Do horror movies need good actors?
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𝙵𝚞𝚐𝚊𝚣𝚒. — 1 year ago(November 29, 2024 01:33 AM)
It's better if there's good acting, but bad acting won't break a film for me. A Nightmare on Elm Street has some sub par acting, mostly from the mom and Nancy, but it's still a classic. Robert Englund's acting is great. The story is great.
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Damien Thorn 666 — 1 year ago(November 29, 2024 01:58 AM)
Horror seems to be over, as a genre.
I apologize, but that’s incorrect. Some of my favorite movies that have been released this year are horror movies, like the Omen.
“There are no atheists in foxholes, eh?”-Keith Jennings from the Omen. -
NZer — 1 year ago(November 29, 2024 02:45 AM)
Of course. Especially psychological horror which is usually a slow burn and relies on excellent acting and direction. Even slasher movies deserve more than jump scares, buckets of blood and everything so dark you haven't got a clue what's happening.
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dbentley666 — 1 year ago(November 29, 2024 03:55 AM)
Okay, you're the one person here who gets it. You will also appreciate it when I tell you that the possibly greatest horror movie of all time isn't even classified as horror:
Picnic at Hanging Rock
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StoneColdZombies — 1 year ago(November 29, 2024 02:55 AM)
This entire thread is based on a logical fallacy from the very outset.
Horror movies have never needed “good acting” just look at the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre and explain to me how that movie relied on good acting……hint…..it didn’t.
Horror movies need “realism” and in order to achieve that you can’t have overly glossy visuals or overly rehearsed dialogue. The Blair Witch Project single handedly proves this, you need characters that you believe and can relate to.
The mom in the Exorcist gave a performance so over the top that it felt like you were watching a stage play. This isn’t a good thing, it’s crap like this that reminds you that you’re just watching a movie.
Also Sophie is wrong about the Horror scene in the early to mid 2000’s, as this one of the strongest periods the horror genre has ever seen with its stark realism.
