I kind of am of the mental fibre that enjoys horror--not movies so much as stories, preferably the kind that gives you the deep, deep creeps over the obvious gorefests. (Huge Lovecraft fan as well).
I actually don't see the Nazgul as being more than superficially similar to Dementors. Dementors strike me as just a sort of predatory animal--cunning but not particularly intelligent, and can't really help what they do, foul as they are. The Nazgul started out as humans--powerful and great ones at that--and have only become more powerful as they become less human. They're actually undead spirits, which gives them a whole other level of...something. (They do solidly bungle the task assigned them in LOTR, but I don't think they're meant to come off as stupid...XD)
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I kind of am of the mental fibre that enjoys horror--not movies so much as stories, preferably the kind that gives you the deep, deep creeps over the obvious gorefests. (Huge Lovecraft fan as well).
I actually don't see the Nazgul as being more than superficially similar to Dementors. Dementors strike me as just a sort of predatory animal--cunning but not particularly intelligent, and can't really help what they do, foul as they are. The Nazgul started out as humans--powerful and great ones at that--and have only become more powerful as they become less human. They're actually undead spirits, which gives them a whole other level of...something. (They do solidly bungle the task assigned them in LOTR, but I don't think they're meant to come off as stupid...XD)