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Originally Posted by Roderick Usher
did you see The Descent, Bug, Grindhouse, The Orphanage, or Hatchet in the theaters?
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all great, to be sure, but isn't the point of Grindhouse and Hatchet to relive past glories of the genre? while I love them both, particularly Hatchet, they seem to be made just to point out that horror "ain't what it useta be."
I don't think the genre is in trouble at all. while there are good points and bad points to the topics of remakes, teenie-bopper PG-13 horrors, the re-emergence of the exploitation film as a genuine money-maker, etc., the
main point (to me) is that money is being sunk deep into the genre, which means that, for better or for worse, more horror movies are being made. and, chances are, the more horror movies are being made, the more good ones are being made (and are going to be made), even if it's just by accident on the part of the studios. it's the whole "500 monkeys in a room with 500 typewriters" thing.
whether or not the good ones get the attention they deserve (once again, Hatchet being a case in point) is a different can of worms altogether.