Is franchise horror dead? Where does that leave us?

[FreddysFingers]

To answer your first question, it's because people people aren't complaining about rehashed and cliche storylines. The only people that are saying that are people like us that actually do care about storylines and plots. For most generic moviegoers, you can remake THE EXORCIST and call it POSSESSION and they will only go in to see it so they can see blood and violence. I've worked at a theater for 3 years and I see the types of people going into see horror movies. They don't care about plot and characters but only scares, bloody and tits. How else do you explain that the remake of FRIDAY THE 13TH or HALLOWEEN is their favorite horror movie of all time?

When asked, I get a response like, "'Cause Michael kicked so much ass! He just went on a rampage and started gutting people! He was a beast!" Okay, but what about the white horse analogy or the character of Michael? "Dude, fuck that! Michael totally can own Jason!" That's the responses I get and that totally tells me they cared about the hidden storylines.