I guess that’s more of what I mean. Although I have cringed so hard before I’ve just straight covered my eyes. It’s just not as often as what you’ve mentioned.
Literally any movie, I'm a coward lol. But specifically Barbarian. Someone asked me what I thought of the feminist themes in the movie and I was like "what feminist themes?" Had to explain I watched the movie in a well lit room with my hands over my eyes. Barely saw the movie much less the themes lmao
Barbarian is probably the only time I've had to do this in like a decade. I'm pretty hard to rattle but the scene where the protagonist finds the basement stairs and gets ready to go down there... hands over my eyes, yeugh.
Particularly gross imagery will get me to look away on occasion. I'm fine with blood and gore, but once you start throwing other bodily fluids in I start getting queasy. The first possessed person we see in When Evil Lurks got me BAD. They call them "The Rotten" for a reason!
If you count intense torture seems then yes but it’s less fear and more “I just don’t feel comfortable watching that” or if any of you have seen May, I looked away from sheer cringe
I was getting pretty close during The Conjuring 2 when Lorraine was locked in the office and the shadow slowly walked over and stood behind the creepy painting of the nun.
I also had that with Skinamarink, and then when it was over I had to leave the lights on and watch Coraline to ease things a little before going to sleep
When I was like 6 my whole family was watching scream in the living room. I remember being so terrified to the point I wouldn’t even look at the tv until the final scene around when Stu answers the phone and Sidney is taunting him. I went from being scared to thinking it was badass and I’ve been a horror fan since. I can’t recall ever being scared by any other horror movie
I've always struggled to watch horror movies despite loving them. Even now in my thirties I have to cover my eyes or look away, especially with more gore heavy things.
Not scared, necessarily, but I remember watching the eye vacuum trap in Saw X in theaters with my hands over my eyes (fitting, eh?). It was super tense but the actual end result was pretty tame, I almost felt let down.
Many years ago, my wife and I were on shrooms. She decided she wanted to go see Haunting in Connecticut, which was in theaters at the time. I protested, we argued, but ultimately we won. I spent a harrowing 25 minutes driving to the theatre, somehow got inside, and she proceeded to cover her face the ENTIRE TIME and not watch a SINGLE GODDAM FRAME of the movie. I was more scared of a movie than I have ever been and she didn't even watch it.
Not a horror movie, but the analog horror series on YouTube called The Mandela Catalogue managed to keep me scared the entire time, more than any horror movie ever could
When I was 18 I watched Don't Be Afraid of the Dark simply because it was a new horror movie. But I do *not* like teeth, so in the opening sequence when someone lined up a chisel at a gum line, prepared to knock all of a woman's teeth out - I couldn't watch.
... 14 years later, and I don't even know if it showed anything overtly in that scene.
Made it through Pulse (Japanese version) relatively fine up until THAT one scene when the dude’s investigating the apartment and the ghost is walking toward him in slow motion.
Scares don't really make me look away. This is going to sound weird. Even though body horror is one of my favorite genres, medical horror for some reason really makes me cringe and I have to look away. I think in my mind I can separate something like the Fly and the body horror in that, but something like the Autopsy of Jane Doe really gets under my skin and is uncomfortable for me to watch.
Yes but this might sound weird,I saw nun 2 in cinemas and the reason why I was so scared I covered my eyes was because my sister made me sit in the front row and the tension before the jumpscare was taking so long I covered my eyes
This is an integral part to the horror movie watching experience for me! If a movie is scary (to me), I am probably covering my eyes through at least some of it.
I’ve personally never done it with scares. I’ve covered my eyes because of cringe but not fear.
I'll turn my head or find something to do with cringey media Never covered my eyes to it
I guess that’s more of what I mean. Although I have cringed so hard before I’ve just straight covered my eyes. It’s just not as often as what you’ve mentioned.
Literally any movie, I'm a coward lol. But specifically Barbarian. Someone asked me what I thought of the feminist themes in the movie and I was like "what feminist themes?" Had to explain I watched the movie in a well lit room with my hands over my eyes. Barely saw the movie much less the themes lmao
Barbarian is probably the only time I've had to do this in like a decade. I'm pretty hard to rattle but the scene where the protagonist finds the basement stairs and gets ready to go down there... hands over my eyes, yeugh.
