the sixth sence...horror or drama?

[Ritualistic]

Originally posted by moonsorrow
il have to dissagree, thriller and horror arnt the same, i mean in horror movies the killer is USUALY...please not usualy something un-natural, like jason back from the dead, freddy the dream demon or that thing from jeeper creepers.
thrillers tend to have people killing people.

but horror drama would be a fitting description for 6th sense...hey i learn something new every day.

He didnt say Thriller and Horror are the same.. He said that Thriller movies are more like "Basic Instint" ...

[slasherman]

Drama

...guess he has grown up....:p

[PR3SSUR3]

When they fall, they fall hard.

>snigger!<

[bwind22]

I can't believe how old that kid is already.

On topic, I'd say it's a suspense film involving a ghost story, but not a 'horror' movie. It's sort of annoying that people automatically lump this in with horror simply because it has ghosts in it, but don't give a second thought to the fact that they'd never even consider the film 'Ghost' as a horror movie. I'd say suspense.

[urgeok]

for my own personal filing system - i DO lump it in with horror because it is a ghost story.

mainly because i group horror with fantasy .. for sake of ease.
(sci-fi is next to horror and often the 2 blend together.

one other thing to consider .. we're pretty jaded now but believe me the mention of the word ghost - pre Casper times - would automatically be considered horrifying.

with the exception of Weathering Heights - which some consider to be a ghost story.

[Roderick Usher]

It's a supernatural thriller

Thriller is a tearm used to describe a film with frights AND a mystery.

Yes 6th sense has elements of drama, horror, even a bit of gallows humor, but it is a supernatural thriller through and through.

[urgeok]

really - other than for your own personal filing system formed in your brain - it really doesnt matter what it is ..

[novakru]

I think that scene where the boy sees people hanging from the rafters at his school pretty much says it all.

That scene, to this day, gives me the mega willies.

[urgeok]

i guess if you saw that up ahead there was a car accident and you were able to see the dead person walking away from it ...

you'd have to see at that time if you felt thrilled or horrified.

[alkytrio666]

Originally posted by ShamSham04
If you look at some DVD covers of the film, you'll see that it says...

#1 THRILLER OF ALL TIME!

...and your point? That's most likely a reviewer. On the back of Silence of the Lambs it says something like "The best thriller I've seen in years!". People always classify 'Lambs' as horror, but not The Sixth Sense. Why? Because of the PG-13 rating? I don't understand it.

The sixth Sense is about ghosts, it makes you jump. It's pretty scary.

It's horror.