Is Oldboy horror?
11-16-2010, 11:28 AM
Well, first off... Dusk Till Dawn is tricky because half of the movie is a damn Western crime drama and then it turns into a horror movie. That is a straight 'hybrid.' I don't consider Jennifer's Body horror, mainly because it sucked, and two because it felt like a teen drama with horror elements. I haven't seen Bulletproof or Spiral so I couldn't say. Wishmaster 1 and 2 are both horror because they rely on making the audience jump out of their seat or by grotesque makeup.
The one characteristic is that a horror movie has to scare the audience by use of psychological or physical scares. That characteristic has to be present throughout the entire film or at least half of the film. Having a few snit bits here and there shouldn't constitute it as a horror, otherwise we'd have a hell of a lot more horror movies out there.
'Hybrids' are crosses. There is a difference between a comedy-horror and a horror-comedy. A comedy themed horror would be Shaun of the Dead. A horror themed comedy would be Zombieland but that's getting too complicated.
The one characteristic is that a horror movie has to scare the audience by use of psychological or physical scares. That characteristic has to be present throughout the entire film or at least half of the film. Having a few snit bits here and there shouldn't constitute it as a horror, otherwise we'd have a hell of a lot more horror movies out there.
'Hybrids' are crosses. There is a difference between a comedy-horror and a horror-comedy. A comedy themed horror would be Shaun of the Dead. A horror themed comedy would be Zombieland but that's getting too complicated.
"The conquest of fear lies in the moment of its acceptance. And understanding what scares us most is that which is most familiar, most common place"
- Chris Carter
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- Chris Carter
Please check out my blog: The Paradise of Horror
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