2008 Woodie Awards
Oh, the horror!
Horror films are becoming horrible
Signpost Staff
Issue date: 10/31/08 Section: Editorial
Why is it that around October of every year, everybody wants to get their pants scared off of them? We actually pay money to go watch terrible horror flicks, all while trying to scare ourselves silly.
Why do we do it? Why do we sit and watch bad actors scream at the unforeseen zombies, or aliens, or ghosts? Are our lives really so boring that we have to watch gruesome scenes of people killing one another?
The worst part about horror films, besides the sub-par actors, is the fact that no character has an ounce of intelligence.
For instance, in the recent theatrical release "Quarantine," once the people in the apartment complex realize zombie-like bodies are chasing after them trying to eat their faces off, they decide to sit together in the lobby of the apartment complex.
Great idea. Let's all sit together in a big group where they KNOW WHERE WE ARE, and just wait to be eaten. Once they realize that is not the best idea (duh), they all run upstairs to various rooms to try and stay safe.
Of course, someone has to stand next to the GLASS door, where on the other side, a zombie is being held. Was it any surprise that the zombie can see him, breaks the window and bites his neck? No. You almost want him to die because he is acting so foolishly.
What would be good to see is a horror movie when someone actually makes intelligent decisions and are smart about getting out alive and defeating the alien/zombie/ghost/killer.
But, perhaps, if everyone in the movie were intelligent, it would make it difficult to have a good movie. Someone has to act like the sacrificial lamb and be the first to die, but do they have to die while being incredibly stupid?
Don't even get started on teen promiscuity. Especially in horror films from the late 1990s like "I Know What You Did Last Summer;" when kids do dumb things, they get killed. If you see a teenager drinking beer with their friends, or trying to "get some" from a hot lady, you know what's coming. They're dead.
Why do we do it? Why do we sit and watch bad actors scream at the unforeseen zombies, or aliens, or ghosts? Are our lives really so boring that we have to watch gruesome scenes of people killing one another?
The worst part about horror films, besides the sub-par actors, is the fact that no character has an ounce of intelligence.
For instance, in the recent theatrical release "Quarantine," once the people in the apartment complex realize zombie-like bodies are chasing after them trying to eat their faces off, they decide to sit together in the lobby of the apartment complex.
Great idea. Let's all sit together in a big group where they KNOW WHERE WE ARE, and just wait to be eaten. Once they realize that is not the best idea (duh), they all run upstairs to various rooms to try and stay safe.
Of course, someone has to stand next to the GLASS door, where on the other side, a zombie is being held. Was it any surprise that the zombie can see him, breaks the window and bites his neck? No. You almost want him to die because he is acting so foolishly.
What would be good to see is a horror movie when someone actually makes intelligent decisions and are smart about getting out alive and defeating the alien/zombie/ghost/killer.
But, perhaps, if everyone in the movie were intelligent, it would make it difficult to have a good movie. Someone has to act like the sacrificial lamb and be the first to die, but do they have to die while being incredibly stupid?
Don't even get started on teen promiscuity. Especially in horror films from the late 1990s like "I Know What You Did Last Summer;" when kids do dumb things, they get killed. If you see a teenager drinking beer with their friends, or trying to "get some" from a hot lady, you know what's coming. They're dead.
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Brian
posted 10/31/08 @ 2:05 PM MST
I agree, film makers are either lazy or out of ideas. I love scary movies but I always find myself watching old classics. While most are not scary, at least they are funny. (Continued…)
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