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Ahhhhhhhhh, the wonderful world of horror films. They exist, so us normal people, can go and watch them, laugh until we can't take it anymore, then leave, with a big smile on our faces, wondering how we actually paid money to watch such crap.
A few years ago, along came a film called Scream. No point in really talking about that, as I'm sure we've all seen it. For those who haven't to cut a long story short, killer going around, killing people, in mask custom, cos they're sick in the head. Every since that day, we've had clone after clone, all with the same aim, to try and take the crown of the horror world and it's fair to say, that some have been pretty bad, in fact, awful is more appropriate.
But, is all lost? Is there still hope for the horror genre? Or are we going to wake up one day, to find "I still know, no wait, I've forgotten, no, I remember again, what you did the summer before last" being released on a box set?
After all the mindless violence, where the villian was either a poltergeist, a killer clown or a giant spider, all of which coming from the great horrors of the late 80's and early 90's. We've now moved onto a new era, where it's always the flat mates mother, or the person you least expect, who somehow has managed to kill all those people, even though they're some skinny little runt.
But, every now and then, there's always something that stands out and for me, this film is The Blair Witch Project. This was one of those films, were you either loved it, or hated it. It had a huge impact on the way in which horror films were made, and proved, less is best. No longer, was there a huge demand for special effects, to make such a superb horror film and three people dying - well, that was fine.
Gore - near none.
Special effects - near none.
Cost - near nothing
Making over $200 million in it's first 6 weeks along, The Blair Witch was more of a success then ever imagined, and this was mainly because if the ever popular and imfamous Erotic Witch Project (but thats another story).
What made this so good? The fact that you never once saw the threat? Creates fear, really. Like a book, it left it all to your own imagination and the human emotions that are involved in the film, build up the suspense perfectly. Now, I don't really want to go on about the film, as I'll end up writing some naff review, rather then some naff post, so lets talk about the other 'Teen Horror' movies about.
Of course, as with most horror films, you've got the sequel, which I won't even comment on, as with most sequels, it wasn't exactly brilliant. We've had 3 Screams, 2 I Know What You Dids (with another in the making), then you've got the complete crappy one off films.
Where have we gone wrong? What happened to little kids, running a town and worshipping some funny looking bloke? What happened, to little clowns going around and taking over the world? Where is IT when you need him?
Are we so fixated on realism, that we now need humans to create horror films, and pretty awful films at that?
A few years ago, along came a film called Scream. No point in really talking about that, as I'm sure we've all seen it. For those who haven't to cut a long story short, killer going around, killing people, in mask custom, cos they're sick in the head. Every since that day, we've had clone after clone, all with the same aim, to try and take the crown of the horror world and it's fair to say, that some have been pretty bad, in fact, awful is more appropriate.
But, is all lost? Is there still hope for the horror genre? Or are we going to wake up one day, to find "I still know, no wait, I've forgotten, no, I remember again, what you did the summer before last" being released on a box set?
After all the mindless violence, where the villian was either a poltergeist, a killer clown or a giant spider, all of which coming from the great horrors of the late 80's and early 90's. We've now moved onto a new era, where it's always the flat mates mother, or the person you least expect, who somehow has managed to kill all those people, even though they're some skinny little runt.
But, every now and then, there's always something that stands out and for me, this film is The Blair Witch Project. This was one of those films, were you either loved it, or hated it. It had a huge impact on the way in which horror films were made, and proved, less is best. No longer, was there a huge demand for special effects, to make such a superb horror film and three people dying - well, that was fine.
Gore - near none.
Special effects - near none.
Cost - near nothing
Making over $200 million in it's first 6 weeks along, The Blair Witch was more of a success then ever imagined, and this was mainly because if the ever popular and imfamous Erotic Witch Project (but thats another story).
What made this so good? The fact that you never once saw the threat? Creates fear, really. Like a book, it left it all to your own imagination and the human emotions that are involved in the film, build up the suspense perfectly. Now, I don't really want to go on about the film, as I'll end up writing some naff review, rather then some naff post, so lets talk about the other 'Teen Horror' movies about.
Of course, as with most horror films, you've got the sequel, which I won't even comment on, as with most sequels, it wasn't exactly brilliant. We've had 3 Screams, 2 I Know What You Dids (with another in the making), then you've got the complete crappy one off films.
