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Originally posted by EXTR3MIST
Precisely the reason why films like The Blair Witch Project are so important - these days it seems to take an unconventional approach to the genre to truly grab the viewer's attention.
Films breaking the mould like this are not for everyone of course, as we have seen.
However from this reviewer's persepective, suspending the weight of disbelief (and minimising distractions) long enough to allow such a film to seep into your bones brings great reward when the 90 minutes are over - this probably could not be called fun, but perhaps... exhiliration... the product of fear and adrenaline generated by a plausable situation turned horrific by the unknown (and, crucially, by the end of the film: the unexplained).
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I think this is dead-on. I just finished reading a book about the history of horror films and one of the points it made is how all the "classic" horror films (like Dracula, Psycho, Halloween, etc.) were unconventional. Of course, nowadays, we think they are the "standards" - but when they came out they were startling and new. I though it was really interesting to read about how audiences totally freaked out at films like the 1931 Dracula or Psycho. Whether its "fun" I don't exactly know.