[metternich1815]

Originally Posted by Kandarian Demon

I'm afraid I did mean Scream, although I do tend to mix it up with Scary Movie. I've never watched the Scream sequels though, so I can't comment on those, but I've watched the original twice. I didn't find it scary or spooky at all, and it just wasn't my kind of humour, I guess.

But, just because I didn't personally like it doesn't mean it's crap. I love to debate, if I didn't I would be here - but something that entertains thousands of people all over the world and makes them happy obviously has value, no matter what my personal taste or opinion is.



Well, of course there are exceptions - although I don't really consider Se7en or Silence of the Lambs to be horror, but that's just my opinion. I guess the best way to explain what I mean is to tell you that some of my absolute favourite movies are the famous Poe movies starring Vincent Price - particularly "House of Usher". I think that was a very spooky movie, even though it was just 4 actors in an old house and a lot of well-delivered dialogue.

Or "The Haunted Palace" (yes, I know... Lovecraft, not Poe :p) - there is this particularly frightening scene where Vincent Price's character looks up at the painting of Joseph Curwen, and his face goes from gentle to pure evil in a split second. No special effects, just good acting. I almost peed my pants the first time I saw it :D That's the kind of stuff I miss, and I think that ended around the 90s, where nobody even tried because it just wasn't in fashion.

But yes, sure, there were good movies too. The one that really stands out for me, even though many people dislike that movie, is the remake of "House on Haunted Hill" - and I especially enjoyed it because of the great performance of Geoffrey Rush.

I understand many of your arguments, but, personally I love Scream. In fact, it is my favorite horror film. I primarily enjoy how it satirized the horror genre. I agree that there were no actors of the likes of Vincent Price or Peter Cushing, but that is true of multiple decades. Personally, I think that the acting was better than in the 80s though, even though there were good movies and performances then too. I have always had a broad definition of horror and I think that the horror theme sin Se7en and The SIlence of the Lambs are quite prevalent, thus making them horror movies. Of course, "horror movie" really is an open-concept with no clear definition. I would also include horror comedies like Young Frankenstein into horror. I was never a big fan of the remake and I enjoyed the original far better.