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Hold it - if you're still at school, should you really be watching gory horror movies in the first place?
I blame the parents.
Each new generation is bound to attach itself to "their" films, and just as likely to dismiss older "classics" as feeble and outdated by comparison (just as you might follow Avril Lavigne and baulk at the thought of Jon Bon Jovi... ho ho ho!).
It's difficult to convince people that one horror movie is better than another; quite often it comes down to current trends rather than any real understanding of what the person is actually watching... in other words, kids are easily led onto bandwagons and rave about the latest high concepts and horror icons because quite simply it is the fashionable thing to do. Marketing men know teenagers are highly impressionable, and shape their films accordingly.
Claiming the original TCM and Dawn of the Dead are inferior to the remakes or even game tie-ins like Resident Evil is of course insane, but only when you first catch a truly scary classic alone in the dark with no distractions from peers do you realise certain movies have the power to get under your skin and unsettle and exhilarate you in a way no flashy, big-name blockbuster can.
Some never progress from formulaic, predictable scares though - and always need the comfort of redemption, closure, self-satisfaction and justice by the end of their movies.
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