[swiss tony]

i think both manchester and slayer make good points and that the recent trend is a mixture of both answers. yes, its time for the 70's style video nasties to reappear because its their turn, and as part of the evolution of all art forms people are trying to 'push the boundaries'. the counter balance to these movies is the attempt to remake everything of quality that has come out of asia in the last ten years. what i find most disturbing isn't the mindless gore fests that we are seeing but western movie makers inability or unwillingness to make a thinking mans horror. why take the easy option and just buy the rights to these j horror classics when there are probably numerous talented american writers with great scripts out there. the remakes always suck anyway. the most notable exception is session 9 (i know its not a remake), and everything by M Night Shymalan