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Originally posted by Vodstok
Okay, you are both right.
urge, i had forgotten about the SAW comparison. although i see the horror connection, it could not be farther away from saw, so i definately agree with you there. Saw was methodical, the villains in Mad Max were just nuts.
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even then i still think there is an almost measurable criteria for 'feeling' a horror movie vs a action/crime/drama
in an action movie like Mad Max .. generally the crimes are commited to show how bad the bad guys are and pump fuel into the revenge mode of the hero - and us.
in a horror the violence is usually done to make us feel extremely uncomfortable .. stretch our endurance for unpleasantness.
thay arent quick dirty violent deaths like the action films ... these are slow and horrible (thus horror !)
some times you'll see an action film blur the lines (kill bill) but then again - Tarantino has one foot in 70s grindhouse action and one in 70's grindhouse horror .....