Where have we gone wrong? What happened to little kids, running a town and worshipping some funny looking bloke? What happened, to little clowns going around and taking over the world? Where is IT when you need him?
Are we so fixated on realism, that we now need humans to create horror films, and pretty awful films at that?
>Mouldy Cheese wrote:
> In general, horror films suck because they are all clones >of another film.
And "Hellraiser" would be a clone of WHAT exactly?
> In general, horror films suck because they are all clones >of another film.
And "Hellraiser" would be a clone of WHAT exactly?
In general, horror films suck because they are all clones of another film.
Scream rocked, because it poked fun at itself and its genre. Blair Witch rocked, because it was goshdarn original.
Scream rocked, because it poked fun at itself and its genre. Blair Witch rocked, because it was goshdarn original.
So what your saying is we should all go grab a knife from our kitchens and run into the streets killing anything that moves, should we film it? but a warning to all budding directors, don't film yourself as it adds more fear, also attack a pet shop with loads of spiders, maybe they could be your trademark, spiderman or something, throw them at your victims wait until their in pain then stab them mercilessly, maybe eat their brains with some red wine.
Don't forget your token Black man though, or you'll be sent directly to racist hell. I guess you could film that though, with Satan taking the lead roll, would people be scared of Satan or would they laugh saying "theat guy hasn't even got a pointy tail or a pitch fork, hes not Satan" because they know what he really looks like, they're good buddies.
What I think about horror movies is that all the senses we need to be scared by watching them have been burnt away by all the violence we do see on tv and in games, if you see a 'bad' death scene you laugh, these are usually the ones where blood jumps from the body (which would more than likely be more realistic)
Whereas the good death scenes are when the bad guy gets blown into a million pieces while trying to kill the very last person, or while seconds away from the destruction of the world.
I remeber people were completely horrified by 'War of the Worlds' I think it's funny, I enjoyed the music more than the film, why have we changed so much? and don't say we need actors to die, theres always a war on, that is scary to see so many people living in fear and hatred, films don't come close.
Films are just another form of enertainment, and the good thing about games is that they are films, but you take the lead role, maybe soon cinemas will be game centers and everyone plays the same game, maybe we'll all run into a big war together on the screen, and recorded as a historical moment in time.
Well, i doubt it.
Anyway shoddy acting and Directing does make the film bad, all I remeber from people talking about Blair Witch was "the screen idn't stop shaking and I felt sick afterwards" not "wow that was scary, you didn't see the witch at all", it was just a few kids running around in circles, if that makes a blockbuster film, I need to get my camcorder and film my mates running around.
Don't forget your token Black man though, or you'll be sent directly to racist hell. I guess you could film that though, with Satan taking the lead roll, would people be scared of Satan or would they laugh saying "theat guy hasn't even got a pointy tail or a pitch fork, hes not Satan" because they know what he really looks like, they're good buddies.
What I think about horror movies is that all the senses we need to be scared by watching them have been burnt away by all the violence we do see on tv and in games, if you see a 'bad' death scene you laugh, these are usually the ones where blood jumps from the body (which would more than likely be more realistic)
Whereas the good death scenes are when the bad guy gets blown into a million pieces while trying to kill the very last person, or while seconds away from the destruction of the world.
I remeber people were completely horrified by 'War of the Worlds' I think it's funny, I enjoyed the music more than the film, why have we changed so much? and don't say we need actors to die, theres always a war on, that is scary to see so many people living in fear and hatred, films don't come close.
Films are just another form of enertainment, and the good thing about games is that they are films, but you take the lead role, maybe soon cinemas will be game centers and everyone plays the same game, maybe we'll all run into a big war together on the screen, and recorded as a historical moment in time.
Well, i doubt it.
Anyway shoddy acting and Directing does make the film bad, all I remeber from people talking about Blair Witch was "the screen idn't stop shaking and I felt sick afterwards" not "wow that was scary, you didn't see the witch at all", it was just a few kids running around in circles, if that makes a blockbuster film, I need to get my camcorder and film my mates running around.
Ahhhhhhhhh, the wonderful world of horror films. They exist, so us normal people, can go and watch them, laugh until we can't take it anymore, then leave, with a big smile on our faces, wondering how we actually paid money to watch such crap.
