I enjoy great films like everyone else, but is there anyone that enjoy the mindless violence or pure terror of horror films? From Exorcist to Jason, I know that every horror film seems to have to have a sequel, and while some shouldn't (The Exorcist is top on my list) others like Jason, Michael, and Freddy have always provided me with some of the best moments of violence of my life.
Watching all the movies, you realize that the ones to be killed will always be the dopers, sex fiends, and nerds (oh well) leaving the mildly to pleasantly attractive and sometimes male cohort to survive the mass murders (until there's a sequel and then all bets are off).
Nowadays, its seems every horror movie possible is getting some sort of remake. Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Amityville Horror, Halloween, and now Friday the 13th. Again, I'm not against this. I enjoy a new look on how to murder a bunch of teenagers and the occasional middle-ager/parent. But sometimes you have to realize that bad choices make bad movies. Prime example being put a comedy actor into a horror film where he is the killer, and you get sub par because you can't stop laughing on how bad he is at serious work (this means Ryan Reynolds in The Amityville Horror).
Other films do get some things right. Despite what everyone said, I enjoy the Halloween remake (it does help I'm a fan of Rob Zombie's films). I felt that the beginning was pretty interesting and Malcolm McDowell was a great doctor Loomis, putting a great spin on the character by making him want to study not help Michael. I hope the new Friday the 13th can fulfill all the horror prayers that I've laid down. Oh, just for you to know, now there is going to be a remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street and Child's Play, so get psyched...or not, depending on your views.
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Wow, i totally agree with everything you just said. Horror movies are great. Sure I love the artsy and foreign film but whats wrong with some mindless over the top violence. I loved the remake to Halloween. Although I just so the new Friday the 13th and its so stupid. Apparantly (without giving anything away) Jason has learned how to build intricate tunnel systems and trip wires in the woods to alert him to any tresspassers. I liked my jason to be a mindless killing machine. I also love Zombie's films (well Halloween and Devils Rejects, House of 1000 Corpses really sucked, which wasn't his fault but the studios.) Devils Rejects is in my top 10 films of all time. Its so vividly captures the 70's and it had a very small budget. The movie is so disturbing and does not give us a reason to why they are evil because there is no reason they just are, that's how evil works. The best horror movie though and in my top 3 of all time is Halloween the original. Such a great example of independent film making.
ReplyDeleteHorror movies in general are entirely my cup of tea for sure. I am all about any kind of horror movie that you can throw at me, but I think I would probably have to say that the best for me is the ever growing Zombie category. Zombie movies really have it all, many kill scenes with intense gore, and the tiny thoughts in your head asking you what you would do if this ever happened in your town. The way that George Romero looks at zombies is so much the truth. He thinks that people watch these movies because secretly they enjoy the schadenfreude that comes along with them. People blindly go through life trying to do what is good for them and if they have to devour other people alive in order to get there they will do it. Zombies are the best because they are not that far fetched in a metaphorical sense. Let It Be Known.
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