thread: 2010-11-03 : Horror Flick Pies
On 2010-11-04, Vincent wrote:
RobJustice: The new one.
Steve: Yes! I did. The slide labeled "function of horror" is all about the cool thing I learned. I'm going to talk more about it soon.
In all the horror flicks I watched, I don't recall a single pie.
Jesse: Sure. Moral disgust = you take what you don't like, and you cast it as a horror. It's cheap and lazy. It's like, "genetic manipulation is morally disgusting! In my movie, genetic manipulation creates a monster!" or "I'm scared of sexy women! In my movie, the succubus sorceress takes away your free will!" or "global warming is terrible! In my movie, global warming wakes up the prehistoric parasite-bug terror!"
Horror for thrills = the horrific elements provide the movie's tension, they don't pronounce judgment. "In my movie, extradimensional monsters are killing everything. How will the guy keep his son safe?" It can be pretty contrived, but it isn't always, and either way it's not just a cheap way to make your audience hate and fear the thing you hate and fear.
