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A film that single-handedly managed to turn the genre into a living joke - Introducing latex special fx, comic amounts of blood, crappy one-liners and other elements that has precisely fuck-all to do with good horror.
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Are you saying latex special FX, comic amounts of blood, and one-liners don't have anything to do with good horror? I'm not saying good horror NEEDS those elements, but need I remind you that Cabin Fever had plenty of those elements and you herald Roth as a great director...
I'm personally a fan of the original NOES because Freddy is at his most violent in that film in my opinion. After that he became the stuff that sells kid's cereal.
Frankly, the only way I can see us being scared again, or at least making us feel the way we want to feel at a good horror movie, is to keep an eye on independent directors. Carpenter was one, Craven was one, and even Raimi and Cunningham. They all made their best movies that way...independently. Add a big studio, name stars, and a soundtrack featuring the latest and greates in rap metal bands and you have a recipe for disaster when it comes to horror...but lots of ticket sales unfortunately which is why they'll be around for a long time.
We need people like Roth, McKee, and even Miike to show us the different sides of horror and to give us something fresh to feast on...not leftovers or reheated remakes that do not taste anywhere near as good as the originals..