Curl_Up&Dye
#1- A TIE IN HORROR:
Wes Craven: best known for bloody killer movies and remade classics with more gore. These movies are good for a night with some buddies who like to be scared, well more like startled.
Alfred Hitchcock: Defined the genre as we know it. Although, watching some of the films now, some people might not be able to appreciate the simplistic elements of pure human terror that Hitchcock used in his movies. All the movies were based on various human emotions being tested in extreme situations, which played off of the phobias and deep fears that exist in every human being.
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#2--M. Night Shamalayan- intense dramatic and spooky movies (Unbreakable, 6th Sense). Best known for the use of hidden clues and messages through consistant symbolism. Aka, the color red in the 6th sense and bright colors in Unbreakable symbolize intense emotions or climatic elements in the plot or subplot.
MOST DISAPPOINTING HORROR DIRECTOR:
#1- Rob Zombie- I waited for the year where they would release House of 1000 Corpses, religiously counting down the days, scouring the internet for more details about the movie. I had my hopes crushed after every cancelled release date, and had my confidence in Zombie lifted when he found new studio supporters and a new date. I was basically the equivalent of a Red Soxs fan, only for House of 1000 Corpses..."This is the year!!!". I waited for 5 years.
It was 5 years of wasted anticipation. I guess after all the hoopla that followed Zombie on his path through spineless producers and studios built up my expectations. After everything I had read about H1C, I really expected to be frightened beyond the repair of therapy, and sent home from the movies puking from the gore. Rob Zombie has let me down, both as a writer and a director. I was really expecting more from the dark lord of the undead.
Wes Craven: best known for bloody killer movies and remade classics with more gore. These movies are good for a night with some buddies who like to be scared, well more like startled.
Alfred Hitchcock: Defined the genre as we know it. Although, watching some of the films now, some people might not be able to appreciate the simplistic elements of pure human terror that Hitchcock used in his movies. All the movies were based on various human emotions being tested in extreme situations, which played off of the phobias and deep fears that exist in every human being.
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#2--M. Night Shamalayan- intense dramatic and spooky movies (Unbreakable, 6th Sense). Best known for the use of hidden clues and messages through consistant symbolism. Aka, the color red in the 6th sense and bright colors in Unbreakable symbolize intense emotions or climatic elements in the plot or subplot.
MOST DISAPPOINTING HORROR DIRECTOR:
#1- Rob Zombie- I waited for the year where they would release House of 1000 Corpses, religiously counting down the days, scouring the internet for more details about the movie. I had my hopes crushed after every cancelled release date, and had my confidence in Zombie lifted when he found new studio supporters and a new date. I was basically the equivalent of a Red Soxs fan, only for House of 1000 Corpses..."This is the year!!!". I waited for 5 years.
It was 5 years of wasted anticipation. I guess after all the hoopla that followed Zombie on his path through spineless producers and studios built up my expectations. After everything I had read about H1C, I really expected to be frightened beyond the repair of therapy, and sent home from the movies puking from the gore. Rob Zombie has let me down, both as a writer and a director. I was really expecting more from the dark lord of the undead.