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re: Why Do People Like Horror Movies?
Posted on 8/22/13 at 3:02 pm to LoveThatMoney
Posted on 8/22/13 at 3:02 pm to LoveThatMoney
First off, 90% of everything is crap. Your list of problems is problems with, well, bad movies. The genre is unimportant.
But I think horror movie directors, or good ones at least, are really good directors because they are the only ones who actively have to work against their audience. People walk into a comedy ready to laugh, a drama ready to cry, or whatever. Horror movie patrons walk in determined to NOT be scared. A good director has to overcome that roadblock.
One of the best things about the genre is that it is the virtual ghetto of filmmaking. Studios will churn out a film without regard to content because they know it will make a small budget back from teenagers. Which allows a good, young director a chance to break into the business and do what he wants without much studio interference. Some wildly inventive films were made just because it came in on time and under budget. I think it is the best genre for a young director to break into movies. Worked for John Carpenter.
But I think horror movie directors, or good ones at least, are really good directors because they are the only ones who actively have to work against their audience. People walk into a comedy ready to laugh, a drama ready to cry, or whatever. Horror movie patrons walk in determined to NOT be scared. A good director has to overcome that roadblock.
One of the best things about the genre is that it is the virtual ghetto of filmmaking. Studios will churn out a film without regard to content because they know it will make a small budget back from teenagers. Which allows a good, young director a chance to break into the business and do what he wants without much studio interference. Some wildly inventive films were made just because it came in on time and under budget. I think it is the best genre for a young director to break into movies. Worked for John Carpenter.
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Posted on 8/22/13 at 3:10 pm to Baloo
quote:exactly the point I was going to make
First off, 90% of everything is crap. Your list of problems is problems with, well, bad movies. The genre is unimportant
quote:dammit, I was going to say this as well.
Horror movie patrons walk in determined to NOT be scared. A good director has to overcome that roadblock.
It's like a dare. You've dared yourself to watch the movie and not freak out
Posted on 8/22/13 at 3:13 pm to Baloo
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First off, 90% of everything is crap. Your list of problems is problems with, well, bad movies. The genre is unimportant.
True, it just seems to hit the horror genre particularly hard and I, for whatever reason, can't get passed it.
Again, I'm comparing it to stoner comedies, which is almost by definition filled to the brim with my list of problems. And I like stoner comedies. Even shite like Sex Drive. For some people, those movies are the worst shite in the industry. For me, I love them. I have a very simple sense of humor sometimes. I won't go see them in theaters, but I will certainly pull up The Naked Mile or The Rise of Taj on Netflix every once in a while and get a laugh.
I'm thinking it's that people like the adrenaline rush of being scared. That's what makes the most sense. I like the dopamine and endorphin release caused by laughing.
ETA: also note that I did qualify by saying that "most of the horror movies I've seen" fall into the spectrum of bad movies.
This post was edited on 8/22/13 at 3:17 pm
Posted on 8/22/13 at 4:15 pm to Baloo
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First off, 90% of everything is crap. Your list of problems is problems with, well, bad movies. The genre is unimportant.
But I think horror movie directors, or good ones at least, are really good directors because they are the only ones who actively have to work against their audience. People walk into a comedy ready to laugh, a drama ready to cry, or whatever. Horror movie patrons walk in determined to NOT be scared. A good director has to overcome that roadblock.
One of the best things about the genre is that it is the virtual ghetto of filmmaking. Studios will churn out a film without regard to content because they know it will make a small budget back from teenagers. Which allows a good, young director a chance to break into the business and do what he wants without much studio interference. Some wildly inventive films were made just because it came in on time and under budget. I think it is the best genre for a young director to break into movies. Worked for John Carpenter.
Right on target.
I've always thought horror just as "touchy" a genre as comedy. People often saying "You just don't get it," to the weirdos who don't like Monty Python or the crazy people that really do like Harold and Maude. Comedy is unique in that what we find funny is often within a wide spectrum, but horror is even more so.
Which makes it work quite well as a partner genre for film. If a movie has "some comedy," or takes a partially comedic slant, it must make you laugh, that's the goal.
Horror has a much wider range to play with which ultimately makes it more creative - Shcok, Awe, disbelief, disturbed, fear, etc.
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John Carpenter.
Who was always able to, along with Craven, Cronenberg, and other contemporaries, embed horror within the fabric of other films seamlessly. And it works.
To the OP:
You may not like cheesy B horror, that's fine, it's an acquired taste. But are you telling me you don't like The Thing? Alien? You might just need to branch out.
This post was edited on 8/22/13 at 4:15 pm
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