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_____V_____ 10-22-2010 06:58 AM
A guide to horror movie cliches
 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/...r-cliches-ring

All of them sound really familiar, don't they?

neverending 10-22-2010 10:08 AM
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Indeed, horror is the one genre in which the absence of cliches would ruin everything.
Really. Couldn't the same be said of many types of genre films? Westerns, gangster films, musicals, romantic comedies, on and on...

Despare 10-22-2010 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by neverending (Post 878816)
Really. Couldn't the same be said of many types of genre films? Westerns, gangster films, musicals, romantic comedies, on and on...
Cliches usually exist because they work.

neverending 10-22-2010 02:33 PM
I'm not arguing the point- I was quoting from the article V posted.

It seemed like a really silly statement.

Despare 10-22-2010 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by neverending (Post 878829)
I'm not arguing the point- I was quoting from the article V posted.

It seemed like a really silly statement.
No I hear you, I was just adding that cliches exist because they seem to work. Sure they can be overused, screwed up, or telegraphed beyond belief but if done right they still produce the desired result from the audience.


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