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Originally Posted by sfear
Genres are like those big stretchy garbage bags (and NO!, I am not inferring genres, horror or otherwise, are garbage) into which all sorts of differently shaped objects can fit, creating awkward bulges without tearing.
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This pretty much sums up the reality of genres better than I could....
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Originally Posted by Sculpt
Well, I have to say, you have a very good reason there. You're right, Se7en is about the detectives, not John Doe. Psycho, was about the women who stole a bank roll, but then was switched to being about Norman Bates the killer. So yea, I could see that as a very reasonable dividing line.
Since you're pretty good at this, what would you say about these movies? Horror or not, and why?
Evil Dead 2
Yong Frankenstein
Shawn of the Dead
Pan's Labyrinth
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Evil Dead 2: Healthy doses of slapstick comedy where blood and gore replace the custard pies, but still at the heart of it, its a horror movie. The first movie is more serious in tone (Campbell pretty much plays it straight in the first movie or at least is more down the line).
Shawn of the Dead: It's about as much 'horror-comedy' as any film can be. It's a pastiche of the genre but is still rooted in horror, more specifically a zombie apocolypse. The zombies are as real and dangerous as Dawn of the Dead and the situation is just as bleak.
Pan's Labyrinth: Fantasy Drama with a big slice of horror? :confused: I think the tone and atmosphere are what helps it sit inside the horror genre without too many raised eyebrows, but its a fantasy drama first for sure.
All this shit is totally subjective and open to opinion and I wouldnt argue with anyone that disagrees, thats just my take on it.... As for Young Frankenstein? It's one of my favourite comedies but I'll let you decide whether it qualifies as a horror movie;
I only said all that so I had an excuse to post that video...