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Ask any person what their least favorite kind is and 65% of them with answer: Horror! The Horror kind is unpopular for being bad, cheap and stupid. Well, it’s no surprise. Take a look at some of these titles: Vampire Vixens from Venus, Attack Of The Killer Refrigerator and Bordello Of Blood. For every Jaws there are seven Anacondas, for every The Exorcist there are ten Exorcist 2s. Many people hate Horror films because they are often gory and depressing. Many people dislike Horror films because they are often silly and tongue-in-cheek. Then again, many people like them for those wonderful qualities. But a film has to be more than gory or silly to be good. Take for instance gore-fests like Wishmaster or tongue-in-cheek films like Bordello Of Blood! Ugh! I shudder at the thought of watching those again. But Gory flicks like Event Horizon or silly films like Evil Dead 2 are great.
There are some different types of horror films. I’ll discuss each.
The Slasher Flick or Dead Teenager films:
In 1979 a film was released named Halloween. It was a very scaryfilm about, basically, a killer in a mask that murders baby-sitters. The film was dark in tone and bad in acting but it struck a chord with audiences and critics and became the top grossing indie film ever. It turned Jamie Lee Curtis and John Carpenter into acting and directing stars. Then came the backlash. Hollywood has a knack for taking an idea or style and doing it to death. They took the Slasher genre, created by Halloween, and re-did it many, many times.films like Friday The 13th and Halloween 2 were shoddy and cheap, yet they became huge hits. As the 80’s went on thefilms got worse and worse and their box-office diminished as well. Slasher films were DEAD! Everyone was happy. Until 1996 when scribe Kevin Williamson penned Scream, a great, funny, scary film that poked fun at how shallow and obvious Slasher films were. The film went on to be a huge sleeper hit. It grossed over 100 million dollars at the Box-Office. It was followed almost a year later by the terrific, I Know What You Did Last Summer, which reminded us about what we liked in the Original Halloween. I Know was a hit, as was Scream 2, a sequel even better than the original. Slasher films are back, but they won’t be for long. Sooner or later Hollywood will release too many of these films and the entire genre will be flushed down the toilet...again.
The Slasher Flick or Dead Teenager films:
In 1979 afilm was released named Halloween. It was a very scary film about, basically, a killer in a mask that murders baby-sitters. The film was dark in tone and bad in acting but it struck a chord with audiences and critics and became the top grossing indie film ever. It turned Jamie Lee Curtis and John Carpenter into acting and directing stars. Then came the backlash. Hollywood has a knack for taking an idea or style and doing it to death. They took the Slasher genre, created by Halloween, and re-did it many, many times.Films like Friday The 13th and Halloween 2 were shoddy and cheap, yet they became huge hits. As the 80’s went on thefilms got worse and worse and their box-office diminished as well. Slasher films were DEAD! Everyone was happy. Until 1996 when scribe Kevin Williamson penned Scream, a great, funny, scaryfilm that poked fun at how shallow and obvious Slasher films were. The film went on to be a huge sleeper hit. It grossed over 100 million dollars at the Box-Office. It was followed almost a year later by the terrific, I Know What You Did Last Summer, which reminded us about what we liked in the Original Halloween. I Know was a hit, as was Scream 2, a sequel even better than the original. Slasher films are back, but they won’t be for long. Sooner or later Hollywood will release too many of these films and the entire genre will be flushed down the toilet...again.
Monster films:
The genre that couldn’t die went on into the 90’s with Alien? Jurassic Park, and The Relic. The Monsterfilm madness has become huge lately. In ‘97 we got the aforementioned Relic, Anaconda, Lost World, Mimic, Wishmaster, American Werewolf in Paris. That’s alot for one year. In ‘98 already we have had 2films, Phantoms and Deep Rising. Many more are slated for later this year.
Smart Horror:
Some horror films are smart, as opposed to some which are Deep Rising. HA! Smart Horror is usually very dramatic and occasionally slow. They rarely have to do with monsters or murderers, though some like Silence Of The Lambs, Mimic and Psycho, do. Most of these films deal with the devil, Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist, Devil’s Advocate, or Inner Turmoil, The Apartment, Mouth Of Madness, and Event Horizon. Most of the best Horror films are Smart Horror.
The Dangers Of Horror:
Horror is a kind with many fans , though many of those go to far. Horror films naturally depict grizzly murders and events to provoke fear from the audience, but some people take it seriously. Cults have been created based on horror films and many murders have been committed that seem to mimic those from Scream, Warlock, Friday The 13th and Nightmare On Elm Street. Horror films can be dangerous. Horor films can also be dangerous to the viewer. Be very careful on your next visit to the video store and try to avoid films that you’ve never heard of. Straight to video films are usually garbage, e.g. Leprechaun 4, Jack-O, Frosty.

