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It's weird, there have been a ton of horror films coming out in the past couple of years, but the problem is that they've steered away from what was horror and what was. It used to be something that put people in somewhat realistic situations and know that the average joe could be in that situation, not just some hot, school-girl.
The only time horror movies now days will be scary is if you watch the first five horror movies of your life. After that, you don't feel the spooking factor anymore. They also lose a lot of momentum after you're over the age of 14. They just don't work. And the appearance of the recent slew of PG-13 horror films and remakes recently, the scare factor is going to eventually dissipate.
The genre is in fact dying, and will most likely not be able to be redeemed by anything. The only thing that might possibly save our original idea of horror films, is if the writers start coming up with some more original stuff, and/or stop ripping off all of the teen slasher films from the 70's and 80's.
SAW and Hostel were somewhat original. I'm sure similar stuff had been done prior to these, but people don't really see that.
Another thing, the writers need to stop adding gore, nudity and profanity in the place of the sheer lack of story and imagination. It's not helping the genre, it's just making it worse. When the best thing you can get out of a horror movie is some young guys dropping numerous f-bombs and seeing two tons of breasts.....That's not a horror film. That's a bad porno.
As much as I hope it can be saved from total damnation, I think the spotlight for horror films just faded into darkness. :(
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