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Originally posted by Posher778
I don't understand why people dislike Scream sometimes, could someone just elaborate?
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Actually, Posher, I've been meaning to open a thread on this. I figured you'd be a good participant. I'm just the opposite; I'm not sure why some people praise it so highly. This is, however, EC's thread, and I'll answer his question and save the debates for later.
I've always liked slashers. I appreciate most of them for different reasons: creative kills, campiness, good mystery or brutality to name a few.
I'm a big fan of Argento Slashers. I'm a huge fan of Sleepless. There are some kills in that movie that just make me cringe, not to mention a decent mystery as to 'who done it?'
New York Ripper, as mentioned above, is another great one. I've also a great appreciation for F13, Halloween & the like. I do, generally, prefer my slasher movies to be non-supernatural. The occasional Jason-type makes them fun, however, simply because they can just come out of anywhere with no explanation.
I consider the slasher to be one of the purest forms of horror. They're also the least likely to be a CGI-shitfest nowadays.