Quote:
Originally Posted by Sculpt
As far as Se7en goes... how can one say Psycho is a horror film, but Se7en isn't? (If you think this, I really would find your reasoning interesting to read.) They both deal with a crazy serial killer. Both are filled with what I would call horror.
|
Well, of course, its a personal opinion and I don't want to get drawn too far down the rabbit hole because everyone has to draw their own line. That said, the fact that it has horror elements no more qualify it as a horror than Casper, theres a ghost and a haunted mansion, right? Horror elements don't make a horror movie.
Seven follows a very obvious crime drama/ thriller structure and throws in a few elements of horror to disturb the audiance, but for me that isnt enough. Its about the detectives, their drives, their lives their ability to uncover a crime. We are following those guys on a journey as they try to keep pace with a criminal mastermind. That's a crime drama, not a horror movie. Now, if you switch the focus to Spacey and make a movie that follows his motivations, his actions, his crimes (Think Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer) then you are starting to bridge the gap to horror.
It's largely a gut feeling and instinct for me rather than some set of rules I refer to and all the above probably happens in movies I would happily class as horror. But for me, Seven really doesnt 'deal with a crazy serial killer' in the same way Psycho does.