Is franchise horror dead? Where does that leave us?

[Caftan King]

What I mean by familiar is a familiar storyline. Cute girl is stalked by the killer, her boyfriend is killed, friends are killed, she survives but not after an epic battle with the killer. Cliches. Plot lines is what I mean when I say familiar.

[COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Oh... you mean those films that have bad plot lines, where you know from the start that everybody gets killed one by one. Those stories that become too predictable.
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Also, most die-hard horror movie fans don't fit in the category as casual moviegoers. When I said that, it wasn't knocking you Caftan.

[COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Well when I was in my high school, I dont classify myself as I die hard horror movie fan but still I really care about the stories and other several cinematic elements that were at play in every movies (even if it is not horror): visual effects, production design, music, sounds, direction, story and screenplay, acting.

And those people who only care about blood, tits and body count on these horror movies... I am sure they are also looking for these elements since those are part of visual and special effects. And effects are part of story, screenplay and direction. And also for them unlike other cinematic genres, horror movies use all these elements to the hilt and without compromise, as film constantly stimulate their senses. The effective use of these elements results in good horror movies that viewers would willingly summon in their nightmares if only to get another thrill.[/COLOR]