Do movies really need so much blood

[Mider1985]

I dont know when this whole splatter guts and blood trend started maybe with hostel? Thats when it started for me dont get me wrong i liked hostel but basically now that so many guys are doing these kinda tourture movies its basically giving them a license to say eh screw writing a credibal story that means anything to anyone and lets just get some poor kid and cut there toung off. I didnt really mind this shit till Seed came out? dead babies anyone? maybe a skinless dog? yeah man ok whoever made the movie seed basically all his movies are bad they say, but what he did in this movie was just plain screwed up. It was wrong on so many levels and you can say im a baby and blah blah blah man i dont give a flying Bleep what you think of me. If this is what the horror genre is coming to you all better start going to the woods (please dont do this im being sarcastic) get a video recorder and start running around and hope you make the next freaing blair witch cause thats the only good movies your gonna have for a long ass time if this trend of crap movies continues and continues and continues i mean stand up for yourselves guys im not trying to be mean what you gotta say to yourself is HEY HOLLYWOOD YOU NEED ME (US) WE DONT NEED YOU!

[koolmike]

Do movies (horror) need so much blood? No.

Examples of great horror movies with little to no blood:

Rosemary's Baby
Psycho
Night of the Living Dead (original)
Halloween (original)

Not all horror movies are the same. Some need the 100 gallons of fake blood. Nothing wrong with a good ole bloody horror flick.

[redmoon]

i don't think horror movies need gore and blood, but i also think it depens on what type of horror movie it is and how its ment to be played out some movies all the gore and stuff i think should be there simply based off what type of movie it was but then other movies are great without it it just depnds on the movie i think

[Tarantino]

Not really, it depends on the horror movie I guess. Usually, I find that when horror movies are awful, the last thing I can fall back on is the blood/gore... but I also hate gore for the sake of gore, there are a few exceptions though like Dead/Alive.

[Cataclysm]

I dont know when this whole splatter guts and blood trend started maybe with hostel?

You haven't seen very many horror movies, have you?

[steelba]

Yes they do & quit making all these threads :mad:

[Misfit]

cant we please start shutting down both zorro and milder's many many stupid threads and put a spam ban on them

[Slayer]

You haven't seen very many horror movies, have you?

hahaha Cata, I was about to say the same thing.

fucking noobs...

[Necromancer]

Horror movies don't need to be bloody or gory. The trend of blood and gore didn't start with Hostel it actually started decades ago. We can pretty much start with most of the films we have labled as GIALLO. I'm not saying giallo was exclusively bloody/ gory; there were other films as well of course they weren't very well funded since it wasn't as popular or accepted as it is today . Herschell Gordon Lewis comes to mind as being a sort of a pioneer in the blood/gore films; although they weren't good.

[3/6]

more blood/gore the better :D

[LadyFrankenstein]

Yes, horror movies need gore, not necessarily all of them though. I don't know about everyone else, but I go through phases with my films. Sometimes I want to see supernatural thrillers or ghost stories. Other times I feel like 80's slashers and ....and other times I feel like gore movies, the ones where I don't have to think very much and can enjoy the gross out gags and special effects. IMO Carpenter's The Thing is a fine example of a film that was both ultra gory yet well-made in having a great plot and fine acting; so it can be accomplished. But there's nothing wrong with gore movies. And they were around far longer than Hostel. You can trace gore films back to HG Lewis and Bloodfeast in 1963. It might be a growing trend now to have more gore in horror, but it doesn't bother me much. It's better than seeing a PG 13 Alien vs. Predator movie!

[woodenheart]

I think they don't need blood and gore...Like KM said. Just look at Night Of The Living Dead....that movies still chills me...but now..gimme..gimme all sorts of blood and gore......I need it......I want it.....I love it.

[FrighT MasteR]

Depends on the movie, but usually the answer is yes. :straightface2:

[UzumakiW]

Certain movies do, certain movies don't. Depends on what you're going for. (Anyone else notice this guy always writes his last sentence in caps? :die:)

And like Cata said, that statement you made about it starting with Hostel was way off :dsp:

By the way, you're pretty much preaching this crap to the wrong crowd.

[strtfghtr]

Yes, horror movies need gore, not necessarily all of them though. I don't know about everyone else, but I go through phases with my films. Sometimes I want to see supernatural thrillers or ghost stories. Other times I feel like 80's slashers and ....and other times I feel like gore movies, the ones where I don't have to think very much and can enjoy the gross out gags and special effects. IMO Carpenter's The Thing is a fine example of a film that was both ultra gory yet well-made in having a great plot and fine acting; so it can be accomplished. But there's nothing wrong with gore movies. And they were around far longer than Hostel. You can trace gore films back to HG Lewis and Bloodfeast in 1963. It might be a growing trend now to have more gore in horror, but it doesn't bother me much. It's better than seeing a PG 13 Alien vs. Predator movie!

best answer in the thread!!

