Horror is pretty big in Hollywood right now. It's easy money. Horror flicks can be made relatively cheaply and in most cases will make money. This is good for me as an aspiring horror film maker.
Unfortunately, we've entered an era of endless remakes. Which necessarily, isn't a bad thing. I'm not entirely against the idea of remaking movies...I'm just against the idea of remaking them poorly... I.E. Black Christmas. If you can't expand upon or improve upon the original product, why mess with it? Black Christmas is a pretty scary movie. This is back before Halloween was even released if I am not mistaken. It is damn creepy. The remake turned the film into another mindless teenage slasher.
On the block for remakes? Halloween (at the hands of Rob Zombie...not sure if this is good or bad) Friday The 13th, Hellraiser (with clive barker so this is a good one!), The Birds, and Prom Night to name a few.
It's scary, parden the pun, that the majority of horror movies coming out are remakes. At least the ones getting the most press. We need more original horror movies! There is no shortage of aspiring writers out there who have some great ideas for horror movies. Hollywood just needs to tap the source and take their hands off the archives.
Leave Friday the 13th and the rest of the classics alone. If you want to remake something, remake Night of the Demons and let Alex Aja have the job.
Give us something worthwhile, Hollywood. I know this is a tall order nowadays, but it is certainly possible.
Kevin Smith has a horror flick coming out soon. I wonder how that will be? I'm hoping it isnt a goreporn movie ala Hostel. Those are the next trend that needs to go. The Saw series, which granted seem to get better as they go along, would be better without all the gore I think. Sure a certain amount is necessary for some movies but buckets worth? Eh...not so much.
A horror movie is does not become better or scarier the more gore you include in it. It becomes a parady. A joke.
Sometimes the scariest things are the things you don't see.
I have faith in Hollywood. I believe as time goes on, that more original horror films will start to pop up. As long as we movie goers support them, we'll get more.
So this year keep an eye out for small horror films, perfect example Hatchet. (www.hatchetmovie.com/)
Stay loyal to the good stuff and we'll get more of it.
till next time kids.
which is why I'm a fan of Japanese horror. It's almost all tension and little to no gore.
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