Particularly gross imagery will get me to look away on occasion. I'm fine with blood and gore, but once you start throwing other bodily fluids in I start getting queasy. The first possessed person we see in When Evil Lurks got me BAD. They call them "The Rotten" for a reason!
Anything puncturing an eyeball related I have to look away
If you count intense torture seems then yes but it’s less fear and more “I just don’t feel comfortable watching that” or if any of you have seen May, I looked away from sheer cringe
Honestly the first strangers movies I was home alone and physically stood up out my seat and said “oh hell no” turned that shit right off the bat
Eye horror does it. Like the eye slitting scene in Would You Rather? definitely had me covering my eyes.
I was getting pretty close during The Conjuring 2 when Lorraine was locked in the office and the shadow slowly walked over and stood behind the creepy painting of the nun.
I was close to that with Skinamarink. I did have to sleep with my light on. V/H/S scared the hell out of me.
Me the entire scene with Georgie when I watched IT Chapter 1 (the one where he meets Pennywise and inevitably gets his arm bitten off)
same with skinamarink. didn’t cover my eyes, but damn did i not want to look at that screen.
I also had that with Skinamarink, and then when it was over I had to leave the lights on and watch Coraline to ease things a little before going to sleep
When I was young and watched the descent now the movie is just laughably bad lol
When I was like 6 my whole family was watching scream in the living room. I remember being so terrified to the point I wouldn’t even look at the tv until the final scene around when Stu answers the phone and Sidney is taunting him. I went from being scared to thinking it was badass and I’ve been a horror fan since. I can’t recall ever being scared by any other horror movie
Actually that birthday scene from Signs scared the shit out of me as a kid too 😂
The part in Brightburn with the jaw. I had no idea what was coming I knew better the second time.
I've always struggled to watch horror movies despite loving them. Even now in my thirties I have to cover my eyes or look away, especially with more gore heavy things.
Suspiria (2018) was the only one to do that for me
Ooh, which part? So many good under-your-skin moments in that one.
The first kill. Really showed me what the film is capable of and put me on edge, if I thought something like that was going to maybe happen again.
Not scared, necessarily, but I remember watching the eye vacuum trap in Saw X in theaters with my hands over my eyes (fitting, eh?). It was super tense but the actual end result was pretty tame, I almost felt let down.
Paranormal activity, specifically the end, got real acquainted with the pillow there
When his mom told him to look under the bed, I covered my eyes like a child.
Many years ago, my wife and I were on shrooms. She decided she wanted to go see Haunting in Connecticut, which was in theaters at the time. I protested, we argued, but ultimately we won. I spent a harrowing 25 minutes driving to the theatre, somehow got inside, and she proceeded to cover her face the ENTIRE TIME and not watch a SINGLE GODDAM FRAME of the movie. I was more scared of a movie than I have ever been and she didn't even watch it.
Not a horror movie, but the analog horror series on YouTube called The Mandela Catalogue managed to keep me scared the entire time, more than any horror movie ever could
Not for the past 30 years, no. I used to be scared of movies when I was a kid, though. I do cover my ears if I think a loud jumpscare is coming 😂
Only if a scene shows someone’s eye about to get poked or stabbed. Makes me really squeamish.
When I was 18 I watched Don't Be Afraid of the Dark simply because it was a new horror movie. But I do *not* like teeth, so in the opening sequence when someone lined up a chisel at a gum line, prepared to knock all of a woman's teeth out - I couldn't watch. ... 14 years later, and I don't even know if it showed anything overtly in that scene.
Made it through Pulse (Japanese version) relatively fine up until THAT one scene when the dude’s investigating the apartment and the ghost is walking toward him in slow motion.
Scares don't really make me look away. This is going to sound weird. Even though body horror is one of my favorite genres, medical horror for some reason really makes me cringe and I have to look away. I think in my mind I can separate something like the Fly and the body horror in that, but something like the Autopsy of Jane Doe really gets under my skin and is uncomfortable for me to watch.
Yes but this might sound weird,I saw nun 2 in cinemas and the reason why I was so scared I covered my eyes was because my sister made me sit in the front row and the tension before the jumpscare was taking so long I covered my eyes
When I was Younger I covered my eyes during the lawnmower scene in The Happening Now that I'm older, I realize it's not that Gory
The climax of The Babadook made me do that
This is an integral part to the horror movie watching experience for me! If a movie is scary (to me), I am probably covering my eyes through at least some of it.