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+ Why do you think this influx of hardcore gore and the like is a current trend?
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I agree that this is a trend now in American horror. I'm not sure that there is a good answer to the "why" question except to note that trends are cyclic and we've seen this one before.
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+ Do you think it's a current trend, or that it actually has older roots? If so, where?
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It is a current trend with roots in 70's exploitation flicks. Last House on the Left, TCM, the original Hills Have Eyes were the exploitation films that much of the current trend seems to be based on. I see what is happening now as more of a rehashing the exploitation subgenre as opposed to anything new.
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+ If you enjoy going to these kinds of movies, why? If not, why not?
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Although I do enjoy a small number of films that belong to this subgenre, this is my least favorite horror genre. In general, I have very little interest in watching torture, although I do make a few exceptions (e.g., Audition). Why don't I generally care for exploitation films? I suppose it is because I don't find them particularly entertaining. In fact, many of the recent ones I have seen were terrible films without any redeeming qualities I could discover (e.g., Hostel).
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+ Have you ever experience physical trauma, akin to the news reports, at a sighting of any of these movies--even if you liked the movie?
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No. I have turned a movie or two off before the end because it was so bad that I couldn't see wasting any more time on it, but I've never experienced the sort of reactions you described.