Things you are tired of in the horror genre.

[Haifisch]

I just realized, when I said "Strangers" I meant Intruders.
Which is another thing I'm getting tired of - generic titles that all sound the same. Particularly those with titles that have already been taken. I recently saw The Cottage, and when I recommend it to people I need to specify that it's a British slasher film and not the Arquette thriller. And then there's the fact that Disney just stole the title from Frozen. I wish people who make these movies could think of more creative titles that will catch people's attention, names like The Rats in the Walls or John Dies at the End.

[Regansvomit]

Seeing beautiful people regardless of their age. I want to see normal looking people that I can relate to. I want them to come across as intelligent.

Films are too predictable and too filtered now. I want the religious and political world to be in an uproar when a new film is released.

We need less music. When there is silence aside from the ambience of the seen, the viewer can use their own imagination better.

[LongingLoner]

Originally Posted by Regansvomit

Seeing beautiful people regardless of their age. I want to see normal looking people that I can relate to. I want them to come across as intelligent.

Films are too predictable and too filtered now. I want the religious and political world to be in an uproar when a new film is released.

We need less music. When there is silence aside from the ambience of the seen, the viewer can use their own imagination better.

I will second this. Put an average looking middle-class family in a film say surrounding a house, building, or even the forest, and use scores lightly ! Add more silence to the suspense scenes .

[Ferox13]

Originally Posted by Regansvomit

Seeing beautiful people regardless of their age. I want to see normal looking people that I can relate to. I want them to come across as intelligent.
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You need to hang out with better looking people.

[Ice Pik]

Originally Posted by HorrorJ

Torture porn
Excessive nudity/sex
"Dumb" victims
Movies that have too many sequels

Kinda hit the nail on the head.

Rob Zombie's films are like that. I like the story on the Halloween remake but half way through the movie I was sitting there going another nude scene.
I think like 90% of my favorite horror films have no nudity.

but i guess if there wasn't dumb victims there would be no horror films.
horror film - holy shit there's a monster in that room, let me get a better look
Real life - Holy shit there's a monster in that room, I'm getting the hell out of here!

[ImmortalSlasher]

Originally Posted by MichaelMyers

re-makes...

Yeah, 99% of them aren't good at all.

[Ferox13]

Originally Posted by Ice Pik

Kinda hit the nail on the head.

Rob Zombie's films are like that. I like the story on the Halloween remake but half way through the movie I was sitting there going another nude scene.
I think like 90% of my favorite horror films have no nudity.

but i guess if there wasn't dumb victims there would be no horror films.
horror film - holy shit there's a monster in that room, let me get a better look
Real life - Holy shit there's a monster in that room, I'm getting the hell out of here!

Ok. first off what is 'Torture porn' ? Do you mean insex or some other BDSM stuff? Is this bad?

I can't see how you can't think RZ's first 2 film are outstanding. He created a bunch of amazing characters and dialogue that we will be quoting for years.
I do think his films have faults but with regard to the 2 I mention they their weak points are neglect able to the over all product.

[Kandarian Demon]

Originally Posted by Ice Pik

but i guess if there wasn't dumb victims there would be no horror films.
horror film - holy shit there's a monster in that room, let me get a better look
Real life - Holy shit there's a monster in that room, I'm getting the hell out of here!

Actually, I can tell you from personal experience that that's not true :D

Maaany years ago, when I was a teenager, I was heading for the bathroom... and when I began to open the door, I heard a loud growl . My mother heard it too... her reaction was to grab a huge kitchen knife and open the bathroom door...

Of course, there were no monsters in there... it was a piece of plastic stuck under the door that was scraping against the stone floor :D :D :D

Your house/home is something you need to protect... it's where you sleep, where you're supposed to be safe. It's where all your possessions are. You probably have a job nearby. You can't just leave it all behind. In the case of "haunted house" movies, I think it's a natural instinct to say "there's something on my house, I need to protect it!".

[Ice Pik]

I think House of a 1,000 corpse was good, Devils rejects was ehhh, The first Halloween was good if it wasn't for all of the nude and just pointless scenes, the second one was kinda like ummm...wtf happened? and Lords of Salem was a waste of time.

Ehhh idk. his movies start good and grab you but half way through it seems like it's just fillers. He can build the suspense and bring the plot to life just can't execute it.


American Haunting (which I watched earlier) made me think of the my comment after I posted. Little girl appears out of no where and grabs the soccer ball and the other girl runs after her as she vanishing and reappearing.

Also I was in my house one time when I was like 13 by myself and all of a sudden dresser handles started chingling and a door shut, I grabbed a knife and ran to the front door and stood in the door way. If a monster comes out at me, I want a back up plan...lol.
You're right though, I go investigate every noise I hear now even in times when I'm like if there was someone with a knife I would of died coming around that corner.

[MichaelMyers]

Originally Posted by Ice Pik

Also I was in my house one time when I was like 13 by myself and all of a sudden dresser handles started chingling and a door shut, I grabbed a knife and ran to the front door and stood in the door way. If a monster comes out at me, I want a back up plan...lol.
You're right though, I go investigate every noise I hear now even in times when I'm like if there was someone with a knife I would of died coming around that corner.

Well what about this: you are sitting in a room and hear a strange noise coming from directly OUTside your house. Do you investigate.