phantom_reverie
Stomach Scrunching Horror

Figured this was a likely spot for this topic! 

Obviously we wouldn't all be here if we weren't fans of the icky stuff that makes your insides squirm.  Still, even though my stomach is rock solid for your average bit of video/audio/text - only the FDO can make me feel like I'm about two seconds from tossing my cookies!   Given the "ewww" content of much of what we hear, I'm curious:

Does anyone else suffer stomach qualms listening to Sigler?  And is that what keeps you coming back for more too?

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BigJohn
Re: Stomach Scrunching Horror
I don't remember the exact part, but there was something in infected that started making me physically ill. I even remember thinking how odd that was for me, and it was about that time that I realized I was pretty damn impressed with this Sigler guy. And thus was a Junkie born.

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Gmork
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I had already listened to Ancestor and EarthCore and while those had their brutual moments, they didn't make me physically ill. It wasn't until Infected...the scene where Perry is extracting thetriangle from his leg...that I realized I was affected physically.  Not only the feeling ill part but I was squirming and wringin my hands.  By the time it got to Perry's twigs and berries, I was definitely feeling icky. 

Regarding coming back for more...it's like a train wreck, or like when everyone slows down on the interstate to see the aftermath of a wreckage. It's so gruesome, you just have to look!!
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UnknownVariable
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I personally was only really affected by Perry's self mutilation in Infected (particularly the part where removing the leg triangle caused his achillies tendon to be cut :: shudder::) but the rest of sigler's novels have really made me feel that way. The gore in his other novels tie into the storyline so well they enhance the story experience. So when I hear about Erikson in Nocturnal needing to have a splint attached to his leg by a drill and some carpentry screws or Sven being eaten alive by an ancestor's gaping maw, I don't shudder but rather love the awesomeness. Conincidently though, my wife saw the stills from the ancestor trailer and was disgusted by the picture Sven and the blood trail. So I guess it COULD just be me who is mentally disturbed. That being said I think I'm in good company among the junkies!

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Belladonna420
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The scene where Perry's trying to pry a triangle out of his thigh with a fork... yep, that's the one that gets me the most!!  But I love it!!  I love it all!!!!!!!

 

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BigJohn
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That's the one! It was that scene that made me ill. Boy, FDO really got us all with that, didn't he? I haven't been grossed out like that since, though. That bar was set pretty high.

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Gmork
Re: Stomach Scrunching Horror

Thinking about it some more... in the early episodes of Nocturnal, there was a scence where Rex gets his leg broken by a bunch of bullies. While the scene didn't make me sick, I did tense up a bit in the tush when the sound effect came on. It's like the FDO had KFC drumsticks for dinner then used one of the chicken bones to record the broken leg. Blech. That made me cringe.
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phantom_reverie
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...that same scene with Perry and the fork.  Then I started thinking of it more too listening to Nocturnal recently. 

I definitely think the sound effects are a great deal of it.  When the head came off, it wasn't just the head being ripped from the body it was the gurgling and bubbling and cracking and mushy wet glurgle sounds, all rolled into one.  I don't know if it was the day or something I ate but man...

Little things like screws in legs and smashed collarbones I'm cool with and even a lot of Perry's mutilation was fine, but all of a sudden sitting at work last Thursday... *shudder* 

I love when it is so vivid and effectual that all this time later (like with Infected) I only need to think of the scene and my stomach churns.  Kind of like a roller coaster, the thrill of the ride is going to keep getting back on again and again!  Some messed up part of me loves the bits that make me sick!

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BigJohn
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We are called Junkies.

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athanas
Re: Stomach Scrunching Horror

first time I've ever had to put a book down and just walk around the house for awhile.  That just did not sit well.

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phantom_reverie
Re: Stomach Scrunching Horror

Yes, I did see that bit of awfulness!  The harpoon through the balls had the whole audience going "Oh!" and half of us can't even imagine what that might really have been like!

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Grey_Wolf
Re: Stomach Scrunching Horror

 Infected may have not been the first but it made a hell of an impression.

Grey Wolf
BigJohn
Re: Stomach Scrunching Horror

Oh my ow. That ow. For the love of ow. You've gotta be ow.

 

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phantom_reverie
Re: Stomach Scrunching Horror

We got back from the movie and called every guy we knew - just to hear them say "OW!"

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Gmork
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"oh my ow."  I need to use that at some point! Laughing
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athanas
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for the longest time, I thought the scene from Robocop was the worst.  Then came Pulp Fiction.
Now, I have to imagine someone getting Ahabed through the cricks...that's going to give me some nightmares to be sure.

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athanas
Re: Stomach Scrunching Horror

still gonna score a pair to get the FDO to sign the next time I catch him at a stop, though.
I'm a glutton for pain, it seems.

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SynapticJam
Re: Stomach Scrunching Horror

Reminded me of when I was little and watching Poltergeist...  asf; dsl;jf;lafdslsgk;l  sorry... involuntary shudder there... 

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SynapticJam
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SynapticJam
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I think that was the scene...    After that, it was one "No, he isn't gonna do...  oh... oh... OW OW OW OW OW OW OW!" after another... 

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BigJohn
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I don't remember what you're talking about in RoboCop or Pulp Fiction...which is really, really sad.

 

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BigJohn
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I can't leave meat sitting on the counter anymore; i'm afriad it'll start crawling away and then burst with maggots.

 

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athanas
Re: Stomach Scrunching Horror

from your Man Card.

Pulp Fiction: after the gimp scene when Zed took the shotgun blast to the groin.
Robocop: perp takes a tall woman hostage; Robocop detects the size differention, shoots between her legs and nails the dude in the crotch.

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Belladonna420
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Zed's dead.

 

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BigJohn
Re: Stomach Scrunching Horror

Must not have made that much of an impression on me, though. I guess I didn't think they were so bad. I do, however, think the final scene in Hostel 2, was particularly wince-inducing.

 

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BigJohn
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(Ok, i really have nothing to say. I just like the impact of the words in the big title font!)

 

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