Things you are tired of in the horror genre.

[Whych_Doctor<3]

Personally, I'm sick of seeing the remakes, leave the originals BE! They will never ever be as good as the originals!
Friday 13th for example, I didn't like the way they portrayed him to keep that girl (even though she looked like his mum) Jason's character was a cold hearted killer so he would of just sliced and diced her!
As for the new nightmare on elm street.... well... it wasn't Robert Englund so it was bound to be a bit shite

[Kandarian Demon]

Originally Posted by Whych_Doctor<3

As for the new nightmare on elm street.... well... it wasn't Robert Englund so it was bound to be a bit shite

There's only one Freddy... having someone else playing him was a terrible mistake, and I'm honestly surprised that that wasn't obvious to everyone.

[Only God Forgives]

I agree with CGI and it's overuse.

The Hunter ( none horror film ) is about a man who tracks what is thought to be the extinct Tasmanian Tiger... There is a very brief scene where you see a CGI Tiger and although it's obviously fake, it's not the crux of the film.. up until that point the film relied on good story telling with some nice twists... I think horror could do with learning some restraint when it comes to CGI...The one thing that really annoyed me in the early 00's was CGI gunfire... where you got a fake flame coming from the barrel of the gun and everyone's gun sounded the same.

Nudity in horror is boring, I forget which one it is but one of the wrong turn films where the naked girl gets an arrow through the breast ? I can't remember anything else about that film as it went down hill shortly after that scene.

Bath room mirror scenes annoy me... We've all seen it.. our main character looks in the mirror with nothing in the background, opens the cabinet , takes their meds and closes the panel to where they are greeted by some lunatic with an axe or some such. There have been various attempts at recreating that scene in other locations but when you've seen one, you've seen them all and it makes the film very predictable.

I also believe that what you don't see is a lot more powerful than what you do eventually see...Films that introduce the monster/ creep early doors leave very little to the imagination.

[Kandarian Demon]

Originally Posted by Only God Forgives

I also believe that what you don't see is a lot more powerful than what you do eventually see...Films that introduce the monster/ creep early doors leave very little to the imagination.

Personally, I like seeing "the monster" - but I think the problem is that we get to look at it too closely, if that makes any sense. Often the monsters aren't particularly convincing, and when that was the case in "the good old days", they simply didn't allow us to see the monster in more than quick sequences, blurry shots, or maybe a close-up of the eyes or something similar.

Nowadays we have plenty of time to study the monster and realise that it's just a long-haired girl in bad makeup (just to make an example).

[Only God Forgives]

Originally Posted by Kandarian Demon

Personally, I like seeing "the monster" - but I think the problem is that we get to look at it too closely, if that makes any sense. Often the monsters aren't particularly convincing, and when that was the case in "the good old days", they simply didn't allow us to see the monster in more than quick sequences, blurry shots, or maybe a close-up of the eyes or something similar.

Nowadays we have plenty of time to study the monster and realise that it's just a long-haired girl in bad makeup (just to make an example).

Yeah I can appreciate that.. The Walking dead for example is some of the best zombie make up I've ever seen and you get to see plenty of it. So it's not always a bad thing.

[Joe E Ville]

Re-fakes or the fashionable term reimagining, found footage, cannibal cabins, evil children, people that act in a seriously unreasonable way (hear something odd? Then get to running, don't look). Someone make a realistic horror film where cast does what normal people would do. Wait, then it would be a 5 min movie. Some friends and I have already done that.

[The Bloofer Lady]

That wouldn't be" HELL NO: The Sensible Horror film" would it?

[Joe E Ville]

Bloofer

I honestly don't remember the title it was made late 80's maybe early 90's just outside of Regina, SK up here in Canada. Pretty much summarized as this:
2 guys find a book, suggests unnatural events on a farm, they go to the farm in question, walk around a creepy place, hear a noise, then run like hell.

I'm interested in seeing Hell No. Thank you very much for mentioning it.

Back to the thread: another thing beaten like a baby seal in horror films is the claim that it is based on actual events.

[The Bloofer Lady]

Originally Posted by Joe E Ville

Bloofer

I honestly don't remember the title it was made late 80's maybe early 90's just outside of Regina, SK up here in Canada. Pretty much summarized as this:
2 guys find a book, suggests unnatural events on a farm, they go to the farm in question, walk around a creepy place, hear a noise, then run like hell.

I'm interested in seeing Hell No. Thank you very much for mentioning it.

Back to the thread: another thing beaten like a baby seal in horror films is the claim that it is based on actual events.

Thanks for answering considering that was a real stab in the dark on my part. I've seen it on you tube and either the director or writer's first name is Joe so when you mentioned your movie...

[Joe E Ville]

No problem, I'm glad you brought it to my attention. Love being exposed to stuff I didn't know existed. Thanks Bloofer.

Anyone else just tired of vampires? Don't get me wrong, is still love Cushing/Lee & Lugosi. But beyond that. Ok. I admit El Santo & the Vampire Women is great, but sheesh, Twilight was the stake to the heart of that genre.