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Most definitely man. Although it lurks in the back of our mind, we need constant reminders, and maybe it will force change.
It was also hurt by Roths homosexual undertones of being uncertain about one's sexuality. Other than that, Hostel sparked gore back into the genre and got interest off the crappy asian remakes.
More like, we should line up and give them a good slap. The "R" ratings those flicks receive are for language, cinematic violence, and precious little blood (if we're lucky, some boobs.)
Prior to the F13th remake, the only PD film I felt did any justice to the original was The Hitcher. It made up for that horrible intro (and missing Rutger Hauer :unhappy With a great NIN sequence and a revamped semi scene.
However, Strt has a really great point as well. Examples of NOTLD, Exorcist, NOES, and so on and so forth, are genre defining films, once they became the boogie men and bumps in the night, they were quickly developed into sequel schlock to make a quick buck. Oh boy, were the 90's watered down! On one side though, through the mediocrity of crappy slashers that were releassed (UL, IKWYDLS, H2O, you get the drift) they did at least introduce the genre to a younger audience, who are now in their 20's.
What our beloved genre needs is to wake up to the fact that we need a new boogie man, or good ideas should not be produced poorly/cranked out and put through the Weinstein grinder. Couple this with the sound effects people like Aja (and RZ & PD are finally starting to pick up on) include to raise the tension in a film, and then hopefully, we can move back into the direction of originality.