I agree that the horror genre as a whole has always been cheap and bad. Bad horror movies are still being made and are possibly worse than ever, it comes with the genre. More worrying, for me, is the lack of any good ones at all.
Like someone said earlier, there are great horror films to be found but they are buried beneath a mountain of mediocre trash. Well, I say trash... I'd rather watch a bad horror film than no horror film. I actually quite love bad horror films too, hence the Troll 2 avatar!
I also thought Saw was tense, original, and brilliant. I must have watched the first Saw film 10-15 times. It's such a shame that it was so horrifically raped by sequels. The second one was god awful and #3 was the final nail in the coffin. It's tragic that audiences are willing to pay for the same movie over and over with slightly different locations and characters with a new number on the end of the name.
And what's with this "Found footage" subgenre? For me it's a completely impenetrable format which has become bizzarely popular. I can sit through the most boring dramas and maintain complete concentration, but I couldn't watch Paranormal Activity for more than 10 minutes. It must be because gullible idiots think the events on film actually took place and are actually watching the actual footage of paranormal events. Seriously, my friends tried to convince me to watch it claiming that it was real footage of ghosts or whatever.
It would be nice to hear some opinions on the Found footage genre. I was counting on this new moon film (Apollo I think it's called) to convert me. It's presented in "found footage" style and takes place on the moon. Obviously anything set in space is 2x more likely to be badass, so I might just give it a go. Reading the terrible reviews hasn't helped though...
Like someone said earlier, there are great horror films to be found but they are buried beneath a mountain of mediocre trash. Well, I say trash... I'd rather watch a bad horror film than no horror film. I actually quite love bad horror films too, hence the Troll 2 avatar!
I also thought Saw was tense, original, and brilliant. I must have watched the first Saw film 10-15 times. It's such a shame that it was so horrifically raped by sequels. The second one was god awful and #3 was the final nail in the coffin. It's tragic that audiences are willing to pay for the same movie over and over with slightly different locations and characters with a new number on the end of the name.
And what's with this "Found footage" subgenre? For me it's a completely impenetrable format which has become bizzarely popular. I can sit through the most boring dramas and maintain complete concentration, but I couldn't watch Paranormal Activity for more than 10 minutes. It must be because gullible idiots think the events on film actually took place and are actually watching the actual footage of paranormal events. Seriously, my friends tried to convince me to watch it claiming that it was real footage of ghosts or whatever.
It would be nice to hear some opinions on the Found footage genre. I was counting on this new moon film (Apollo I think it's called) to convert me. It's presented in "found footage" style and takes place on the moon. Obviously anything set in space is 2x more likely to be badass, so I might just give it a go. Reading the terrible reviews hasn't helped though...