When you are watching a romantic movie, have you ever thought about what if these extremely obsessive so-called romantic gestures are shown in a horror movie, will they seem as cute and sweet as they do in romantic movies?
Only with a different point of view you are going to cringe so hard at these romantic gestures, especially if shown in a horror movie. So let’s count down a few of these questionable romantic gestures in romantic movies that can easily be put in a horror movie.
50 First Dates
Director By – Peter Segal
Cast – Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore
You may not agree with me, but just hear me out for a moment. The girl has amnesia and doesn’t remember any new facts. But after meeting a guy, she wakes up next to him and doesn’t remember who he is, and that is pretty scary from her point of view.
Eventually, that man becomes her, but even then, the situation is quite scary in reality. It is even scarier when she becomes pregnant and finds out on a daily basis what happened to her.
“The only evidence Lucy has of her ‘love story’ is in the form of home videos, and I can’t imagine it would have been easy to get her to watch them every single day.”
“Look, I get that as her husband, he was trying to help her, and there isn’t anything actually sinister happening, but from her perspective, it’s just a lil’ creepy.”
When In Rome
Director By – Mark Steven Johnson
Cast – Josh Duhamel, Kristen Bell
“Now, I’d say this isn’t as creepy as some of the others on this list, but it is definitely still worth a mention. Allow me to recap: a woman (known as Beth) who is disillusioned with love travels to Rome and makes a wish by throwing a coin into a fountain.”
“Of course, in the true style of Hollywood, various suitors rush to her side in different attempts to win over her affections.”
“It’s a fun movie, but imagine being a single woman in a different country and suddenly essentially being stalked by a load of random men (sadly, not too unfamiliar) because you put a love curse on yourself. It all works out in the end, but still worry.”
Sleepless In Seattle
Director By – Nora Ephron
Cast – Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan
“Oh, it’s all quite simple, really… Sam is still struggling with grief from his wife dying, and out of sheer desperation, he calls into a national radio show to express his heartbreak and how wonderful his marriage was.”
“Of course, this leads to him receiving hundreds of letters from women around the country who were enthralled by this sheer display of emotional availability, and this also included Annie, a writer in a less than satisfying relationship.”
“Now, although Annie is engaged, she becomes infatuated with Sam, and due to her desire to have a fulfilling, dream-like love life, she tracks him down and keeps magically appearing wherever he goes.”
“AKA, she stalks him. He does fall in love (mostly because he believes seeing her so often is indicative of fate), and all is well in the world of romance. It’s really not hard to imagine a version of this that ends in a far more sinister way.”
There’s Something About Mary
Director By – Peter Farrelly
Cast – Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller
“I’m sure we all have that one crush from high school where we wonder what actually happened to them. But that’s still no reason to hire a private investigator and track them down, just like Ted did.”“The investigator realizes he is also in love with Mary, and so he spins a web of lies to keep Ted away. Yup, poor Mary is being followed and chased by two separate men, and I don’t know about you, but if I found out an old flame hired a PI to track me down 13 years later, I wouldn’t take that as a sign to try again with them.”
365 Days
Director By – Barbara Bialowas, Tomasz Mandes
Cast – Michele Morrone, Anna-Maria Sieklucka
“I know that people don’t exactly class this film as the epitome of romance, but it still had to be mentioned. The plot of the movie is some overly-intense gangster kidnapping a woman and then telling her he will hold her hostage for one year to convince her to fall in love with him.”
“He continues by assuring her it will be because she wants to, not that he forced her. But I will say that er agency is definitely compromised from the moment she gets kidnapped. This is definitely an oversimplification of the plot, but you can’t tell me it’s not deeply unnerving.”
Little Black Book
Director By – Nick Hurran
Cast – Brittany Murphy, Holly Hunter
“Stacey is upset when her boyfriend refuses to talk about his past relationships. So, just like anyone else would, she steals his phone, contacts his ex-girlfriends and pretends to interview them for her daytime TV show so she can dig up dirt.”
“Stacey ends up forming a friendship with one of his exes too, and honestly, the whole thing is just unsettling. It’s one thing to want to learn more about your partner’s past, but to stalk exes, befriend them under false pretences, and still make it seem romantic? Yup, you’ve lost me there.”
Monster-In-Law
Director By – Robert Luketic
Cast – Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda
“We all fear the concept of a ‘boy mum,’ but this movie took that to a whole new level. An overbearing mother will stop at nothing to get her son to call off the wedding to his fiancee, whom his mother does not approve of.”
“If that’s not already bad enough, she literally feeds her daughter-in-law nuts which she is dangerously allergic to. It’s just a step too far and way too vindictive not to be a horror story.”
“Of course, we’re supposed to forget this happened and be overjoyed that the pair put aside their differences and began life as a loving family.”
The Great Gatsby
Director By – Baz Luhmann
Cast – Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher, Amitabh Bachchan
“Again, this one isn’t too bad. As long as you can overlook Gatsby buying a house directly opposite Daisy’s on the other side of the lake, and throwing extravagant parties just to get her attention.”
“I can’t help but feel that this level of obsession wouldn’t translate as well in real life and would result in a restraining order instead of a romantic endeavor.”
“I mean, he constructed an entire world, a whole new life, just to lure Daisy in. It’s also worth noting that she was not an object of his love but merely a symbol of the status he truly desired. Horrifying.”
Twilight
Director By – Catherine Hardwicke
Cast – Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson
“I’m sure I don’t have to convince anyone reading this that someone climbing in through your window at night to watch you sleep isn’t normal.”
“I understand that it’s used as a way to show Edward’s curiosity towards Bella, but given the amount of intensity his actions hold, I’d be more terrified than intrigued.”
“This definitely isn’t one to be taken as seriously, after all, it is a teen-angst-ridden story about a 100+-year-old vampire falling in love with a high school student.”
“To put it plainly, of course. Even so, the thought of someone watching you when you’re not fully conscious is enough to provoke actual fear.”
The Notebook
Director By – Nick Cassavetes
Cast – Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdam
“Okay, I love this film, who doesn’t? But one scene in particular will always haunt me, and it’s the Ferris wheel moment. Noah asks Allie to dance, but she says no, so he decides to hang off a Ferris wheel until she agrees to go out with him.”
“Not to mention, this is during her date with someone else. It’s not romantic, it’s just coercion, and hanging off large infrastructure is not endearing, it’s dangerous and terrifying. That’s all I will say on the matter.”
Wrapping Up!
Well, there you go, it is possible that the next time you see these romantic movies, you are gonna feel a lot different after watching a few of these romantic movie scenes.
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