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le_battement
Age. 37
Gender. Male
Ethnicity. White stuff
Location Sunnyside, NY
School. Rutgers Univ
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Horror-ble Movies
Tuesday, Night
Remember when horror movies used to be scary, or at least somewhat interesting? I don't; not after all of these recent "horror" movies spoiled my taste for fear. The Ring, The Grudge, Final Destination, Wolf Creek, and all of the others and sequels are just completely unconvincing attempts at the genre. The Blair Witch Project, an incredibly fake "home-made" film starring three horrible actors with runny noses, started the revival of horror movies of late. It's all gone downhill from there. At least The Blair Witch Project was somewhat artistic and had some tension, while each new horror movie that is released has a flimsier plot and cheaper thrills than the last.

Take Australia's Wolf Creek for example. The first half of the movie lacks any mood, plot/character development, and direction. Finally, some random back-country hick picks up our less-than-intelligent protagonists. It's easy to discern him as the token "bad guy" from the moment you see him, since he is the only other person with substantial dialogue in the movie up to this point, and frankly, the movie has been running for quite some time now. If this guy isn't the bad guy, then it's going to end before one shows up. Thus, right away, the plot is as thin as paint thinner and anyone can predict what will happen. In fact, the only guard against predictability is an array of dead-end foreshadowing, including talk of aliens, which actually had nothing to do with the movie. I would also go so far as to say the movie did not include one scary or tense moment. The only thing that put this movie in the horror genre is a scene where fingers are chopped off, and another where there are some spikes through the guy's wrists. The antagonist is neither scary nor interesting, but is rather annoying. Here's a picture of him:


Mick, the killer, obviously played by The Marlboro Man; �2005 Wolf Creek

What is supposed to be so scary about the Marlboro Cigarettes mascot anyway? Speaking of the actors, there wasn't a single credited cast member who was in any other significant film. This seems to be the trend with horror movies. They use cheap, no-name actors, realizing that their movies don't require any acting skill. This holds true for Wolf Creek, as the acting is the only horrific thing about the film. Wolf Creek, literally the worst movie I've ever seen on the big screen, is a shining example of the drastic decline in quality among horror movies. (Read more about why Wolf Creek sucked in my comment on IMDB.com)

The original Halloween is perhaps the greatest horror movie. It wasn't out to get cheap thrills and was the first of its kind. It was also more realistic and believable than its long-time companions, Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th. The exposition set the mood well, while the character development was adequate and continued through the movie. There was real tension as Michael Meyers set out on his murderous spree, and the gore was subtle and extremely well-done for the time. Even if you were to remove the horror aspects, Halloween would still stand out as an good film since the plot actually made sense and was interesting.

Perhaps with time and age, the effect of horror movies has worn off on me. It's easy to scare a little kid. To scare an educated teenager/adult is a more difficult task. When I was small, I used to watch horror movies all of the time. My older brother and father love them, so I was always exposed to the horror element. My brother insisted that Friday the 13th movies are the best of all time. However, no movie from my childhood scared me more than Killer Klowns from Outer Space. I literally had nightmares about it for weeks. See for yourself just how fucking scary this movie is:


The scariest creatures known to mankind, �1988 Killer Klowns from Outer Space
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Yeah, Saw wasn't bad.
That's actually why I didn't mention those two.
» le_battement on 2006-01-10 07:50:46

sometimes i like to speed read.
» xCALLTHECOPS on 2006-01-10 08:00:16

*shutter*
The fact that they misspelled the word "clown" in of itself is pathetic, let alone the subject.
And somehow the cowboy picture made me tired...?
» invisible on 2006-01-10 10:06:42

What the hell.
Stop insulting the scariest movie ever made. The K in Klown just makes it.. scarier.. and more alien.
» le_battement on 2006-01-10 10:13:11

I also heard Hostel wasn't taht good of a movie. And they advertised it was "one of the best horror movies in the past decade." ehhh.
» dis1girl on 2006-01-11 11:18:29

ha
you make me laugh ed
» your_in_safe_mode on 2006-01-17 08:35:14

wow! i totally agree. horror movies these days suck. or maybe they have always sucked and growing up has made me see them differently. but i agree none the less. and killer klowns scared me too. my uncles made me watch it when i was a little kid...traumatized for life. i was scared of clowns before the damn movie, and now i can't stand to even look at them. as far as hostel is concerned - meh. it was ok. kind of along the same lines as saw as far as gore, but a different more disturbing premise i thought. so, review - unique premise but not worth $8 to see at the theater. in the end, it was the same as all the rest.
» ladyeyeliner on 2006-01-22 03:20:22

You know what?
Scary Movie was very scary too. The part where that guy's ear got stabbed with a penis was spooky.
» eXiled on 2006-01-31 03:55:40

God,
I just saw "Stay Alive" It was fucking terrible.
» redintersectsme on 2006-04-02 09:15:55

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