1 thing you'd still like to see in a horror film.
 

Hey Everyone!

I'm pretty new to HDC and thought I might get acquainted with you all by starting a conversation. So, here goes...

What is one thing you would like to see in a horror film, that you haven't yet?

Also, in your opinion what's the most over played thing?

TGAAF

Something i'd like to see that i havent yet? That's a really hard question. A lot's been done. Most over played thing though, the mirror gag. If you dont know what i mean by that it's when a character looks in the mirror and there's nothing behind them and then they look away and look back and there's now someone in it. It's been done way too many times and with way too many variations that its obvious and boring.

I'd like to see Sofia Vergara topless in any genre, but horror the most so she runs and jiggles.........(srry, imma perv)


Welcome to the forum, btw.....

This is an interesting question, because as jaded horror fans this question is always in the backs of our brains, fueling our complaining, but is rarely ever addressed directly. I think deconstructing the cliches is always important, taking apart the things that have become tired and uninteresting; Hitchcock did it, Romero did it, Hooper and Carpenter did it, etc. I guess it'd be nice to see some larger-scale revolution like that today. We get some here and there in smaller films, but we're definitely stuck, with few exceptions, in a bad cycle in Hollywood horror right now.

Agreed
 

I completely agree with you. A change in today's formula would be a nice way to enter into a new era of horror.

"The Villian" - I also agree that the mirror gag is over played. As a whole I think that the slasher film has seen its heyday and is worn out. I never usually like those films as much anyway.

What about this wave of "Real" or for lack of better term paranormal activity style films, is that where we are going? I tend to find them very gimmicky myself.

I'll tell ya--I would like to see an infusion of "other material, themes and tones" in horror. The typical horror flick sort of swims in its own gruesome obsessiveness and exists playing variations of one note. Too much "pure horror" and not much real humor and character or even story depth. Too much primal fear and a focus on that as the "only topic of horror."

I would like to see other material, organic stuff, that breaks that up and loosens up the feel of the material.

Absolutely, crabby. All horror needs to be rooted in something in order to transcend the mere genre. There's an interesting book by David Skal called The Monster Show, and his main thesis states that times of great social, cultural, and/or political turmoil are shortly followed by a revolution in horror films; these waves are reactions. So given the chaos we're living in now, perhaps we're due for a new golden age of horror.

This may sound crazy but I'd like to see someone qualified, like Richard Matheson or Stephen King, touch up the Nutcracker and turn it into a really good horror film. Not a major revision; there's enough creepiness in it already that all you'd need is some subtle creativity and BAM I think you'd have another classic on your hands.

What's been over done are these stories where, yeah, maybe there is a ghost and maybe there isn't. You decide. Blah, I like the stories where the ghost or whatever supernatural element your dealing with is real. I like psychological thrillers as much as anybody but wishy-washy ghost stories --- :eek:

Nutcracker as a horror flick might be interesting.

I think genre blending is great but I'm also on board with a horror film revolution! The problem I think with adding a lot of humor into a horror movie is that it lightens the mood too much. Unless you use creepy humor and then its not really accomplishing what you are talking about.

so for example give me two movies you'd mesh together.

I dont see why Horror should be blended with anything. Why can't it live on its own? I'm all for more character development and depth but why fuse other genres into it?