Thank god for the redditor who clicks on links, u/clicksonlinks
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Everyone has their list of jobs they would never do. Having to look at the worst of the worst online photos and videos is near the top of mine. Superseded only by jobs requiring one to present at such situations where the worst of the worse is recorded.
I am still haunted by stuff I’ve seen at friend’s houses like “Faces of Death” and the like. Stuff I saw over 20 years ago.
Not my thing. It’s bad enough I still see goatses on occasion when I spot a circular object.
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Yeah, I will never get why people want to watch that. But, then again I did look at the snake’s dinner.
That reminds me of an urban myth from when I was growing up. “That kid over there’s brother went insane when he was in 'Nam and fell asleep against a tree. When he woke up there was a snake who’d swallowed his leg all the way to his thigh.”
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It’s mostly fake or long-distance shots, as I recall, with the exception of some war footage. The monkey brain dinner is definitely fake, and the rocket-powered Lincoln Continental jump is just hilarious (and the guy survived.)
There were some other ones that came out later. This was all during the VHS era for me. I forget the titles but they were just brutal.
1980 when I saw Alien. But I’ve complained enough about that.
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I was 10 when Alien came out. I’ve never really had a problem with horror movies… until torture horror became popular. I wanted the Alien 18" action figure sooooo much but never lucked out.
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Torture horror is popular? You’re kidding me. Boy am I out of touch (thank goodness).
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That’s what I call it. An example would be Saw. People are placed into situations such as cut off a limb to escape a room before a deadly gas is released. The shift that turned me off was from being chased or surprised by the movie bad guy/monster to a focus on extended scenes of people suffering. In the former you could cheer the person on to get away but in the later they are trapped and have to choose between bad or worse. Not my cup of tea but I remember people asking about 80’s and 90’s horror movies, why I would want to watch someone chased by a serial killer.
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That’s why I sleep better when I am in Ireland.
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well in most of those movies the serial killer was doing the gene pool a favor.
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I’m guessing worse than the dinner scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom…?
THANK YOU for reminding me of Akbar and Jeff! Oh my god it’s obviously time to do a 25ish year anniversary (for me) and re-read all of the Life is Hell stuff! Groening’s best work IMHO.
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The guy may also have been asleep, drunk, etc. And yes, pretty sure I have heard of constrictors “biting off more than they could chew” and dying as a result. And yes sillies, I know they don’t chew. 
So popular it’s usually referred to as “torture porn.” And no, I am NOT a fan, the shit is sick.
Now Seven? “WHAT’S IN THE BOX?!?!” That’s just good shit.
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You’re very welcome. I accept adoration solely in the form of gold bullion.
Edit: You had better get this, Garymon. And to cross this over with the Japan Visit thread, the first time I went to Japan I was with the Super 7 crew, and they are awesome, and worthy of support! 
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I still lust after it and the millennium falcon but I am trying to lighten my stuff load.
Here is some gold for the effort 
My co-worker just came back from Japan. He had to buy an extra suitcase for all of his loot.
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The trick is to fly out with a suitcase filled with the stuff you need to bring for the trip, INSIDE OF another larger suitcase for the loot on the way back! 
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