To plug myself into the radio and hide on here while DH watches psycho gore fest SAW?

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Am turning UP the volume on my earphones.......

I can't hear you la la lah!

I saw Saw. Was disappointed. Not scary. Nice to see men in chains and tortured for a change, though.

OMG I hated this film, was horrific. DP just made me watch Death Proof, which was also mildly horrific, but satisfying at the end when the baddie got killed...

RG: which early James Herbert books do you want? I have most of them. Otherwise, try Amazon as you can probably pick them all up for about 1p each.
I would have probably watched Saw if I had known it was on as have not seen it but, without going into detail on specific films: all horror stuff has a healthy cathartic function on the whole. We see the scary stuff, see it finish, we are not hurt; as to horror films inspiring psychos to do harm, psychos can get inspired by pretty much anything (religious texts being one of the most substantial influences) but the majority of people who watch Saw/Evil Dead/Chucky/Hostel have a good scream and a pint and a good night's sleep with no particular increased tendency to run round and pull a neighbour's head off.

Though I have recently been having a bit of an early Stephen King binge and wish I hadn't reread Cujo as now DS is 4 I found it horribly upsetting.

oh god the hostel, that haunted me for days too

I watched saw tonight and didn't think it was a blood fest at all!! The only slightly gorey bit was when the bloke took a saw to his ankle.

Apart from the gruesome acting by the doctor bloke, it was a good film with good ideas and i will be watching Saw II when it's on the telly in a couple of days.

Geraldine - didnt like the Hostel either - too gorey for me. I used to watch loads of gorey films as a teen but now i'm passed all that shit and am quite happy watching thrillers etc.

Richard Layman books are fab
Dean Koontz Intensity book I've read twice.
I love these gory films...Eden Lake was good too....sorry but I thought Death proof film tonight was total and utter shyte.
However I never let my DS and DD watch any horror when they were growing up. strictly adults only .....hypocracy? YES .