12-20-2009, 10:24 AM
Most every seasoned fan of modern horror is bound to have heard of "the rules" as they are outlined in Wes Craven's Scream: "No sex, no drugs, no saying cliches"... plus, many other unsaid things such as "don't be a jerk or a doomsayer" that are apparent in many other horror flicks... ...As awful and in some cases possibly harmful as some of this stuff can be, I hardly think it's truly justification for being slashed
. It certainly helps you sympathize with victims when their biggest sin is "teen-party-mania", but at the same time since many times we are meant to cheer at the gory death scenes along with gasping at them, you wonder why there aren't more dicks we could really do without in horror films such as...
Xavier, Obi, Rex, and others from the Saw series - Unlike many others the Jigsaw killer targets for "not appreciating their lives," these fellows were pretty clear threats towards the lives of others, threats that likely wouldn't have stopped any time soon.
Science chick from The Gravedancers - Debatable, but when you see your acquaintences are in tangible danger from a supernatural force, you don't do things that could possibly keep that force coming! Certainly this was an error of judgement, not malicious on her part, but when she kept some of the remains from their resting place, she took her life into her own hands as well as all the others she endangered.
Honestly that's about all that comes to mind right now, but I'm just waking up
. Anyone more alert with examples?
. It certainly helps you sympathize with victims when their biggest sin is "teen-party-mania", but at the same time since many times we are meant to cheer at the gory death scenes along with gasping at them, you wonder why there aren't more dicks we could really do without in horror films such as...Xavier, Obi, Rex, and others from the Saw series - Unlike many others the Jigsaw killer targets for "not appreciating their lives," these fellows were pretty clear threats towards the lives of others, threats that likely wouldn't have stopped any time soon.
Science chick from The Gravedancers - Debatable, but when you see your acquaintences are in tangible danger from a supernatural force, you don't do things that could possibly keep that force coming! Certainly this was an error of judgement, not malicious on her part, but when she kept some of the remains from their resting place, she took her life into her own hands as well as all the others she endangered.
Honestly that's about all that comes to mind right now, but I'm just waking up
. Anyone more alert with examples?