:flowers:

[Shreds_of_Flesh]

in gore we trust :alienfu:

:readporn:

[jessflix]

I dont know when this whole splatter guts and blood trend started maybe with hostel? Thats when it started for me dont get me wrong i liked hostel but basically now that so many guys are doing these kinda tourture movies its basically giving them a license to say eh screw writing a credibal story that means anything to anyone and lets just get some poor kid and cut there toung off. I didnt really mind this shit till Seed came out? dead babies anyone? maybe a skinless dog? yeah man ok whoever made the movie seed basically all his movies are bad they say, but what he did in this movie was just plain screwed up. It was wrong on so many levels and you can say im a baby and blah blah blah man i dont give a flying Bleep what you think of me. If this is what the horror genre is coming to you all better start going to the woods (please dont do this im being sarcastic) get a video recorder and start running around and hope you make the next freaing blair witch cause thats the only good movies your gonna have for a long ass time if this trend of crap movies continues and continues and continues i mean stand up for yourselves guys im not trying to be mean what you gotta say to yourself is HEY HOLLYWOOD YOU NEED ME (US) WE DONT NEED YOU!

I need Hollywood.

[CagedFreak]

It's not just blood that makes a good horror film. You also need pus, vomit, piss, shit, semen, vaginal discharge, melted flesh, hacked off limbs, decaying rotten brains, squished eyeballs and at least 3 good explosions. Oh, and a plot (optional).

[satanocat]

i wont watch a movie unless i am guaranteed at leas one decapitation

[strtfghtr]

i wont watch a movie unless i am guaranteed at leas one decapitation

I have the same rule about weddings

[satanocat]

I have the same rule about weddings

wouldnt that be fantastic?

[BooBerry]

Blood is in horror movies because to a lot of people, it's a horrifying sight. I mean, it's never a good thing to bleed, so it's a natural fear filmmakers in the genre play on.

[Luris Blear]

People bleed when they die violently.

Personally, horror needs intensity. It can either come in theme, in visuals, or preferably both.

Night of the Living Dead was mentioned as a non-bloody film, but I promise the movie would not have been the same without shows of blood and gore. The intensity of the theme carried the narrative. The undead hive mind eating raw human flesh was the climax, and drove home how thoroughly frightening the repercussions could be.

Imagine those walking dead eating the barks off of the nearby trees instead.

Too much can be silly. Too little can give you the impression that the producers were either stupid or too scared of their own creation.

If someone is attacked or dies violently then blood is the tool used to complete the story.

[IKickAssForTheLord]

Blood! I want Blood!! I usually like gore in my movies. Hint That Dead Alive Is one of my favorite movies... You just have to go into movies in a certain way..

[KING]

Blood and gore starting with Hostel.. :lol2:

[woodenheart]

You haven't seen very many horror movies, have you?



:giggle:.....Cataclysm you rock!!

[txjeff07]

Yes, blood is beautiful

[choptop2]

whole splatter guts and blood trend started maybe with hostel?

You just kicked H.G. Lewis in the nuts.

Who does it feel to inflict pain on an old man's testicles? You Monster.

[grlxx]

do horror movies need to be bloody? it depends....personally, i like tons of gore, blood and violence. but as mentioned, there's plenty of movies that aren't so bloody and managed to pull that off.. plus it's a matter of opinion to whatever the hell floats your boat.

not to mention, there are one too many movies that are so lame, they use ridiculous amounts of gore to make up for the crappy script/plot/acting/movie entirely :negative:

[rotten_zombie]

it depends if were talking about horror movies if were are then yes. but if not then who cares about other movies:)
peace out

[Get Some]

yes

[Prince of Horror]

YES AND PLENTY OF IT:bigthumbup:


and who in their right mind wouldn't want gore in a horror movie.

[steelba]

Prince :mad:

[slimeisacharacter]

Blood/gore? Same catagory as nudity/sex.

Well used or moves the story along, yes.

Pointless, unnecessary scenes to fill in dead-air time, no.

Right tool for the job. Unnecessary blood/gore is like a hammer on a screw. It will get you through the job, but there are so many better ways to get the job done.

[C.H.U.D.]

(to the original poster): I'd hate to break it to you, but Hostel didn't start the blood and guts trend in horror.