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Originally Posted by Despare
To say that modern horror is "based on human monsters" is completely wrong though. Yes there were more films that portrayed that side of horror coming out around the 60's and beyond but what of the Hellraisers, Nightmare on Elm Streets, Candymans, Friday the 13ths, The Thing, Romero's "of the Living Dead" series, and countless other creature/monster/supernatural based horror films that were released after Psycho? Horror trends seem to change from year to year as far as marketability goes and the genre shifts its focus constantly.
If Staal was saying The Birds was the pick for a classic horror how could Psycho be a modern filck?
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I was actually not aware of this. But I must admit that my knowledge of the "older" horror movies is quite limited.
Another thought I had on this paper, was to discuss wether horror films had become more graphic. How this scares people in a new way, and why they have become this way - But am I wrong again?
I mean, it's been a problem for me. I like those lame movies that makes you jump a bunch of times, but for the most part I seem to find most new horror movies that's being showed in Denmark more gory than scary.
(Saw, Hostel, The Signal, Murder Party etc.)
Some of you guys were talking about the socioeconomic situation. But I am not really sure how this effects the horror genre. Could anyone elaborate on this?
My final thought was to, as someone suggested, look into the progression of slashers. But then again - Is there enough to write about here? And which movies would be good for me to look up? As said, my knowledge when it comes to old horror movies is limited at best.