Low Quality Film VS. High Quality Film

[The STE]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
good point, it's not just horror either.

The Machinist, Eternal Sunshine, Million Dollar Baby none of them got alot of exposure but they were all amazing while shit like Alexander and Troy get pushed.

I'm with you on Machinist and Sunshine, but MDB? The movie that got all kinds of Oscars? Sure, Sunshine got screenplay, but most types don't remember the screenplay wins...

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by The STE
I'm with you on Machinist and Sunshine, but MDB? The movie that got all kinds of Oscars? Sure, Sunshine got screenplay, but most types don't remember the screenplay wins...

before it got nominated it had only made about $40 million over a month and a half.

[The STE]

true, but it won the freakin Oscar for Best Picture. And it wasn't even the best movie of the year. I'd say that rules it out as far as being overlooked goes.

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
I don't really think that has anything to do with it. Older horror films are just better than modern horror films. If Boogeyman would've been filmed the exact way Halloween was it would still be a utter piece of garbage on the other hand I think if Halloween was filmed the exact same way just with better picture it would still be just as good.

BUT...The original Night Of The Living Dead, the original Psycho and the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre were ALL filmed on a shoestring budget...It caused the films to be 'gritty' almost like a home movie, or documentary...The low quality actually caused them to feel more 'real' which made them MUCH scarier and better movies...

[MisterSadistro]

Besides the fact that so many new horror films just try to swipe what's proven scary without any substance that made it effective (which is another discussion), the huge difference in the grainy quality is simple: films were shot on actual film back then. Everything now is shot in digital. There is a difference in the area size-wise covered on a tape and on actual film that makes it look so completely different. Your old family backyard movies shot on 8mm don't look the same as 'Star Wars' at the theater when you first saw it on 65mm. That version of 'Star Wars' would look vastly different than 'Revenge of Sith' since it was shot digitally. Light tones don't look as warm as they do on film either. Everything is crisp (and rather boring). An un-spammed film I've been working on shot the trailer on old 8mm just to have the grainy feel of yesteryear. 'Dead Life' is a recent zombie film that was shot entirely on 8mm and had the old 70's look to it. Anyhooo, hope that wasn't too boring to listen to :D
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