will horror movies ever be respected?
 

i've heard, and i am sure most of you have heard that horror movies are in the same league as porno movies. so my question is will horror movies ever be respected in the world by non horror fans or will they always be at the bottom of the genre pool?

I think anybody who is a true lover of films and not just some art-house douche (I'm only a partial art-house douche) or censor-happy type can appreciate horror movies' signifcance as a genre.

I know a lot of people who are horror fans dislike Ebert (though I never understood why), but there's a quote of his from his review of Halloween I always liked.
"Credit must be paid to filmmakers who make the effort to really frighten us, to make a good thriller when quite possibly a bad one might have made as much money. Hitchcock is acknowledged as a master of suspense; it's hypocrisy to disapprove of other directors in the same genre who want to scare us too."


Basically, GOOD horror movies are already respected. Schlock horror, mindless gore-fests, and stuff like Friday the 13th (I'm a fan of the series, but I'm sorry, the majority of them were not good movies) aren't, and deservedly so for the most part.

No

Its always been a genre snobbed by mainstream audiences and critics but kept alive by true fans.

Just like porn.;)

and wrestling (which isn't movies, but I still say there are plenty of parallels between horror and wrestling)

What about porn and wrestling?

DAMMIT!!

I tried to attache that gif, but it didn´t work for me. Said the file was too big. THAT´S NOT FAIR!! God hates me..

"Hogan knows best"


Why did the chicken cross the road?






Kiss this or I'll kill your puppy.

thats pretty much what i was going to say.
In the 70's (my favorite rant) there were several well made horror films with real directors and older established quality actors. Real film scores performed by real musicians.

thank home video and the 80's slew of garbage horrors for giving the genre a terrible name... well deserved indeed.

occasionally someone makes a class film but its rare.


on the other hand - i never needed the respect of the masses to enjoy the things i like.

A lot of what does get respect is pure horseshit anyway.