then there are the scream films which are genius. It redefined terror and slasher films if you think about it. For instance in halloween you had michael myers in a white mask. Now could that mask be bought at the time, no. Then you have freddy kruger whos face was burnt kno were there a lot of burnt serial killers running around at the time, no. Then scream came along the character was wearing what is know known as a scream mask. This mask had been available for years. That makes you have to wonder who can i trust. it could be him or it could be him. so dont diss the film unless you get what he was going for.

overrated film: blair witch project

I am well aware of what he was "going for"; I understood the attempted satire, the self-referential comments, the "wit"...it just didn't work at all (IMO.)

But apparently your bar for what constitutes genius is far lower than mine....

I have to agree with this. The first Sream had potential to be good but you knew who the killer was at the beining & then they spent the rest of the movie making you think it wasn't him. The only reason I saw the third was to finish off the series. I was very upset with this series.

Also, I Know What You Did Last Summer was pretty bad. And the second was even worse.

Can't agree w/The Ring. It wasn't supposed to be scary in regular terms. It worked on a psycological level. No tell me anyone who saw Ring didn't jump the second your phone rang after the movie ended. I know I did.

This is just an opinionated thread. I don't think he dissed the film b/c he didn't understand what it was going for. It's just his opinion.

Im not questioning the idea behind the movie, and no in my 30 years I cant recollect anything like it. I just "personally" felt the movie was executed poorly, I enjoy NOES films as well as F13, and this combo had mad potential. I just felt it came up short.

I'm so desperate for them, it's hard for me not to like any horror movie, but for all its hype I found Deep Red a little slow at times. The romance got on my nerves and David Hemmings running around in a leisure suit seemed silly. Although it did have some great scenes like the marbles and the gloves and the ventriquest dummy and the amazing ending.

BTW I thought all three Scream movies, although not brilliant were a lot of fun and The Ring really scared me, so I was happy.

I know some people think Day of the Dead was a little slow, but i think that's because of the way they really built up the characters,so you cared about them, which I enjoyed and found moving.

i wasn't a big fan of scream 3. but the ring IMO i thought was good.

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