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Originally Posted by Pyramid Head
I see your point , ambience does contribute a lot to the horror factor. I guess i was biased on my horror definition from watching way too many Dario D'Argento's movies.
Truth be told though , movies labelled as "horror" nowadays are becoming less horror and more action'esque , for example when Van Helsing premiered , everyone was saying it was a horror movie , and in my opinion it just flopped really bad on that facet from watching the trailer... Its really really hard for me to find one recent movie thats labelled as horror , that actually manages to get that uneasyness feeling on the audience. Sure i guess everyone has different degrees of sensibility , and i guess thats what makes people label "Horror" on a movie that wouldnt even pass as a comedy flic.
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Yeah but just because the general public labels something a horror movie (and just because something has vampires in it), doesn't make it horror. Likewise, just because something is a terrible movie and doesn't manage to be scary, doesn't make it NOT horror. For example, some horror movies are so terrible that they become comic, but that doesn't make them comedies. It's about what the movie sets out to do, though you're definitely right about most modern horror movies failing to create scares.