Is Horror Dead? A Poll...

bump

I think horror is objective. What scares you may bore me to death, which is why there are so many arguements that go on in these horror boards. I rented The Broken and hated it so much that I couldn't finish it. I'm not gonna say whether or not it was good if I don't know how it ended, but I wasn't digging it.

As for your questions:

1 - There are a lot of things that make a good horror, but for me, actually scaring me would be good. Unfortunately I think we horror movie fans are jaded, we've seen it all and it's very difficult to genuinely scare us. So taking that into consideration, I like movies that are different, not just the same story vomited into a different movie with different actors. If it can surprise me, then usually I think it's a good movie. I don't mind remakes, as long as they bring something new to the table. Also, movies that make me think a little, like the Saw franchise.

2 - The Ruins, The Descent, Wolf Creek, Midnight Meat Train, Dawn of the Dead remake, and the Saw series to name a few.

3 - I don't know that I can describe what needs to be improved. I think the genre may have to move away from blood and guts and focus on the storylines of these movies more. I wish these movies would consider the budget - if you don't have the money to pull something off then don't do it and think of another way to get the same point across - there's nothing worse than big lumbering "monsters" that look like they were put together from your kitchen drapes and some glue, takes me out of the moment. I think bad acting is a problem that will always be, there's no fixing that one. Also, though I like comedy in a horror movie, it can sometimes be too overpowering and take away from any chance the movie had at being scary.

I don't think the genre is dead, and I don't think it ever will be. I just think studios take the fans for granted - we're gonna go see the movie whether it sucks or not - so they don't try to make them good, they just spit new ones out every other day.

That's what she said

Isn't it a bit disingenous to expect good or great horror movies from After Dark horror fest? They're 8 movies grouped together, for the obvious reason that After Dark didn't think they were strong enough to get their own release.

1. What makes any good movie. There's no recipe. It doesn't work like that.

2. Let the Right One In, The Host, 28 Weeks Later, Planet Terror, The Devil's Rejects

Honorable mentions: Slither, [REC], The Hills Have Eyes, Hostel 2, The Strangers.

3. I don't think anything needs to be improved. Every age has good and bad movies, good and bad songs, god and bad books, and has people who look at the past with rose-tinted glasses, and think everything that was made 10 or 20 years ago, was better, purer, etc...It's all an illusion. Everything flows. And this comes from someone who has a weak spot in his heart for 80s horror movies.

"I like baseball, movies, good clothes, fast cars and you...What else do you need to know?"

Perkins 14 had really good gore effects, I thought this was an over all decent film. These all need to watched with a grain of salt...you cant expect too much. I have not seen them all this year but I can already say it is better than it was last year. Low budget really has a broad meaning these days. Low budget now adays is like 5 million. As long as they are making horror movies I am happy. Everyone is so pumped up about torture that is labeled as horror these days. Good luck with your projects and keep horror alive!

2. The Devil's Rejects, Cloverfield, The Wilderness, Final Destination 3 and Halloween 2007.
3. Originality. Many horror movies is just like the other movies with a psychopathic killer and with a twist at the end. If you think about it how many of the best horror movies doesn't have originality? Probably not many and that's probably one of the more important things that makes it so good?

' Movies Made Me Murder '

1) A hard question, but I would have to say that which simply scares the snot out of me! OK, OK, for instance-the bed scene in The Grudge where the sister is hiding under the covers. We here the croaking sound associated with the ghost, she panics then finally looks under the covers and there it is-snatch! She's gone!!! The Grudge was, to me, the perfect horror/psychological thriller because of the virtual absence of blood/gore/guts/T&A, etc. All of the usual formulaic items that have flooded the cinema since the 80's is missing. And they managed to scare the crap out of all of us anyway!

2) Aw, hell. Look at number one and guess! (roflmao)

3) Imagination, originality and consistency. Yeah, Rob Zombie has some creativity in him but he-and a lot of others-are just feeding off of the genius of those before them. Case in point; The Hellbound Heart was a brilliant short story turned into an equally brilliant movie; Hellraiser. A fantastic franchise but the further into the series they went, the further they got away from the original canon. Hellworld was a good movie, so was Deader but they barely acknowledged the original idea-and didn't stick to the "rules" created in the original film. Rob Zombie did a great job with Halloween, better than the original to a certain degree, but hardly original. "Reboot the franchise" seems to be the current mentality in Hollyweird.

"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you are correct." Henry Ford