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Originally Posted by Sicknero
That's a really good point, and I guess it applies to a lot of things as well as location.
Perhaps the problem with unoriginal films these days is not so much the unoriginality itself but the tendency to rely on some plot component to be enough in itself to carry a film. Thus a film can still be great regardless of how unoriginal the story, if it's "done right".
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I agree, I feel like dismissing horror plot components simply because they've been overdone kind of disrespects the genre itself. Things like slashers, haunted houses, and fear have become horror mainstays for a reason. The only problem is how they're used... It would be great to have a cliché done right, but too many people use only the clichés.
Locations are usually exploited even more so, since their size and layout usually give filmmakers a lot more leg room to be narratively lazy.