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Originally Posted by Doc Faustus
I think the question we need to ask is: "is franchise horror nostalgia a mental illness or just a crippling learning disability?" I don't miss repetitive sequels starring characters that are only moderately interesting. It really wasn't that cool to be able to rent the same damn movie with a different Roman numeral next to it. These are C+ films at best and it's a trend we benefit from having progressed beyond. Why is there no horror icon in the 2000s? Because this has been a sucky decade for the horror movie with very few exceptions. The only icons I'd like to recommend are Captain Spaulding and the Firefly family. They're recognizeable, people wear the costumes and people would see a third movie starring those characters even if it was completely inept. We need creativity and innovation to move ahead not rehashing formulas because we liked them when we were 12.
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I really have to agree. The 80's horror icons became icons on the basis of some really bad sequel films. The repetition made them pop culture staples, but not necessarily on the basis of really great horror. A lot of us let them look better in retrospect due to nostalgia, but
during the 80's everyone knew almost all of these films were terrible. They were cheap to make and made money so they got churned out. But that doesn't mean that they were good.