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<blockquote data-quote="Guest&amp;nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 9505711"><p>I guess I tend to think of Michael Myers, at least in the first film, as more of a bogie man type figure than a proper psycho (I mean he is from a mental ward, he clearly has psychological issues lol, but the whole speech about his eyes and they way he is always just sort of lingering in a menacing way, give it kind of an evil supernatural heft. But with these sorts of movies, I don't really question my reasons for being afraid. Both supernatural and psychopathic threats seem equally terrifying to me if done right. If I had to really break it down, I think above all, good film making is really what it boils down to. Black Christmas and the first Halloween both work really well for me in that respect because of how they are shot, how they cloud the killers in mystery. But I also connect to your point about the inexplicable. What makes the moaner scary is he is this gibbering monstrosity that is never fully explained. I think I mentioned before he shares certain traits with the Scorpio character in Dirty Harry who I think is also effective for that reason. But I would say any of these slasher characters are scary when done right. Leatherface is quite scary, and he is just some deranged man with a chainsaw. I think where a lot of slashers become less scary, but for me at least remain entertaining, is they start being more about inventive and memorable deaths, and less about the build up</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Guest 85555, post: 9505711"] I guess I tend to think of Michael Myers, at least in the first film, as more of a bogie man type figure than a proper psycho (I mean he is from a mental ward, he clearly has psychological issues lol, but the whole speech about his eyes and they way he is always just sort of lingering in a menacing way, give it kind of an evil supernatural heft. But with these sorts of movies, I don't really question my reasons for being afraid. Both supernatural and psychopathic threats seem equally terrifying to me if done right. If I had to really break it down, I think above all, good film making is really what it boils down to. Black Christmas and the first Halloween both work really well for me in that respect because of how they are shot, how they cloud the killers in mystery. But I also connect to your point about the inexplicable. What makes the moaner scary is he is this gibbering monstrosity that is never fully explained. I think I mentioned before he shares certain traits with the Scorpio character in Dirty Harry who I think is also effective for that reason. But I would say any of these slasher characters are scary when done right. Leatherface is quite scary, and he is just some deranged man with a chainsaw. I think where a lot of slashers become less scary, but for me at least remain entertaining, is they start being more about inventive and memorable deaths, and less about the build up [/QUOTE]

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