No way! All bad--all bad--no way! Way!

Whoopah!

modern horror is generally poo but if you head to asia you'll find some of the finest movies anywhere. the problem is that people assume hollywood is the be all and end all and it is currently utterly atrocious, as far as horror is concerned. just shop around. watch irreversible, event horizon, ju on and 28 days later and tell me horror is dead. i rest my case

Modern horror has been ruined for the simple fact that they have simply run out of ideas. You can only have so many boogeymen before they become "just another boogeyman" movie. You can only have so many psychological thrillers, slasher films, ghost films, vampires, zombies, etc. before it all becomes yesterdays news. How else do you explain all the remakes and sequels. Not to mention with the "straight-to-video" release being so easy for anyone to do. I mean, there are ads in Fangoria where they are looking for films to put on store shelves from independent movie makers. Back between the 20's and 80's, most of the films had to actually be something worth watching, or they were never noticed or put on any sort of video. Now it's simply no effort involved.

Long story short, large name movie makers have run out of ideas, and the little guys are making movies with no budget hoping to get there name out there so they can get a big name and still have no fresh ideas.

That's my two cents worth.

I dont think its fair to count it out yet. Still plenty of good movies being released. Some shitty ones to granted, still some good ones in there.
In this case, dont look at the weakest link, look at the stronger ones.

Ehh, I tend to agree for the most part, except that this horror fan, living in a small town, is not willing to waste gas money driving an hour to two hours to a place where they are actually showing, to pay increasing ticket prices to see it on a smaller screen, in a smaller seat surrounded by many irritating people that seem disinterested in actually watching the film....

I see MAYBE one-two films in the theater a year, and I usually regret it. I was planning to see Grindhouse, but not showing anywhere in the area. Also 28 Weeks Later. Not showing in the area. Yes, we are actually going to see Pirates of the Carribean, why? Because it is one of TWO films showing in a town that refuses to cater to our taste in film....:p

But no horror is not dead. Yes, I often lament my favorite time period in horror, and yes there is more crap than ever before, and even the films that are highly praised I often find to be highly overrated (*coughSawHightensioncough*:D ). But I do think there is just as much good out there; just not as much originality, or love going into it. There is so much out there now, as has already mentioned. Its still there though, you just have to look for it, and be willing to watch a lot of crap to do so, which I have always been fond of doing anyway. I would just rather do it in the comfort of my own home.....;)

I saw tentacles of the deep by the way. BAHAHA! You were so right. What kind of kraken was that? I have a scarier bath toy squid.

Well said Rod. Why would someone make a thread saying Horror is dead on HDC???? Kind of a Oxymoron if you ask me. :rolleyes:
My Girl and I are going to see Bug on Sunday.

I agree with the Rodman.

Books based off of old folklore and superstitions then being translated into books only to move onto radio shows and then onto film...

You present one idea in so many ways that even the most simple concept could be turned into more than one great movie. Look at how many great films can be made with the simple idea of the vampire, the zombie, or even just gangsters. Not only have there been many great films made but I suspect there will be more than a few good ones in the future using one of those simple ideas. What we really need is originality in presentation and skill in shaping something we all know into something that seems fresh. Maybe original thought hasn't existed for thousands of years... maybe every thought going through the heads of each and every person on the planet has already been thought. In fact, I'm sure if I dug deep enough I could probably find a paragraph similar to this one on another forum.


As for Bug... I can get my wife to go see Pirates with me but Bug was out of the question after she saw the commercial. Not only that but I'd probably see Pirates 3 first myself, I had already been entertained by the other two movies to no end and I couldn't see one thing that could prevent the third film from doing the same. Also, I like pirates... from Captain Hook to Sid Meier's to those of the space variety.

Yeah, I guess, as a writer-director, I don't think it's possible to "run out of ideas." I think it is possible to fail to think in creative ways, and I think it's possible to fall into the habit of relying on trends and formulas and conventional structures. It's almost like a gravitational force that a person has to fight, and often, if a person is being paid really well as some of these people are, the tendency is to relax. I think a low-paid person has much more of a tendency to be creative because they're hungry and achieving something is a theme that is central to them.