TheBossInTheWall |
06-24-2015 02:22 PM |
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Originally Posted by Baron Von Marlon
(Post 996638)
I think that's one of the reasons I prefer less serious horror or horror-comedy. It's often refreshing imo.
Movies like Rare Exports, Bad Milo, Tucker & Dale VS Evil, Cabin In The Woods, What We Do In The Shadows, The Voices, Wolfcop, Housebound,...
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It seems to me most horror movies coming out these days are studio films made not to expensively so they can get a decent profit regardless of the quality of the script. Similarly the non-studio(hollywood) films seem to focus on gore and torture porn. None of them are telling good stories or doing a good job of compelling emotion in the watcher. Besides cringing at death scenes or mutilation scenes there isn't much to draw the viewer in. A rare exception would be The Human Centipede. Besides the gore/disgust factor the watcher can feel the distress, horror, and extreme dislocation. The mad doctor is a somewhat amusing counter weight that keeps the viewer able to cope? with what is occurring if they're viscerally engaged.
Another rare example would be Byzantium. While not very gory or horrifying, there's still a great effort to elicit awe and mystery. A counter example would be most torture porn where the, almost always woman which is disturbing, victims become non-entities. Bodies without a person inside them, at least to the viewer. So there's no connection with the characters. Or the story. The victims are props.
Ok i'll stop, could probably go on, but yeah, if I want anyone to read this... :)
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