like the way i get uncomfortable keeping weating to see whats next.
I don't like horror films, but it's not because they're very scary to me, I just don't see what's so good about it, I've see series that have some horror or gory in those but never a horror film, well when I was in elementary school we had a movie day, so all my male clasmates voted for a horror film and there were more boys than girls so we watched like 30 minutes of the orphan and I didn't liked it
I love to watch horror films.but the funny thing is I can't watch those types of film alone.i watch lots of horror films.i also like to watch zombie film.the best films I've seen ever is train to busan.
I'm not a fan of horror films. I prefer watching black comedy-drama series and films. I've recently watched a lot of British comedy-drama series such as Fleabag, Back to Life, After Life, Am I Being Unreasonable, Extraordinary, etc. Moreover, I highly recommend watching them to everyone who wants to level up their English. They are very efficient and productive.
I really appreciate your lesson. But, I have something confused to ask you. It is the number 6 of task 1. The answer showed me that the right answer is ''True''. But, I am not sure why this is true. I think it has not been shown in the audio. Let me get this straight, please.
Hi MgKanKaung,
We are glad that you enjoyed the listening lesson :)
It's true because the speaker describes the monsters as "these unrealistic giant creatures". The word "unrealistic" shows that she thought they were a bit unbelievable, or not very realistic (i.e., she wasn't convinced by them).
I hope that helps to understand it.
Jonathan
LearnEnglish team
No, I don't like horror movies.
Thank God.