Crime vs Horror

[Eddy Gein]

Ok so im confused about this one.
there are a lot of movies out there classafied as horror which are little more than gorey crime flicks. like saw horror but a movie like seven is classafied a crime drama or something like that. last house on the left horror ( ive heared it called many things but youll find it in horror in any video store or catalog) but a movie like the devils rejects ( which is not a sequill to house of 1000 corpses but a spinn off of a horror movie) is called by many critics and even the director a crime explotion movie.
what the fuck is going on???

[EXTR3MIST]

Genre classification isn't really that important to anyone except those who seek to define it.

However it is an understandable human trait to feel the urge to categorise everything in sight.

[AUSTIN316426808]

It is what you feel it is....

I look at Se7en as a horror movie, others see it as crime drama....I'm not changing my mind about it and most likely wouldn't be able to change anyone else's mind nor do I feel the need to so like I said it is what you feel it is.

[The_Return]

My personal idea of a horror movie is any movie that was intended to frighten the audience. Did Se7en try to frighten the audience? Yes, so in my book, that makes it a horror movie.

Sure there are exceptions I guess [IE: Van Helsing wanted to scare the audience in some parts, but I call it an action movie]. But the covers the majority, IMO.

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by The_Return


Sure there are exceptions I guess [IE: Van Helsing wanted to scare the audience in some parts, but I call it an action movie]. But the covers the majority, IMO.


Actually I don't really think that counts...even some comedies have moments where they try to get a jump out of ya. I think your original thought of the movie in it's entirety trying to scare the audience makes it horror.

[The_Return]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
Actually I don't really think that counts...even some comedies have moments where they try to get a jump out of ya. I think your original thought of the movie in it's entirety trying to scare the audience makes it horror.

Exactly what I meant by there are exceptions...there are also movies that I consider horror that had me laughing more than I would at a normal comedy....House on Haunted Hill remake comes to mind, the new 13 Ghosts was pretty funny too [You hunt goats? great line]

[Hate_Breeder]

If Sin City is classified as a crime flick.....then crime flicks it is

[The_Return]

Originally posted by Hate_Breeder
If Sin City is classified as a crime flick.....then crime flicks it is

I definatly wouldnt call it horror....


I just call it Kickass. It deserves it's own category

[Hate_Breeder]

Originally posted by The_Return
I definatly wouldnt call it horror....


I just call it Kickass. It deserves it's own category

I dont know, Elijah Wood was pretty fuckin scary in that movie. If they make a sequel, i will pay $50 for a ticket

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by Hate_Breeder
I dont know, Elijah Wood was pretty fuckin scary in that movie. If they make a sequel, i will pay $50 for a ticket


They're making 2 more.

[The_Return]

Originally posted by Hate_Breeder
I dont know, Elijah Wood was pretty fuckin scary in that movie. If they make a sequel, i will pay $50 for a ticket

Thats true...ya, he was prety damn creepy.

[ItsAlive75]

I can never find Elijah Wood creepy... at all. He just looks like a male doll, all glossy with girl lips and shit...

When he was just jumpin' around clawing Marv, it just looked silly.

[The_Return]

I was really glad that he didnt talk. I thought he was great, but his damn voice woulda ruined the whole thing.

[Ritualistic]

Originally posted by The_Return
I was really glad that he didnt talk. I thought he was great, but his damn voice woulda ruined the whole thing.

this is true

[novakru]

Originally posted by ItsAlive75
I can never find Elijah Wood creepy... at all. He just looks like a male doll, all glossy with girl lips and shit...

When he was just jumpin' around clawing Marv, it just looked silly.

I look at him and get the urge to wrap him in a blanky and sing lullabyes

[The STE]

"I know it's pretty damn weird to eat people"

[mothermold]

i emmensly enjoyed kevin's death,i wish marv was my uncle.

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by novakru
I look at him and get the urge to wrap him in a blanky and sing lullabyes


I usually get the urge to break something preferably his face.

[EXTR3MIST]

I look at him and get the urge to wrap him in a blanky and sing lullabyes

I usually get the urge to break something preferably his face

Now he's no longer around, you guys are gonna hafta get used to taking care of things yourselves.

:eek:

[Hate_Breeder]

Originally posted by ItsAlive75
I can never find Elijah Wood creepy... at all. He just looks like a male doll, all glossy with girl lips and shit...

When he was just jumpin' around clawing Marv, it just looked silly.

Well they did a good job of rarely getting a good shot of his face. But if your big and burl like Marv, the only weakness is speed, and to know that you cant even punch somebody once, their so quick...i dont know that would just piss me off.

Yeah i cant wait for the whole trilogy. I will buy the box set once it comes out. Jackie Boy is my hero :D

[Tat2]

In my movie collection database, I personally classify movies like;

Se7en as a Thriller.
Army of Darkness as a Horror/Comedy.
Last House on the Left as a Thriller/Horror.
Blade 1-3, as Comicbook adaptation/Action/Horror.
Shaun of the Dead as a Horror/Comedy.
Constantine as Horror/Comicbook adaptation/Action.

...and so on.

The movies with multiple genre listings are in order of "relativity" for search and cross referance purposes. I will use UP to four genre catagories.