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Aug 5 08 8:57 PM
Mongo wrote: I think it is rather an unfortunate state of affairs that modern horror movies have to be tailor made to attract a segment of the teen population that revel in gory special effects and consider the classics lame. For if this movie is to succeed and attain classic status, the majority of people will have to leave the theater with the vision and impression of the main character in their mind. If all they are going to remember and talk about will be the gore and violence then the movie may succeed on a level that puts it on a par with the latest Hollywood gore fest, and quickly forgotten. I firmly believe that the best horror films were the ones with implied violence, not the ones that hit you in the face with it. It's a shame that some of the youth of today don't, can't, or refuse to realize that this is what made the original Wolf man a Classic.
I think it is rather an unfortunate state of affairs that modern horror movies have to be tailor made to attract a segment of the teen population that revel in gory special effects and consider the classics lame. For if this movie is to succeed and attain classic status, the majority of people will have to leave the theater with the vision and impression of the main character in their mind. If all they are going to remember and talk about will be the gore and violence then the movie may succeed on a level that puts it on a par with the latest Hollywood gore fest, and quickly forgotten. I firmly believe that the best horror films were the ones with implied violence, not the ones that hit you in the face with it. It's a shame that some of the youth of today don't, can't, or refuse to realize that this is what made the original Wolf man a Classic.
My take on this:
Today's youth is force-fed gratuitous gore by unimaginative film makers and distributors who realize that gratuitous gore is a lowest common denominator that appeals to immature people in the same way that pornography does.
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