Good point -
Modern (Hollywood) horror is tripping over itself to be "clever" - not in the knowing sense of Scream and all that other 90's shit, but manipulative instead: the makers are trying to get inside our minds...! (aargh!)
In these cynical times, it seems good old fashioned bogeymen and chainsaws are out of the window - possibly because these themes have been done to death, of course.
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