A few years ago, along came a film called Scream. No point in really talking about that, as I'm sure we've all seen it. For those who haven't to cut a long story short, killer going around, killing people, in mask custom, cos they're sick in the head. Every since that day, we've had clone after clone, all with the same aim, to try and take the crown of the horror world and it's fair to say, that some have been pretty bad, in fact, awful is more appropriate.
But, is all lost? Is there still hope for the horror genre? Or are we going to wake up one day, to find "I still know, no wait, I've forgotten, no, I remember again, what you did the summer before last" being released on a box set?
After all the mindless violence, where the villian was either a poltergeist, a killer clown or a giant spider, all of which coming from the great horrors of the late 80's and early 90's. We've now moved onto a new era, where it's always the flat mates mother, or the person you least expect, who somehow has managed to kill all those people, even though they're some skinny little runt.
But, every now and then, there's always something that stands out and for me, this film is The Blair Witch Project. This was one of those films, were you either loved it, or hated it. It had a huge impact on the way in which horror films were made, and proved, less is best. No longer, was there a huge demand for special effects, to make such a superb horror film and three people dying - well, that was fine.
Gore - near none.
Special effects - near none.
Cost - near nothing
Making over $200 million in it's first 6 weeks along, The Blair Witch was more of a success then ever imagined, and this was mainly because if the ever popular and imfamous Erotic Witch Project (but thats another story).
What made this so good? The fact that you never once saw the threat? Creates fear, really. Like a book, it left it all to your own imagination and the human emotions that are involved in the film, build up the suspense perfectly. Now, I don't really want to go on about the film, as I'll end up writing some naff review, rather then some naff post, so lets talk about the other 'Teen Horror' movies about.
Of course, as with most horror films, you've got the sequel, which I won't even comment on, as with most sequels, it wasn't exactly brilliant. We've had 3 Screams, 2 I Know What You Dids (with another in the making), then you've got the complete crappy one off films.
Where have we gone wrong? What happened to little kids, running a town and worshipping some funny looking bloke? What happened, to little clowns going around and taking over the world? Where is IT when you need him?
Are we so fixated on realism, that we now need humans to create horror films, and pretty awful films at that?
A few years ago, along came a film called Scream. No point in really talking about that, as I'm sure we've all seen it. For those who haven't to cut a long story short, killer going around, killing people, in mask custom, cos they're sick in the head. Every since that day, we've had clone after clone, all with the same aim, to try and take the crown of the horror world and it's fair to say, that some have been pretty bad, in fact, awful is more appropriate.
But, is all lost? Is there still hope for the horror genre? Or are we going to wake up one day, to find "I still know, no wait, I've forgotten, no, I remember again, what you did the summer before last" being released on a box set?
After all the mindless violence, where the villian was either a poltergeist, a killer clown or a giant spider, all of which coming from the great horrors of the late 80's and early 90's. We've now moved onto a new era, where it's always the flat mates mother, or the person you least expect, who somehow has managed to kill all those people, even though they're some skinny little runt.
But, every now and then, there's always something that stands out and for me, this film is The Blair Witch Project. This was one of those films, were you either loved it, or hated it. It had a huge impact on the way in which horror films were made, and proved, less is best. No longer, was there a huge demand for special effects, to make such a superb horror film and three people dying - well, that was fine.
Gore - near none.
Special effects - near none.
Cost - near nothing
Making over $200 million in it's first 6 weeks along, The Blair Witch was more of a success then ever imagined, and this was mainly because if the ever popular and imfamous Erotic Witch Project (but thats another story).
What made this so good? The fact that you never once saw the threat? Creates fear, really. Like a book, it left it all to your own imagination and the human emotions that are involved in the film, build up the suspense perfectly. Now, I don't really want to go on about the film, as I'll end up writing some naff review, rather then some naff post, so lets talk about the other 'Teen Horror' movies about.
Of course, as with most horror films, you've got the sequel, which I won't even comment on, as with most sequels, it wasn't exactly brilliant. We've had 3 Screams, 2 I Know What You Dids (with another in the making), then you've got the complete crappy one off films.
Where have we gone wrong? What happened to little kids, running a town and worshipping some funny looking bloke? What happened, to little clowns going around and taking over the world? Where is IT when you need him?
Are we so fixated on realism, that we now need humans to create horror films, and pretty awful films at that?