Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Alright so I read a pretty interesting topic on Horror fans bashing new films and remakes because they only watch horror movies because of nostalgia. I was going to post on that blog but decided to rant here. While I think the post was a personal rant of their own , I also feel that lumping all horror fans into his assumption was way off base. I feel that because he likes some newer remakes and original films and some don't, they think it's because we won't give them a chance. I personally give every movie I watch a chance and if I don't like it there are many reasons why, horror or non-horror. Let me start with remakes, for the most part they are pointless and just bring in money for the studio because the public (non-genre fans) recognize the names of the films and associate them with being good. I believe for the most part these are the people the studios are targeting with remakes not the die hard fans of the originals. I usually don't see remakes in the theater, but if I do it's because I've heard good things about it ie The Evil Dead. When I first heard this was being made I thought waste of time, but after it was released I kept hearing great things about it and my wife wanted to see it so we did, I thought although gory was pretty mediocre ,flashy and did not deliver the goods. I actually liked The Thing prequel / remake more. Oh well, on to the horror movies in recent history that I like in no particular order-
Martyrs
Inside
Serbian Film (uncut)
Pontypool
Hatchet
House of The Devil
V/H/S
Hostel
Wrong Turn
Haute Tension
Cabin Fever
Cold Prey
Session 9
The Descent
Devils Rejects
REC
American Psycho
Frailty
Dog Soldiers
Frontiers
Rogue
Feast
3 Extremes
Abominable
Remakes that were ok-
The Hills Have Eyes
My Bloody Valentine
I'm sure there are more I haven't seen, but what it comes down to in the long run is people like different movies for different reasons horror or not and not based on nostalgia. Personally I don't know anyone that wants to watch a movie that they are going to hate and bash , that really just seems pointless.
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I think people watch remakes because they 1)too young to feel like the can watch the usually superior original movies and 2) think that the remake will be better because it looks better or some shit like that. I feel I won't see a remake like you said unless I am hearing good word of mouth or think the preview stands out. One recent horror movie I thought looked really good was Sinister, I never got around to seeing it at the theater but finally rented it a few months back. It has some cool moments most of which are from the snuff footage. The best thing was that I didn't know how it would end so I guess that was cool. I am having a much better time watching the older slasher movies for the first time instead of seeing all the remakes. JOE DON RULZ
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