#it’s 5am idk if this makes sense but whatevs here u go LMAO

[kitty4president]

Your horror film opinions, spill them.

so children today we’re going to talk about the use of gore in the horror genre of film & why it should be credited as one of the main reasons for the decline in quality of horror movies in the 2000s-to-early-2010s 🐱🔪

it’s often debated that horror movies were at their peak in the 70s & i can def see why, but i think a notable reason as to why that would be is that audiences weren’t as used to seeing more graphic stuff thats become more expected of the genre nowadays. one of my personal ideas i consider when discussing horror is that theres a split between the concept of the media itself (story, ideas, tone, the actual driving force behind a movie) & the overall use of blood/gore & other carnal oddities. the best way i find to describe this concept in practice is to use the first two texas chainsaw movies, both are enjoyable movies but are notably very different from each other in that they tip these scales in complete opposite directions from each other (the first being very realist & darker in tone while also not actually being very graphic, whereas the second is MUCH bloodier overall but also going for a much more dark-comedy type experience).

with this idea in mind, looking back at the 70s being considered horror’s golden age is a lot more understandable, since horror movies back then couldn’t rely on graphic gore to find their audiences due to much harsher content laws surrounding it (hell re-animator in the 80s was literally made to be as graphic as possible on purpose & is STILL much tamer gore-wise than most modern horrors), thus would’ve had to really push their core film concepts in order to achieve notability. TCM1 again is the perfect example of this as it’s horror & overall influence on the genre as a whole is very much based on the dread & helplessness captured in the movie over actual graphic content, yet is considered one of the most shocking films of that time period. Alien, while MUCH heavier on gore, is another example as its horror is based on isolation & the unknown, with it’s graphic scenes being present to aid those themes instead of just being there for shock.

here’s where the 2000s become relevant, as horror around that era became almost ALL shock. it’s where you have stuff like the saw series & wrong turn & all those saw-inspired teen horrors that ppl don’t remember, as well as a shitload of remakes & reboots & all that. i dont know for sure what started it exactly, but the overall balance of concept vs carnality suddenly dipped very much into the latter territory with not much going into the former. (saw being listed here might seem like kind of like im gonna be like TORTURE PORN BAD & thats not what im trying to get at here, especially with the series being as iconic as it is. the issue is that no one who’s a fan of that series actually takes it seriously with the overall plot being what it is & thus why it fits here lmao)

the remakes that came out around then are also a prime example (& even main talking point) of the content vs carnage scale. the 2003 TCM reboot is one that i could cite here as well as the black christmas remakes, but a much better & less-considered example would be the difference between the original 1981 version of My Bloody Valentine (a film that was HEAVILY censored upon release & only started getting its cut content restored over 20yrs later) & it’s 2009 remake MBV 3D. the ‘81 version being as gutted as it was back during release with a lot of it’s main kill scenes being cut completely being turned into a movie where the gore is in 3D BABEY!!!! with pretty much nothing going for it outside of that with the story being as nonsense as it is pretty much sets both movies apart as being night & day in terms of the quality of horror during both eras.

considering this though, i could also argue that this is also a big reason why horror films recently have seen a steady incline in quality, since a lot of more recent films in the genre put a big focus on original ideas & concepts, as well as utilizing graphic content to help drive those concepts along instead of just arbitrarily being there. even the aforementioned saw series seems to be trying new things with spiral from what ive heard (cant confirm since i haven’t seen it myself & it’s not a series i particularly rush to see myself but yget it lmao).

so yea basically what im sayin is gore def has its place in horror but it shouldn’t be like, the only thing going for it for a movie to still be enjoyable ya kno! da end ty for reading xoxoxo

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