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[QUOTE=Voltron;1851234]I like horror! I'm not as well versed as you guys seem to be.
My favorites depend on what it is we're going for.
If it's actually scary, then I go with The Exorcist or Alien.
If it's just fun, then Friday the 13th series is what I'll sit through.
If it's deep, then the original Godzilla.
Other than that, I just like the camp.
Funny you should mention! I had a horror lit class and the professor brought this up. He said that as a series wears on, the monster (or bad guy) becomes the central focus, and thus the hero by default.
Watching the first entry in a popular series, the monster is typically played straight. As time goes on, the monster becomes less a threat and more a spectacle. Freddy develops his trademark snark. Jason Vorhees starts getting more creative with his deaths.
I think that a lot of lesser attempts at horror films use this as inspiration. They imitate the later entries in a popular series.[/QUOTE]
That's a really good point, Voltron. It's one of the reasons why horror today, largely lacks originality. There are some newer hidden gems, like a movie called Summer of '84 , it's a lot like a proto-slasher but feels very much like something to come out of the 80's too. But mostly these days if you want good stuff you have to go back nearly 30 years.
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