[kung-fu-jesus]

i dont think that its just the horror genre that is dead, damn near all genres are dying if not all ready dead.

forr example how many time have we seen bullettime effects int the last 5 years. or how many movies have you gone to and half way through the film you guessed the ending and were right.

the things just keep repeating cause after 60' some years of film the idea well has run dryer than hell, and that is dry.

also how you said that underworld wasnt scary, it wasnt horror it was gothic action. just because a film has supernatural creatures( vampires, ghost, werewolfs, demons, ect:) dosnt mean it is sopsed to be scary.

also we as movie buff's( horror or otherwise) we tend to expect to much. wether we get over hyped from previews or review. we go and see something that is a good film but because of over advertising and false advertising( how many times have you seen something in a trailer, went and saw the film and it wasnt in the film) it fell shourt of our expectations.

also the fact that we are a jaded and desensitized society as a whole it takes an extreamly brutal, violent, horrific, or just fucked up thing to truly effect us and make us feel.

as for the little teen's in the audience that jump at the least scary thing. chances are they dont know true horror or tragity( many thing classify). so they tking it is scary while we sit in the back row thinking there is something wrong with the picture because we wernt scared.

i as a person dont watch horror to be scared or that i love fear, to me there just fun. the dont have to be realistic or scary. they just need to entertain you for about 2 hours. they tend to lighten the mood. they show you the other sides of people when confronted with an obstical that you hope you neveer run into yourself.