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Originally Posted by The Flayed One
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I feel as though the horror genre in
general is not appreciated by the general public. I think that a lot of the Hollywood Horrors or bad serial horrors give the genre a bad name. When I tell people that I'm a "horror fan," their initial reaction is to laugh (then, of course, I stab them in the throat... WHO'S LAUGHING NOW?!?!?!)
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Anyway.
Horror movies that I've always thought were incredibly underrated...
- Black Christmas (1974) - I honestly feel as though this film is ahead of its time; aside from the serial murders, there were (*GASP*) talk of abortion and women's liberation... The direction was creepy and crisp and an obvious inspiration for the famed Halloween that would come out four years later (and would earn the role of being the iconic film that Black Christmas should have been).
- Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Lady Vengeance - While I think that Oldboy is a brilliant film, I feel as though it unjustly overshadows the other two volumes of the collection (I think that Sympathy, in particular, is the superior film).
- There are countless foreign films that I could name here, which belong because, unfortunately, the general audience has a problem processing foreign languages and subtitles. To name a few: Audition, Ils, Inside, The Devil's Backbone (Pan's Labyrinth was the hot one, but I think Devil's Backbone was the superior one).
- The Grudge (remake) - I would actually make the argument that The Grudge remake was incredibly under appreciated. I have seen both versions of the film and I honestly feel as though Takashi Shimizu too this remake as an opportunity to apply some much-needed editing to his original fright fest. I thought that The Grudge was incredibly well-crafted, atmospheric, and genuinely creepy. I think that its timing is what was working against it as it followed the far inferior remake of The Ring and audiences were just not impressed (The perception, I believe, was that it was just another Ring knock-off).
- Blair Witch Project - I agree with your original post, Flayed; Blair Witch wasn't appreciated by the general audience (I think) because of its unprecedented filmmaking and style (I had friends who thought that it was funny). In terms of the horror community, I think that the elite began to turn their nose up at the film as soon as it started to bank (because that means you're a sellout). I thought that Blair Witch Project was a brilliant piece of work that unfortunately goes unappreciated.