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Originally Posted by mosca
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Its funny thats it was written in '96 and is complaining about the use of old fashioned blood and prosthetics and the works of SMG and Savini.
I think the article is pretty shoddy over all and the author hand picks films to prove her point...Friday the 13th was hardy the deathknell of the horror film. There always been trashy expoitative horror and the extreme gore started long before SAvini and Friday the 13th hit the screens (HG Lewis anyone). Look at all the drive in and grind house fodder of the 70s...Granted FT13th did get more exposure..
I think the early 90's weren;t popular time for horror -though the were some decent films (In the Mouth of Madness, Frankenhooker, Brain dead, Cemetery Man, The Exorcist III and others might say (but not me) Interview with the Vampire.) i don't think this can be blamed on the oer use of special effects. i think its just the way films/genres run in cycles and it picked up again in '96/'97 when Scream hit the screens..