10-25-2008, 04:14 AM
Quote:I've been thinking about the resurgence of horror movies in the past several years. I remember them as being popular when I was growing up, in the "Jason and Freddie" years, but then they sort of went away for a while. I wonder how much of this has to do with the current political situation. There are enough scary things going on that people want to go and have their fears, and the relief, packaged in neat 2-hour segments. What do you guys think?
I think that the various horror remakes have been very good lately because the people doing the remakes have done them well. Let's face it, the old 80s Jason and Freddie movies were kinda terrible. Yeah, they had gore and screams and stuff, but they were always weak on the stuff that makes a movie good. The newest batch of horror remakes have good plots, good directing, good acting, and everything else that the good non-horror genre typically has.
Look at the really good horror remakes from the past few years. It's a pretty nice list.
-Texas Chainsaw Massacre
-The Hills Have Eyes
-Dawn of the Dead
-Halloween
The upcoming Friday the 13th remake looks like it might be really good too.