Why do so many horror movies suck?

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Permalink Reply by MiCaH on January 27, 2008 at 8:23pm

I really enjoyed Signs, House of Wax and 1408. And horror movies suck because nobody can really top the classics like Halloween and The Shining. So they decide to rip-off the entire film because there's no different way of doing it.

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Permalink Reply by Nightmare on January 27, 2008 at 8:25pm

Man I hear you, I'm a huge hooror movie buff myself and often wonder the same thing. I think their all just out to make a quick buck either with sequels, knock-offs or remakes. Ever once in a while they do it right like the remake of the Amityville horror or Clover field (if you consider it a horror), but to make a good horror they need to forget about trying to make money( like toning it down to be a pg13 so more people will see it), and they need to step away from CG(for the most part CG isn't scary because you can still tell it's fake).

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Permalink Reply by AntSmasher on January 27, 2008 at 8:37pm

It's hard to make a horror movie that really scares people these days. Most people aren't scared by a monster that pops out of nowhere. They aren't scared by the amount of gore that exist in the movie.

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Permalink Reply by Nightmare on January 27, 2008 at 8:39pm

If you can, look up a film called Dead Birds. I won't say it's a great movie but it is defiantly the scariest film I have ever seen.

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Permalink Reply by AntSmasher on January 27, 2008 at 8:43pm

So what do say about films like the Blair Witch Project and The Last Broadcast?

I really like their innovative technique of trying to make their story believable by filming the movies with normal cameras.

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Permalink Reply by Nightmare on January 27, 2008 at 8:46pm

I actualy really liked the Blair witch, I liked it's originality and how it could produce a response without showing anything. That's probably why I loved Cloverfield because it was the same concept but done right. I didn't see Last Broadcast but it's the same technique right?

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Permalink Reply by AntSmasher on January 27, 2008 at 8:48pm

Yeah, almost the same. It's basicly a mockumentary.

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Permalink Reply by Nightmare on January 27, 2008 at 8:54pm

I'll have to look it up then.

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Permalink Reply by Mr Yakushi on January 27, 2008 at 9:37pm

I liked Blair Witch too, screw the haters.

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Permalink Reply by Sabine on January 27, 2008 at 8:40pm

I honestly think that there was never truly a period of time where ALL the horror films comming out were good. For every good one, there will always be 4 crappy ones.


Anyone remember such masterpieces as The Leperchaun?

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Permalink Reply by Nightmare on January 27, 2008 at 8:41pm

Yup....sadly

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Permalink Reply by Domeister on January 28, 2008 at 3:17am

HA! Leprechaun was one of those movies that made me laugh just by seeing how he would go to no ends to get his pot of gold. Also, it introduced me to the hotness that is Jennifer Aniston. However, not scary at all. My friends and I also got kicks out of the sequels too, especially the one where he goes to Vegas.

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