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Originally posted by TheOmen
Oh for Christ sake. First things first-the acting was not always top notch in these classics you speak of. The reason 'classics' seem better than most everything else is called NOSTALGIA. Had you remade Dracula identically now, just as it was in '31, it would be downright awful. The real point here is most people overlook certain shortcomings in movies if they're old that they would never forgive for a modern movie. A Nightmare On Elm Street was a great horror flick. It wasn't a overtly gorey movie, and the story was fairly original. Should I believe that the Wolfman from the 30's is better? Because it is not. I've watched them all, and own them on DVD. Of course some slashers arent as good, but then, why are you, GOJIRA, only focusing on slashers? The fact remains that The Shining, Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, A Nightmare On Elm Street, Bay Of Blood, Suspiria, and Deep Red are all just as good , or better than these classics you speak of. This magic is strictly nostalgia, like when playing an Atari 2600 game or NES game. They WERE great, and that's what you're memory brings back.

By the way, Scream is far superior to IKWYDLS.

I'm glad someone said this, I've wanted to since the first time gojira implied that all these pre World War 2 films are better than Halloween,Nightmare on Elm Street ect. because of their ''Magic''