What's With Horror Becoming So Torture Based?

[walkertexasdruid]

I wish they made more movies like What Lies Beneath or The Others. Both were slow paced, both had minimal violence, but they presented a very creepy atmosphere that continued to build up an overwhelming sense of dread by the end of the movies.

[Torque]

That is all.

[Seil]

Eh, I put Alien under sci-fi instead of horror. There's a difference.

Originally Posted by InsaneDumbDumbMcPooHead

I liked Saw. I don't see why people label it as horror either. To me it was always more of a thriller. I also don't see all the gruesome violence people bitch about. Sure, there is some of that, but probably much less than in those totally rad 80s flicks about Knifedude chasing Straight W. Male, Nerdy McNerd, Chick von Love-Interest and Blacky Quotameeter. I also may have been de-sensitized by the immoral plague that is video games.

Shit, this is where everyone finds out I haven't seen very many of those movies people consider classics.

Except that none of the movies I listed in the OP - Halloween, Chucky, The Exorcist - really have any stereotypes. You can't really even call Regan, the possessed little girl a stereotype because she was the original possessed little girl. She's what - in North America at least - made it popular.

[A Zarkin' Frood]

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It's not Sci-Fi just because it's set in space. In my book Alien is a horror movie, but in space. Sci-Fi and Horror aren't exactly mutually exclusive either, though. So I'm not saying there are zero Sci-Fi elements in Alien.

EDIT: Good job subtly changing my name in your quote. It's so subtle I almost didn't notice, even though it's a little longer.

[Torque]

Originally Posted by InsaneGenius

It's not Sci-Fi just because it's set in space. In my book Alien is a horror movie, but in space. Sci-Fi and Horror aren't exactly mutually exclusive either, though. So I'm not saying there are zero Sci-Fi elements in Alien.
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[Magus]

Basically the level of skill, ability, taste and quality in creating a horror-themed media product which still has large amounts of gore would be something like

Hannibal the novel>Hannibal the movie>Something around 200 horror movies>Saw II>Saw II: The Video Game.

Also if you want a video game that is like "huge amounts of gore but also pretty scary or at least nerve-wracking" it would make more sense to play Manhunt which excelled at that (wasn't too horrible on the gameplay front, either).

EDIT:

Alien is a horror movie, the only question left is, which is better, Alien or The Thing?

I say Alien because it holds its cards way closer to the chest, if you ask me.