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What Do You Hate The Most In Horror Movies?
Topic Started: Dec 18 2012, 07:07 PM (785 Views)
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Forget about the bloody gods and lsiten to what I'm telling you
I think "fear the unknown" can be taken too far, like in PA where we're meant to fear the nothingness that happens because this elusive demon we can't see MAY do something.
It needs a mix
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Boring characters
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jump scares


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jump scares
Jump scares have a place, but for me, the worst are false jump scares. You know, when we're jolted out of our seat by a friend of the heroine walking into the frame and saying hi. The Haunting of Molly Hartley was really bad about this. Chris Stuckmann did a really good video about precisely why false jump scares are a problem that explains it better than I ever could. Just watch how he re-edits a minor scene from the original Halloween.
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Kevin R.
Jun 11 2015, 11:06 AM
mikebourkefan
Jun 10 2015, 06:48 PM
jump scares
Jump scares have a place, but for me, the worst are false jump scares. You know, when we're jolted out of our seat by a friend of the heroine walking into the frame and saying hi. The Haunting of Molly Hartley was really bad about this. Chris Stuckmann did a really good video about precisely why false jump scares are a problem that explains it better than I ever could. Just watch how he re-edits a minor scene from the original Halloween.
I actually have to admit, I completely agree with this. Though I would add in "Relying on jumpscares over good writing/atmosphere" as another time when they're bad. But in general? A really good one adds to a movie, IMO
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lack of hard rock and metal in soundtracks is another turn off


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Eh, sometimes hard rock and metal can kill the mood they're going for. A violent slasher, a sleazy exploitation film, or a visceral, mind-fuck thriller? Absolutely, blare that shit! But a slow-burn ghost story? Not so much.

And of course, you've got to make sure it's good hard rock and metal. One of the first things I recalled disliking about Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 was the soundtrack, which was mostly composed of forgettable early '00s nu metal and goth rock that, a decade later, dated the film very badly. I remember reading that this was one of the many things that the producers threw in to make the movie more marketable, and like so much of the trainwreck that was Blair Witch 2, it went pretty poorly.

So my version of your complaint would be "soundtracks composed of songs by 'hip' artists that the producers think will get teens into the theater, regardless of whether they suit the film." It can work sometimes, mainly if the song is friggin' awesome or otherwise appropriate to the film. The Nightmare on Elm Street movies were great about this, especially Dokken's "Dream Warriors" in the third film and the Fat Boys' "Are You Ready for Freddy?" and Tuesday Knight's "Running From This Nightmare" in the fourth. But more often than not, you get soundtracks put together by record companies and greedy producers to cross-promote the current "hot" pop stars and rock bands. The moment I heard Fall Out Boy in the opening of the remake of The Fog, for instance, I knew I was in for some bad shit.
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