are classic better than new horror films?

[Fearonsarms]

I think there are good and bad films in the past and today. I don't think you can say either classic or modern films are better like has already been discussed they both have their relative merits. But I do think that you can look at all these remakes and think why bother?Has anyone actually seen a remake that was better than the original? I think some fresh new ideas of horror are being explored today but they are harder to find in the sea of mediocrity at present. Oh and I hope the remake of "I Spit On Your Grave" is the last of this "torture porn" trend.

[Fearonsarms]

Originally Posted by swiss tony

Maybe that's another argument for the classics being better. Directors were forced to use creativity and their craftsmanship to make movies whereas now, they waste time and money on effects or cheapening themselves by using shock factor ie. this is the basis for the recent trend for 'torture porn' or 'gornography'. The only one of those movies that I would say was a 'great' or ground breaking was the original Saw, the rest is pretty poor.

I've had saw 5 on dvd gathering dust for ages now and still haven't watched it since I was so disappointed in saw4. I've heard that saw 6 put a fresh spin on the genre but apparently you need to watch saw5 first to know what's going on. Have you seen all these films? Someone wanted me to go to the pics to see saw 3D but I refuse to watch any 3D film. I just don't like 3D at all.Sorry if anyone does.