I would tend to self-identify as a geek, and I love science fiction, but while I like actual horror (suspense) movies, I hate “horror” movies (i.e. the slasher films that have mostly supplanted actual horror films in the desire to take the lowest common denominator’s money).
To put it more concretely, an actual horror movie would be something like (the original version of) The Thing, for example.
A “horror” movie would be crap like the Friday the 13th and Saw franchises.
Uh-huh. What constitutes “authenticity” in horror movies is kind of blurry for me though; say, I’m one of the very few people who like the critically panned 2002 film Ghost Ship a lot. It’s one of the few genuine hellfire-and-brimstone Puritan-flavoured stories you’re likely to see in modern days. (There’s also Drag Me To Hell)
I would tend to self-identify as a geek, and I love science fiction, but while I like actual horror (suspense) movies, I hate “horror” movies (i.e. the slasher films that have mostly supplanted actual horror films in the desire to take the lowest common denominator’s money).
To put it more concretely, an actual horror movie would be something like (the original version of) The Thing, for example.
A “horror” movie would be crap like the Friday the 13th and Saw franchises.
Uh-huh. What constitutes “authenticity” in horror movies is kind of blurry for me though; say, I’m one of the very few people who like the critically panned 2002 film Ghost Ship a lot. It’s one of the few genuine hellfire-and-brimstone Puritan-flavoured stories you’re likely to see in modern days. (There’s also Drag Me To Hell)