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Originally Posted by Little Help
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curious2know on Monday, April 8, 2013 - 7:27am
I cover the box office for an entertainment site called TheWrap. I've noticed that fans of horror movies always seem to grade tougher than the general public when it comes to exit polls after movies. It seems no matter what the movie, it gets a "C" rating or worse. "Evil Dead" got a C+ this weekend.
Why do you think that's the case?
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Maybe you can help us answer your question. How are you determining who the 'horror fans' are? Is it a survey where they identify themselves as horror fans?
When you say, 'it seems no matter what the movie is', do you mean it doesn't matter what type/genre of movie it is (horror or other type)? Or do you mean, it seems all movies of every type are graded low by horror fans?
One thing to consider is, if you look at the ratings given at Rottentomatoes.com of the current box office movies, by in large they all have very poor ratings. At times in the industry, most movies really do suck. I think Horror fans remember the movies they've seen (all genres), and assess new movies in comparison based on traditional measures. That's another way of saying Horror fans may be more discriminating; every movie isn't going to be 'a good time'.