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    The Problem With Horror Today

    Not sure but I think this is best posted here.

    I was listening to a recent John Landis interview and he made a point that I've never considered before. The problem with movies (commonly horror movies) these days are not the mass amount remakes because if they're done correctly - everyone's happy.

    The problem is Studio bosses not taking risks. They play it too safe. They'll go with a remake because the name and the brand is already in the viewers mind. Why try to make a new horror icon and spend millions on it to bring it to the screen when people already know who Freddy and Jason are. The people with original ideas just are not getting the go ahead and the money.

    It makes sense these bosses have to make money but it's sad really.

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    Give the more splatter-minded directors a chance! Seriously, the mainstream drones think movies like "Saw" and "Hostel" are the epitome of gore and terror. They haven't seen anything!

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    The problem with horror today is that they need better music/scores for them

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN8lJNx0EPE

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shreds_of_Flesh View Post
    The problem with horror today is that they need better music/scores for them

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN8lJNx0EPE

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shreds_of_Flesh View Post
    Heck yeah.

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    People like earning money.

    People hate losing money.


    Especially 6+ figure amounts of money.

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    Quote Originally Posted by choptop2 View Post
    People like earning money.

    People hate losing money.


    Especially 6+ figure amounts of money.
    Just imagine all the great films that haven't been made because it was deemed too risky.

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    Landis makes a bunch of mixed genre pics that are ok but aren't overly impressive to me. His take is logical but there is more to it than that, I believe the general talent pool, and overall creativity has taken a hit regardless of those claims.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Highwayman View Post
    The problem is Studio bosses not taking risks. They play it too safe. They'll go with a remake because the name and the brand is already in the viewers mind. Why try to make a new horror icon and spend millions on it to bring it to the screen when people already know who Freddy and Jason are. The people with original ideas just are not getting the go ahead and the money.
    Does Landis think this is a major revelation or something?

    This has been said for years. People were saying the same thing when everyone was complaining about all the Scream knockoff's that were coming out. And I'm sure people were saying the same thing before that.

    Hollywood is a business, "unique" ideas are a finacial gamble, one that studios don't like to take. This is pretty common knowledge.

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    I would love to see some fresh faces in horror maybe a chic killer this time, or something. I can honestly say that I am getting a little tired with the remakes. I want new and exciting not old and done...
    Horror movies is like sex... If you keep doing the same crap over and over again it gets boring and the partner gets put into great once and will remember but you got to find something new.
    I think that is why I like zombies, the scare factors can always be changed up and rarely the same.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cataclysm vol.2 View Post
    Does Landis think this is a major revelation or something?

    This has been said for years. People were saying the same thing when everyone was complaining about all the Scream knockoff's that were coming out. And I'm sure people were saying the same thing before that.

    Hollywood is a business, "unique" ideas are a finacial gamble, one that studios don't like to take. This is pretty common knowledge.
    This "revelation" has been around for "X" amount of years - the point of the post was that I never looked at it that way before. It's a good point. I would imagine I'm not alone so I don't think it's common knowledge. Perhaps common knowledge for those who are involved in filmmaking and select movie buffs.

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    In Cata's defense it is blatantly obvious that cash and a pre-existing fan base were the driving factors in the remake craze. People on this board and everywhere else, have been saying it for years. I suspect this is only news to the truly inept and oblivious.

    Landis has simply become irrelevant and instead of complaining about the problem, he should use a small portion of his amassed wealth to produce "original" horror films, with new directors. But alas he would rather just repeat things the majority of people have known well for years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by steelba View Post
    People on this board and everywhere else, have been saying it for years. I suspect this is only news to the truly inept and oblivious.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Highwayman View Post
    Just imagine all the great films that haven't been made because it was deemed too risky.
    Well, it's hard to imagine all those films because they don't exist.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cmurdur View Post
    Well, it's hard to imagine all those films because they don't exist.
    The key word here is IMAGINE.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Highwayman View Post
    The key word here is IMAGINE.
    But, we don't know if there are any films with the potential to be great. They all could have sucked. Can't really put a number on that, so imagining it is pointless.

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    You're just not getting the "Imagine" part.

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