Do horror movies need good actors?
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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. -
dbentley666 — 1 year ago(November 29, 2024 03:50 AM)
Texas Chainsaw was crap. Blair Witch Project was fine whe it came out. On rewatching it's awful. Horror needs great acting because we don't just react to the monster, we are led towards horror by our identification with charismatic actors whose horror we then feel. If you need that explained to you you are beyond redemption.
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RPoF — 1 year ago(November 29, 2024 08:45 AM)
Blair Witch Project was fine whe it came out. On rewatching it's awful.
Like all horror, BWP in the cinema worked much better than on your rewatch on a flatscreen. That's just the facts, Jack. Think about it; Exorcist, Alien, Predator, etc.
There's a small hint of a heightened feeling of claustrophobia inside a darkened theatre that makes any horror flick more effective. -
dbentley666 — 1 year ago(November 30, 2024 02:49 AM)
Who decides what's "actual" horror? My whole argument is about defining the term more closely and rigorously. What you call horror seems to be simply commercially successful but shallow movies that piggyback off genuine horror.
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Gemini — 1 year ago(November 29, 2024 02:15 PM)
It's obvious that you aren't a fan of horror movies.
So I won't engage in a debate with you.
The first thing that ousted you as a not horror movie fan was your statement about Texas Chainsaw Massacre being a crap film.
It is largely regarded as the scariest horror movie of all time by all the horror movie critics including director Eli Roth.
Texas Chainsaw has the best acting in it even though the actors are basically unknown.
And if your point was good acting why haven't you mentioned Anthony Hopkins and Kathy Bates? They won Academy Awards for their performances in a horror movie.
