[Storm Wolf]

Originally Posted by KROW

I agree with him, as well. I go to see the latest horror-fest and wait for the shock when all I get is annoyed by the lack of terror. Basically, all horror movies do now to scare the bejesus out of you is have the soundtrack quiet, then create this loud noise with the violins or some other such instrument to jolt you. That's pretty lame. It's like walking down the hallway and having your little brother or sister leap out and scream like a kitten. You're startled for what, 2 seconds at the most? Then you run after your sibling and whack him/her with a pillow for 5 minutes.

The only thing I don't agree with is his views on Saw. To me, the Saw films weren't horror- or slasher-esque, but thriller/suspense films. Sure, there was gore and violence, but come on. Slashers are movies with a dude in a knife chasing after some waif that trips too much; horrors are mostly monsters or beings that don't exist that try to eat/kill/possess you.

But, I do think that R-rated films need more chutzpah and less menial tactics to really be classified (and justified) as R-rated.

I agree with that completely. I've felt for a long time, when sneaking into a R- rated movies as a young teen that the only thing that made it R rated was the cussing. Especially with the horror genre. What happen to all the R-rated horror movies? you ever noticed how they are all PG-13 now? Horror and slasher flicks were just meant to be R-rated.

I wanted to go to that horror fest they had in select theaters, but I had to work. KROW and I eventually rented them when they came out on DVD....after that I was glad I didn't spend the money in theaters. Only two or three of them were anything close to decent. At best they just made you want to take a nap. There wasn't even any intensity or gore at all. The better ones mainly just played on your fear of something or just made you think.