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Originally Posted by _____V_____
Not exactly. There is a difference. To consider it a horror, there should be some moments which induce genuine horror in the viewers' minds.
Moments like this make me miss Doc Faustus so much. He had such a valid argument about why most of the giant monster films, specially the Japanese "versus" ones, weren't under the horror genre.
I am sure neverending can describe this demarcation better than me but, after the last discussion/debate/argument, he might not put his thoughts to words again.
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"To consider it a horror, there should be some moments which induce genuine horror in the viewers' minds." I completely agree with you. That's exactly why each giant monster movie must be considered individually. To lump them all together as meeting this standard, or not, would be totally asinine.
Imagine someone saying, "Gojira is Horror; and all the rest are not". Or "Any film with 'Vs' in the title, even though I haven't seen it, is a bad film". It's like saying, "Green grapes are good; but all other green fruit, 90% of which I've never tasted, are bad". I think psychologist would officially diagnose this as arrested development or a psychosis.
I'd estimate I've probably seen about 60-70% of the giant monster films. And although I wouldn't want to say any one of them doesn't meet that standard, I would say if an adult saw Godzilla Vs Megalon, it's so campy, and more or less for children, that I wouldn't doubt them if they said there was no genuine horror moment. But I wouldn't ask that film be added to the 1970s Horror list (mostly because it sucked). That is in contrast to Godzilla Vs the Smog Monster, which does have moments of genuine horror in it. If you haven't seen it, you can't know either way. It's simply a case by case determination.