afterward?

Second, if Cabin in the Woods was one of the best movies of the year for you, great. To me, it was terrible. If I wanted a spoof on the horror genre with an equally terrible premise that was actually enjoyable, I would have watched (and eventually did watch) Tucker and Dale Versus Evil, which is splendid.

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But you said "horror genre," nto "bad horror films." If you are going to insult the genre (which is kind of how it came off) then yeah that includes Alien and the Exorcist.

I said "I almost universally dislike horror movies. Most of them I've seen suffer from: (1) predictability; (2) implausibility; (3) lack of character depth; (4) bad acting; (5) bad directing; and/or (6) bad premises." Note the qualifiers. First, note that I'm saying I dislike . Not horror movies suck. Note also that I say "almost universally," as in "not universally." Note also that I say "most" of the horror movies, and then further qualify it by saying "I've seen" suffer from x, y, and z. I don't know how you get "You said the entire horror genre sucks" from the above. But it really doesn't matter.

Again, I'm not out to attack or offend.

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People defend things they like. If you can't handle that then I wouldn't post on the Internets.

Couldn't agree more. But there's absolutely no reason to defend anything in this instance. I was only trying to open a dialogue. By its definition, defending something means that something had to have been attacked. Well I haven't attacked anything.

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Right and plenty of people have answered. Are you nto happy with the answers?

Perfectly happy with this:

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If anything, and like Baloo alluded to, I love horror films because most of the time horror directors are fearless (ironic I know). They are willing to try anything. That's both endearing and exciting.

There's at least one why. People have also included nostalgia, the anxiety, etc. All valid answers.

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Posted by Freauxzen

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Posted on 8/22/13 at 9:07 pm to LoveThatMoney

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First, I'm not overreacting. I made a joke. Did you not note the afterward?

I did not.

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Second, if Cabin in the Woods was one of the best movies of the year for you, great. To me, it was terrible. If I wanted a spoof on the horror genre with an equally terrible premise that was actually enjoyable, I would have watched (and eventually did watch) Tucker and Dale Versus Evil, which is splendid.

Yeah and Tucker and Dale is equally as good. I don't see how you can like one and not the other. That makes almost no sense. (To that not: Tucker and Dale was a straight comedy, not a critical analysis of the horror genre per CitW. So maybe there is a difference).

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Couldn't agree more. But there's absolutely no reason to defend anything in this instance. I was only trying to open a dialogue. By its definition, defending something means that something had to have been attacked. Well I haven't attacked anything.

Let me rewrite your OP for you then:

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Title: Why Do People Like B-Grade Horror Movies?

Not trying to pick a fight, but I just heard the commercial for "You're Next" on Pandora and I'm not even sure how good it is since I haven't seen it, but it got me thinking. I like horror films, but I don't really like B horrors and intentionally bad films. Most of them I've seen suffer from: (1) predictability; (2) implausibility; (3) lack of character depth; (4) bad acting; (5) bad directing; and/or (6) bad premises.

I like B-grade, over the top stupid/stoner comedy, so is it like that? Even though I know most of the jokes in stupid/stoner comedies, I still find them hilarious. Is it that B-grade horror flicks make you laugh, get your adrenaline up? Or are you just enjoying the gore? Again, honest inquiry, not trying to pick a fight.