Originally Posted by Giganticface (Post 986169)

horrorpsycho, can you give us some insight as to what he doesn't like about modern horror movies?

Is it a production value thing, kinda like folks who legitimately really prefer music that has pre-mid-nineties production value, before digital recording? If so, that might be hard to find. There's no such thing as celluloid anymore.

Is it a stylistic thing? A lot of modern films try to be more "real," either by showing more than they used to (for instance, with more graphic kills), or with more advanced special effects, or just with a more reality-driven style, like all found footage films are, and many standard films try to be.

It's it a nostalgia thing? If so, that's going to be hard to overcome. Even a film like Zombeavers that tries to replicate the 80s slasher plot, production, etc., with cheesy moster puppets, is going to be considered satire. And throwback movies like Hatchet are similar, but also take advantage of modern trends like realistic effects and over-the-top violence.

Some extra insight would be helpful, but also there's a chance that it's an impossible task. You can't convert a weathered, die-hard, exclusive Rolling Stones fan to love One Republic.

Originally Posted by horrorpsycho (Post 986174)

Okay, so I literally copied and pasted your post into an e-mail to him and here's his response:

More of number 2 than the others. It's just old and tired with no new ideas. It's all mindless rehash and boring and uninspired. Just bland with no soul.

Originally Posted by Giganticface (Post 986177)

Great, that's helpful! So maybe it's not a futile effort.

Here are few of my suggestions that I think are different and inspired, bringing some new ideas:

Let the Right One In (must see modern vampire drama)

May (unique & personal awkward psycho)

Ravenous (period cannibal black comedy with interesting musical score)

The Babadook (for the awesome children's book)

Ex Drummer (not truly horror, more of a twisted drama/thriller/black comedy)

Inside (unique take on slasher & home invasion)

Ichi the Killer (gonzo and violent!)

Under the Skin (very slow burn though, but one of a kind)

Originally Posted by horcrux2007 (Post 986178)

I forgot about The Babadook... that one is really really good.

Originally Posted by Giganticface (Post 986177)

Great, that's helpful! So maybe it's not a futile effort.

Here are few of my suggestions that I think are different and inspired, bringing some new ideas:

Let the Right One In (must see modern vampire drama)

May (unique & personal awkward psycho)

Ravenous (period cannibal black comedy with interesting musical score)

The Babadook (for the awesome children's book)

Ex Drummer (not truly horror, more of a twisted drama/thriller/black comedy)

Inside (unique take on slasher & home invasion)

Ichi the Killer (gonzo and violent!)

Under the Skin (very slow burn though, but one of a kind)

Originally Posted by horrorpsycho (Post 986183)

Also....is that the original Let the Right One In, or the US remake?

Originally Posted by horcrux2007 (Post 986189)

He should probably watch both... I haven't watched either (I have no clue why not), but I've heard that they're really good.

Originally Posted by horrorpsycho (Post 986138)

He loves all the classics, but basically anything beyond 1990 is garbage to him.

Originally Posted by Baron Von Marlon (Post 986191)

What We Do In The Shadows was really fun and refreshing.
I highly recommend it.

The following movies are more fun than scary, but I think most of them are refreshing in some way.

-Asmodexia
-Bad Milo
-Behind The Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon
-Blood Car
-Botched
-Dead Snow series.
-DeadHeads
-Feast series
-Fido
-Frankenhooker
-Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
-Juan Of The Dead (Juan De Los Muertos)
-My Name Is Bruce
-Rare Exports
-REC 1 and 2
-Satan's Little Helper
-Teeth
-Trollhunter
-The Revenant
-This Is The End
-Tucker & Dale VS Evil