Paranormal & Pixar
Two films I have watched recently - Shutter and The Incredibles.
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Shutter is a horror flick about a photographer who starts seeing a ghostly face in the pictures he takes for his friends. Upon further investigation, he realises it belongs to a girl whom he knew some years ago. Things begin to get out of hand when his friends around him start dying and he must solve the mystery of this malicious presence before he becomes the next target. I have also provided a link to the official movie website, just click on the picture. It's all in Thai though, but check out some of the pics for a little spook as well.
Ever turned around and sometimes feel that there's someone behind you? Or felt a little brush across the shoulder but there's no wind? This movie's biggest strength is the ability to enable constant creepy feelings rising up your spine. It's the acknowledgement of the presence that has always been around us yet at the same time we're afraid of this acknowledgement.
Many times our fears are more psychological than reality. Sightings and perhaps fleeting images are the most common reportings but actual harm done by these 'beings' remain extremely rare and mostly skeptical. In most reasons uncovered it was more of a case of retribution or karma as they termed it. "You reap what you sow" is the most famous quote used for these explanations.
By my definition, this movie is considered a classic version of a ghost story. There are hardly any bloody or gory scenes, just faded lightings and dark alleyways.
However, these scenes manifest some of our deepest fears. We fear dark alleyways, we fear vampires, we fear spiritual beings in our house and we fear graveyards/cemeteries. In summary, we fear the fact that we are powerless against something we cannot be sure of. Fear of the unknown combined with the knowledge of their power has transformed their status into something which is almost worshipped. Cults have been formed in attempts to harness their 'powers' and articles, websites and even encyclopedias have been published with extensive studies done on their histories.
I can perhaps attribute this fascination in similar capacity to UFOs. We are curious about the unknown and always seek relevant answers or explanations - in scientific terms. Think, the word Ectoplasm in parapsychology refers to the bio-energy given out by living things which makes possible the manifestations of ghosts or psychokinesis. Psychokinesis actually means 'energy of the mind' which also means - It's all in the mind. If you keep thinking you're going to see a ghost then perhaps you might actually see one because these beings are manifestations of the energy given out by our brain, conciously or subconciously. That probably explains why some people claim loudly they do not believe in ghosts but their subconcious is emitting a different kind of 'energy' which is actually asking any ghosts to come and prove to the person that they actually exist. Thus, they come. Or it could be an aggravation of the subconcious which tricks the brain into mistaking certain dark lighting angles as ghostly shadows.
Despite all the research done, many claims still remains debatable for they do not offer actual scientific proof based on experiments or timeline-based recording of actual events happening. Most of the claims were based on deductions from timing of certain events thereby arriving at a conclusion - based on faith, or fear.
Ghosts do exist - But around us? or within us?
The Incredibles is a family feel-good comedy & action-packed animation movie which basically tells the story of a family with superhuman powers but restricted to use them. When the father was kidnapped by a supervillian who's attempting to banish all superheroes, the family gears into action and sets out on a rescue mission that will test all of their powers' limits - and their family kinship. I definitely enjoyed every minute of the show, especially the part when they realised what the baby is capable of.
P.S. I kinda 'modified' all the different wallpapers and came up with this particular image myself using Microsoft Photo Editor. Pretty user-friendly I would say but I'm still trying to get my hands on a 'discounted' version of Adobe Photoshop.
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Shutter is a horror flick about a photographer who starts seeing a ghostly face in the pictures he takes for his friends. Upon further investigation, he realises it belongs to a girl whom he knew some years ago. Things begin to get out of hand when his friends around him start dying and he must solve the mystery of this malicious presence before he becomes the next target. I have also provided a link to the official movie website, just click on the picture. It's all in Thai though, but check out some of the pics for a little spook as well.
Ever turned around and sometimes feel that there's someone behind you? Or felt a little brush across the shoulder but there's no wind? This movie's biggest strength is the ability to enable constant creepy feelings rising up your spine. It's the acknowledgement of the presence that has always been around us yet at the same time we're afraid of this acknowledgement.
Many times our fears are more psychological than reality. Sightings and perhaps fleeting images are the most common reportings but actual harm done by these 'beings' remain extremely rare and mostly skeptical. In most reasons uncovered it was more of a case of retribution or karma as they termed it. "You reap what you sow" is the most famous quote used for these explanations.
By my definition, this movie is considered a classic version of a ghost story. There are hardly any bloody or gory scenes, just faded lightings and dark alleyways.
However, these scenes manifest some of our deepest fears. We fear dark alleyways, we fear vampires, we fear spiritual beings in our house and we fear graveyards/cemeteries. In summary, we fear the fact that we are powerless against something we cannot be sure of. Fear of the unknown combined with the knowledge of their power has transformed their status into something which is almost worshipped. Cults have been formed in attempts to harness their 'powers' and articles, websites and even encyclopedias have been published with extensive studies done on their histories.
I can perhaps attribute this fascination in similar capacity to UFOs. We are curious about the unknown and always seek relevant answers or explanations - in scientific terms. Think, the word Ectoplasm in parapsychology refers to the bio-energy given out by living things which makes possible the manifestations of ghosts or psychokinesis. Psychokinesis actually means 'energy of the mind' which also means - It's all in the mind. If you keep thinking you're going to see a ghost then perhaps you might actually see one because these beings are manifestations of the energy given out by our brain, conciously or subconciously. That probably explains why some people claim loudly they do not believe in ghosts but their subconcious is emitting a different kind of 'energy' which is actually asking any ghosts to come and prove to the person that they actually exist. Thus, they come. Or it could be an aggravation of the subconcious which tricks the brain into mistaking certain dark lighting angles as ghostly shadows.
Despite all the research done, many claims still remains debatable for they do not offer actual scientific proof based on experiments or timeline-based recording of actual events happening. Most of the claims were based on deductions from timing of certain events thereby arriving at a conclusion - based on faith, or fear.
Ghosts do exist - But around us? or within us?
The Incredibles is a family feel-good comedy & action-packed animation movie which basically tells the story of a family with superhuman powers but restricted to use them. When the father was kidnapped by a supervillian who's attempting to banish all superheroes, the family gears into action and sets out on a rescue mission that will test all of their powers' limits - and their family kinship. I definitely enjoyed every minute of the show, especially the part when they realised what the baby is capable of.
P.S. I kinda 'modified' all the different wallpapers and came up with this particular image myself using Microsoft Photo Editor. Pretty user-friendly I would say but I'm still trying to get my hands on a 'discounted' version of Adobe Photoshop.
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