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What are your thoughts of movies where people kill innocent people who are possessed?

posted 4 years ago by samoanjoes (58585)
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I just finished watching "The Hidden" (1987) and this reminded me of the countless times I've seen a film where innocent characters are being killed because they are possessed or something similar. I have a hard time sympathizing with the hero of the movie where people are being killed by them through no fault of their own. A similar thing happens in the 2019 version of "Black Christmas" (don't watch it).

Am I out of line for feeling this way seeing how the people who are killing the innocent lives are doing it for their own protection?

[–] actionkamen (23176) 4 years ago

Don't ever watch The Minion (1998) then.

[–] samoanjoes (58585) 4 years ago

I don't watch anything with Dolph.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 4 years ago

But why?

[–] samoanjoes (58585) 4 years ago

Because he's shit.

[–] TexasJack (12516) 4 years ago

The Matrix presents the same moral dilemma.

[–] Terez (236) 4 years ago

The Matrix is filled with so many plot holes like that. Why the heck do the Agents need to "possess" a digital representation of a person inside a virtual reality? Why would the machines kill that person (their power supply) off just because they die in the matrix?

[–] maclite (41) 4 years ago

Good point! I never even thought of that. It seems that the story would not have changed significantly if the Agents didn't need to possess someone, they could've just showed up instantly.

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 4 years ago

Green projectile vomit is a bitch to clean up.

[–] samoanjoes (58585) 4 years ago

I know. When I killed... never mind.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39847) 4 years ago

Collateral damage.

[–] samoanjoes (58585) 4 years ago

You monster.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39847) 4 years ago

Meh, eggs and omelettes and all that.

[–] DoctorThirteen (15303) 4 years ago

Collateral damage.

Meh, eggs and omelettes and all that.

😁

[–] sslssg (35178) 4 years ago

I'm not sure about innocent people possessed, I really can't think of any movies that I've really felt empathy to someone in that situation. What I do agree with is not watching Black Christmas (2019). It was horrible.

[–] samoanjoes (58585) 4 years ago

You didn't feel that the guys being possessed in Black Christmas were unfairly being killed because they were under that stupid spell thing that they did?

[–] sslssg (35178) 4 years ago

I said I didn't feel empathy. It might have been unfair, but that whole movie was so stupid I wanted everyone in it to die. I don't even know who I was supposed to be rooting for, hence they all needed to die.

[–] samoanjoes (58585) 4 years ago

Fair enough. If you want to watch something similar that's just as stupid, The Craft: Legacy won't disappoint.

[–] beantown23 (1438) 4 years ago

I wonder which of two possessed satirical movies would do best, killing MAGA hat zombies or commie red zombies?

[–] samoanjoes (58585) 4 years ago

Zombies are okay. They're already dead.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 4 years ago

Not among the deads. They're the living dead.

[–] samoanjoes (58585) 4 years ago

The tagline for 90% of zombie films: How can you kill something that's already dead?

[–] actionkamen (23176) 4 years ago

The same way we do to revive a living person.

[–] tcrum (31863) 4 years ago

I think its ok if you can't save them:)

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

usually the possessed person is doing the devil's work.