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Originally Posted by bloodrayne
Yeah...I think they were called 'vampire movies'...lol
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LOL! Nice.
I was actually thinking about this on the way back to my cubicle from the cafeteria with my lunch (how depressing is THAT sentance?...) Vampires and werewolves are perfectly good subjects for movies and stories in general, but they have fallen into a stale pattern. they are so ingrained in pop culture, that they hold no mystery any more, so what we end up with is a bunch of self-aware garbage. Werewolves used to be horrifying, one was all you needed for an entire movie, and they were effective. Same with vampires, they were near-godlike monsters from ancient lands with deep backgrounds.
Now, dont get me wrong. i liked the first 2 blade movies, but that awareness of the subject robs it of its effectiveness. Fear of the unknown is mankind's #1 fear. The key to good atmosphere is keeping the details hidden.
Its a cheesy source, but Skeet ulrich had a great point in Scream when he said the killers were scarier when you didnt know their motives.
Now, Dog Soldiers worked, in my opinion, because they didnt get into the werewolves very much. They mentioned the legends, and the stuff everyone knows, to set up a framework. From there on in, you didntknow where they were, when they would attack, or if the soldiers were ever going to find something to kill them with. Now underworld? They are "Lupines" or whatever. Mystery gone, they are now a subculture. they may as well have been "Asians". Give them an identity, and you strip the mystery.
Sorry, i am ranting.