What movie, if any, most closely resembles your life?

Feel free to combine a few too if you need to.

For me, it's definitely Black Swan with a dose of Whiplash, except replacing drumming with ballet. Two movies that are very painfully accurate in their respective experiences.

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BamPow · 51-55, M

The one that most resembled my childhood was “The Amityville Horror”. I’m not talking about the supernatural elements at all, though. My parents bought an old farmhouse in late 1978 that was too much house for them. My dad had a couple of mental breakdowns that ended up with us fleeing the house while he was wielding knives and threatening to kill us, which was like when James Brolin lost his 💩 and went after the family in the movie. As a kicker, my dad looked a lot like James Brolin in 1979 when this all went down. Bonus points for my parents taking us to the drive-in to see “The Amityville Horror” at the drive-in that summer. We were absolutely terrified and traumatized by that movie and all that was happening in our little world at the time.

ArkBallet · 36-40, F

@BamPow This could possibly win best comment already, but I'm also deeply sorry that happened to you!

BamPow · 51-55, M

@ArkBallet My parents pretty much gifted me the roadmap of how not to parent. The odd thing is that I turned into such a horror junkie, or at least I always thought it was odd until I met others who were also traumatized by horror movies at a young age. It seems like a lot of horror movie buffs have that one movie they probably shouldn’t have seen, terrified them, but then sent them down the path of loving horror films.

ArkBallet · 36-40, F

@BamPow As a horror fan myself, I do wonder sometimes how many of us are just seeking a twisted version of comfort in the familiarity of fake terror.

BamPow · 51-55, M

@ArkBallet It’s like the roller coaster rush. You know you’re going to emerge safely but yet your brain gets duped by the illusion of danger, which pushes the adrenaline.

ArkBallet · 36-40, F

@BamPow Exactly! It's like tricking our brains into thinking we're in danger without actually being in any real peril. Also, I'll add that the older horror films (I'm talking 1970s - 1990s) had amazing makeup effects back in the days before CGI and other modern techniques. The special effects in many of the movies of that time were truly incredible. A lot of effort and art went into making those effects and that's why I think it feels far more real and disturbing than most of today's special effects.

BamPow · 51-55, M

@ArkBallet I’m with you on CGI. You can tell when actors are in the room with a monstrosity versus when they’re just flailing in front of green screens. The crew from “The Thing” were genuinely freaked out by the guy’s head that turned into a spider and crawled across the room, because that damn thing was actually in the room running around. Nothing takes me out of a movie quicker than excessive or bad CGI.

ArkBallet · 36-40, F

@BamPow The Thing is a perfect example!