Spin @ 13/6/2018 20:09

With all the talk of sharks making movies horror films, why hasn't anyone mentioned the scariest shark horror movie yet? Sharknado

Which one?

Ahoda @ 12/6/2018 16:49

vladykins @ 12/6/2018 16:45 Ahoda @ 11/6/2018 10:51 Christian @ 10/6/2018 21:07 Christian @ 10/6/2018 20:42 Ahoda @ 8/6/2018 13:50 I always thought it was horror. What about it makes it that way? the movie scares me. So it's horror to me. You could argue it's more thriller/suspense but from what I remember it was more of a horror genre. Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka scares the fuck out of me, because he looks like a pedo Michael Jackson clone. That does not make the movie a horror movie. If it makes horrified it is a horror movie to you

Nope- it is intention. If Tim Burton's intention was to make people afraid of MJ-lookalike pedos, then it would be a horror movie. But that was not the point of the film. A horror film is specifically designed to draw out and exacerbate fear and dread around a particular object, situation, or issue. So something like The Day After is a horror film in that the fear of a nuclear war becomes palpable. Or Nightmare on Elm Street makes you believe that there could be a monstrous ghost out there that can kill you through your dreams. These were the points of the movies- bringing out that dread. Zombie movies like 28 Days Later? Horror- because the point is to make you feel it *could* happen and you should be afraid.

That's why Jurassic Park is more of a thriller (sci fi thriller at that) than a horror film, because the point is warning about unconsidered science (Goldblum even sums up the entire point of the movie with "We spend so much time seeing if we can instead of thinking about whether we should"). The point of the film isn't to make you afraid of dinosaurs or to make you afraid that dinosaurs might be made, but instead to warn about science without conscience.

Curtis @ 13/6/2018 16:51

Ahoda @ 13/6/2018 17:33 Is the 3 Vlady, primate, and spin? JJ. Despite Vlady’s terrible points earlier I still think he knows Jaws is a horror movie. But who knows with that guy

I totally said Jaws is a horror movie. The entire concept of the movie is designed to produce a fear of sharks and going in the water.

Vance @ 13/6/2018 18:57

I can't believe there was an argument that Alien isn't horror. All of these thoughts were so innovative they needed their own post.

Alien is also sci fi thriller. Otherwise Predator is a horror movie too and I think that is fucking hilarious if so.

For those noting that Alien is listed on Wikipedia as a "sci fi horror" film, then explain why other lists Species as a sci fi thriller instead?

Sugarboogerz @ 13/6/2018 15:56

Is this the new Kevin Spacey thread?

I've already mentioned Michael Jackson being a pedo so the answer is clearly "Yes".

vladykins @ 15/6/2018 12:23

Curtis @ 13/6/2018 16:51 Ahoda @ 13/6/2018 17:33 Is the 3 Vlady, primate, and spin? JJ. Despite Vlady’s terrible points earlier I still think he knows Jaws is a horror movie. But who knows with that guy I totally said Jaws is a horror movie. The entire concept of the movie is designed to produce a fear of sharks and going in the water.

Good boy

And I don't think anyone will argue that Jaws-3D wasn't a horrible movie.

Jaws 4 features a shark that follows the family all the way to the Caribbean for revenge. The MOST horror movie

Jaws 86 had a shark that ruined a family by stealing their identity and then using their accounts to buy bitcoin.

vladykins @ 15/6/2018 11:46

Jaws 86 had a shark that ruined a family by stealing their identity and then using their accounts to buy bitcoin.

definitely a horror

Ahoda @ 15/6/2018 12:47

vladykins @ 15/6/2018 11:46 Jaws 86 had a shark that ruined a family by stealing their identity and then using their accounts to buy bitcoin. definitely a horror

for the shark