Not a big horror fan, personally. I like the ones that are a bit more tongue in cheek, horror/comedy. Tucker and Dale vs Evil, or Slither, for example. Tucker and Dale is a fun subversion, where the "hillbillies" are the good guys, against the retarded college kids. And Slither is just a fucking good movie. Scream is fun too.
Sleepy Hollow is probably the closest to traditional horror, of the top of my head. 90's Johnny Depp/Tim Burton. Cinema. Might watch it tonight, now that I think of it.
There are a few others, but they're not popping into my head at the moment. But, yeah, I'm the wrong guy to ask when it comes to horror anyway.
Damn, I forgot about Tucker and Dale. Maybe I should have mentioned that as my favorite scary movie of the '10s.
We need more movies portraying retarded college kids and urbanites as evil horrific monsters and murderers. It's a better reflection of reality than the hordes of movies about evil rural people that Hollywood has produced.
It's a better reflection of reality than the hordes of movies about evil rural people that Hollywood has produced.
Right?
Not saying the rurals are always the good guys, but it's amazing the people with the stereotype of 'leave me to mine' are somehow the bad guys. I'm more likely to have something in common with them than the college kids.
Its the culmination of the liberalization of media. Rurals are constantly shown to be uneducated, racist, and traditional in all their values in the media. This is the most terrifying thing possible to a soft Leftie urban bug, someone who not only rejects their political pedestal but also is immune to their shaming tactics to get them into line.
As such, these "hicks" can be assigned every negative trait under the sun for any horror you want. Want them to be cannibals? Texas Chainsaw got you covered. Gay rapists? Deliverance got it. Literally deformed demons? Wrong Turn is here!
What the Southerners/Rurals/Hillbillies actually are or believe is irrelevant. What's important is the Lefties consider them subhuman, so bad writers can just slap random evil on them and no one will raise an eyebrow about it.
It also serves to propagandize to the masses that the cities they live in are much better and safer than that horrid countryside. That they're not covered in filth and disease, that they're not populated with crazed killers who would sooner shoot or stab you as look at you, and that you won't disappear forever if you so much as step into the wrong place. No, it's the COUNTRY that's like that, stay away from there! And don't question why the cities have all those problems in exponentially greater numbers or why no one's doing anything about them.
I have similar feelings on the genre. I guess I just can’t suspend my disbelief enough to ever find them scary, so I also gravitate to cheesy or funny "horror" movies.
I will add Army of Darkness and Gremlins to your list. And Jason X has always been a guilty pleasure.
Edit: The Frighteners is another one I just remembered liking quite a bit too.
Yup, Army of Darkness is fun. I will say, controversial opinion, I think it's overrated. But, considering it's very highly regarded, "overrated" still means it's a good series.
Its one of those movies that every good line has been quoted and referenced into the ground, likely before you even knew where it was from. So it can never actually be as good as it was to watch back in the day or as a youngin who didn't have the time to here all of that.
Not a big horror fan, personally. I like the ones that are a bit more tongue in cheek, horror/comedy. Tucker and Dale vs Evil, or Slither, for example. Tucker and Dale is a fun subversion, where the "hillbillies" are the good guys, against the retarded college kids. And Slither is just a fucking good movie. Scream is fun too.
Sleepy Hollow is probably the closest to traditional horror, of the top of my head. 90's Johnny Depp/Tim Burton. Cinema. Might watch it tonight, now that I think of it.
There are a few others, but they're not popping into my head at the moment. But, yeah, I'm the wrong guy to ask when it comes to horror anyway.
Anyway, HAPPY HALLOWEEN, guys!
Damn, I forgot about Tucker and Dale. Maybe I should have mentioned that as my favorite scary movie of the '10s.
We need more movies portraying retarded college kids and urbanites as evil horrific monsters and murderers. It's a better reflection of reality than the hordes of movies about evil rural people that Hollywood has produced.
Right?
Not saying the rurals are always the good guys, but it's amazing the people with the stereotype of 'leave me to mine' are somehow the bad guys. I'm more likely to have something in common with them than the college kids.
The scariest place I can think of is public transportation.
True and real.
The true real life version of Midnight Meat Train.
Its the culmination of the liberalization of media. Rurals are constantly shown to be uneducated, racist, and traditional in all their values in the media. This is the most terrifying thing possible to a soft Leftie urban bug, someone who not only rejects their political pedestal but also is immune to their shaming tactics to get them into line.
As such, these "hicks" can be assigned every negative trait under the sun for any horror you want. Want them to be cannibals? Texas Chainsaw got you covered. Gay rapists? Deliverance got it. Literally deformed demons? Wrong Turn is here!
What the Southerners/Rurals/Hillbillies actually are or believe is irrelevant. What's important is the Lefties consider them subhuman, so bad writers can just slap random evil on them and no one will raise an eyebrow about it.
It also serves to propagandize to the masses that the cities they live in are much better and safer than that horrid countryside. That they're not covered in filth and disease, that they're not populated with crazed killers who would sooner shoot or stab you as look at you, and that you won't disappear forever if you so much as step into the wrong place. No, it's the COUNTRY that's like that, stay away from there! And don't question why the cities have all those problems in exponentially greater numbers or why no one's doing anything about them.
I have similar feelings on the genre. I guess I just can’t suspend my disbelief enough to ever find them scary, so I also gravitate to cheesy or funny "horror" movies.
I will add Army of Darkness and Gremlins to your list. And Jason X has always been a guilty pleasure.
Edit: The Frighteners is another one I just remembered liking quite a bit too.
Yup, Army of Darkness is fun. I will say, controversial opinion, I think it's overrated. But, considering it's very highly regarded, "overrated" still means it's a good series.
Its one of those movies that every good line has been quoted and referenced into the ground, likely before you even knew where it was from. So it can never actually be as good as it was to watch back in the day or as a youngin who didn't have the time to here all of that.