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Originally posted by The STE
but they are both niche markets. You can't say "oh, but this one is a niche market" when the other one is as well
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its funy but for some reson i dont think of the German silents as a niche market ... dont know why ..
but as for comparing them re. 'greatness ...
the German films are classics .. groundbreaking ..
like i said before their influence is still felt today.
(watch Calgari, then watch Edward Scissorhands)
A lot of Italian horror was influenced, more than influencing..
(although i'm sure their films influenced a lot of other filmmakers directly)
I dont know if Carpenter was influenced by Bay of Blood - but a lot of other filmmakers were influenced by Carpenter)
so niche or not i think you're comparing a small body of classic films to a huge body of mostly shlock films.
(there are some 'classic' italian horror films .. but not in the same classification of 'classic' as the german silents..