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Ask any person what their least favorite kind is and 65% of them with answer: Horror! The Horror kind is unpopular for being bad, cheap and stupid. Well, it’s no surprise. Take a look at some of these titles: Vampire Vixens from Venus, Attack Of The Killer Refrigerator and Bordello Of Blood. For every Jaws there are seven Anacondas, for every The Exorcist there are ten Exorcist 2s. Many people hate Horror films because they are often gory and depressing. Many people dislike Horror films because they are often silly and tongue-in-cheek. Then again, many people like them for those wonderful qualities. But a film has to be more than gory or silly to be good. Take for instance gore-fests like Wishmaster or tongue-in-cheek films like Bordello Of Blood! Ugh! I shudder at the thought of watching those again. But Gory flicks like Event Horizon or silly films like Evil Dead 2 are great.
There are some different types of horror films. I’ll discuss each.
The Slasher Flick or Dead Teenager films:
In 1979 a film was released named Halloween. It was a very scaryfilm about, basically, a killer in a mask that murders baby-sitters. The film was dark in tone and bad in acting but it struck a chord with audiences and critics and became the top grossing indie film ever. It turned Jamie Lee Curtis and John Carpenter into acting and directing stars. Then came the backlash. Hollywood has a knack for taking an idea or style and doing it to death. They took the Slasher genre, created by Halloween, and re-did it many, many times.films like Friday The 13th and Halloween 2 were shoddy and cheap, yet they became huge hits. As the 80’s went on thefilms got worse and worse and their box-office diminished as well. Slasher films were DEAD! Everyone was happy. Until 1996 when scribe Kevin Williamson penned Scream, a great, funny, scary film that poked fun at how shallow and obvious Slasher films were. The film went on to be a huge sleeper hit. It grossed over 100 million dollars at the Box-Office. It was followed almost a year later by the terrific, I Know What You Did Last Summer, which reminded us about what we liked in the Original Halloween. I Know was a hit, as was Scream 2, a sequel even better than the original. Slasher films are back, but they won’t be for long. Sooner or later Hollywood will release too many of these films and the entire genre will be flushed down the toilet...again.
The Slasher Flick or Dead Teenager films:
In 1979 afilm was released named Halloween. It was a very scary film about, basically, a killer in a mask that murders baby-sitters. The film was dark in tone and bad in acting but it struck a chord with audiences and critics and became the top grossing indie film ever. It turned Jamie Lee Curtis and John Carpenter into acting and directing stars. Then came the backlash. Hollywood has a knack for taking an idea or style and doing it to death. They took the Slasher genre, created by Halloween, and re-did it many, many times.Films like Friday The 13th and Halloween 2 were shoddy and cheap, yet they became huge hits. As the 80’s went on thefilms got worse and worse and their box-office diminished as well. Slasher films were DEAD! Everyone was happy. Until 1996 when scribe Kevin Williamson penned Scream, a great, funny, scaryfilm that poked fun at how shallow and obvious Slasher films were. The film went on to be a huge sleeper hit. It grossed over 100 million dollars at the Box-Office. It was followed almost a year later by the terrific, I Know What You Did Last Summer, which reminded us about what we liked in the Original Halloween. I Know was a hit, as was Scream 2, a sequel even better than the original. Slasher films are back, but they won’t be for long. Sooner or later Hollywood will release too many of these films and the entire genre will be flushed down the toilet...again.
Monster films:
The genre that couldn’t die went on into the 90’s with Alien? Jurassic Park, and The Relic. The Monsterfilm madness has become huge lately. In ‘97 we got the aforementioned Relic, Anaconda, Lost World, Mimic, Wishmaster, American Werewolf in Paris. That’s alot for one year. In ‘98 already we have had 2films, Phantoms and Deep Rising. Many more are slated for later this year.
Smart Horror:
Some horror films are smart, as opposed to some which are Deep Rising. HA! Smart Horror is usually very dramatic and occasionally slow. They rarely have to do with monsters or murderers, though some like Silence Of The Lambs, Mimic and Psycho, do. Most of these films deal with the devil, Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist, Devil’s Advocate, or Inner Turmoil, The Apartment, Mouth Of Madness, and Event Horizon. Most of the best Horror films are Smart Horror.
The Dangers Of Horror:
Horror is a kind with many fans , though many of those go to far. Horror films naturally depict grizzly murders and events to provoke fear from the audience, but some people take it seriously. Cults have been created based on horror films and many murders have been committed that seem to mimic those from Scream, Warlock, Friday The 13th and Nightmare On Elm Street. Horror films can be dangerous. Horor films can also be dangerous to the viewer. Be very careful on your next visit to the video store and try to avoid films that you’ve never heard of. Straight to video films are usually garbage, e.g. Leprechaun 4, Jack-O, Frosty.
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