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Originally Posted by Giganticface
"I think it's a perfect representation of how the 90s was not a horror decade -- the genre's theatrics and "simplicity" -- were completely out of fashion, just like new wave and hair metal were replaced by alternative rock. Horror was either satired (Scream) or embedded in other genres, like crime mysteries (Se7en, Silence of the Lambs), drama (Sixth Sense) and comedy (Army of Darkness, the Frighteners). Natural Born Killers is a lot of things, most notably a social commentary, while also being an effective horror movie, especially the scene with the Indian hallucination ritual."
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I liked your description. It's cool cause your first sentence can be taken a different way, "I think it's a perfect representation of how the 90s was not a horror decade...", which is funny (counter intuitive for NBK) at face value, but then you go on to explain quite well how 90s horror genre was oblique (and I'd say Post Modern). Lots of these films are examples of this: like Anachrophobia is the classic Post Modern humor twist, and Tremors is rather retro 1950s, Funny Games, Deep Blue Sea, Flatliners all have oblique horror themes.
As I originally wrote, I'd never want to debate if NBK was a Horror film, I'd just say I don't think Oliver Stone or I ever thought he made one. Generally speaking, NBK is a remake of Bonnie and Clyde. The American family glued to the "news papers" to be entertained by the media starlets: deranged murderers. NBK is up for interpretation, but Stone is pointing his finger at the media for making these sick people stars, and us for making these sick people stars. I just never thought Bonnie & Clyde and NBK significant to the Horror genre, but those are I just my thoughts. I'm not making an 'argument', not asking for changes, just enjoying the discussion.