[crabapple]

I loved the first "Phantasm" especially, and I think if that had been a more solid series of films, the world would be a better place. The news about the "new series" of Phantasm films New Line is planning turned me off at first until I read that Coscarelli is involved as a producer, and that they are conceiving of these as "BIG" horror films with an epic story arc and with Mike as the "Luke Skywalker of horror" which I assume means that he first appears as a hero who presumably could conquer the evil and later we find that he is part of it, born of it in some way.

The thing about the serial killer mythos trend, and this is just my silly opinion, but the thing about it is that it signals to me that moviegoers are fixating on boring entertainment that sort of copies itself. I freaking can't stand any of these idiot serial killer movies. I don't care!!!!! I don't see a commercial for the newest thing and say "Hot damn, a new serial killer movie is out! Gotta go see that so I can be horrified by the clever contraptions and brilliant plans of the new Hannibal Lecter!" Please, this trend sucks!

Seven I liked, and Silence of the Lambs I liked, but after that the serial killer movies have become carbon copies, not terribly unlike the slasher clones that followed in the wake of Halloween...yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm ignoring the "Psycho and giallo" discussion, but again, this is just my silly wacky opinion. But could it be that audiences increasingly seek entertainment that requires no imagination on the part of the viewer?