PurgatoryGirl

That has nothing to do with least favorite sub-genre. If anything, it's a major problem with Hollywood. Every genre and sub-genre has excessive sequels, remakes, and reboots, which is really tiresome and annoying. Therefore, I can empathize with what you're saying. As far as The Omen goes, I liked the original from 1976 and didn't bother going to see the remake with Julia Styles in it. As much as I enjoyed watching her in 10 Things I Hate About You in high school, Hollywood filmmakers should have left The Omen alone.

Ah, so you're talking about Slasher films with excessive sequels.

I just managed to find an article, that explains what I have been talking about. This is what Horror Movie Trailers are strongly lacking in the 2st Century. http://www.the13thfloor.tv/2016/07/22/the-most-chilling-horror-movie-trailer-narrators-of-all-time/

I watched the remake of A Nightmare On Elm Street and wasn't impressed with it. I mean, why? Why do Hollywood filmmakers need to remake and reboot everything? For the last 15 years, the Horror genre probably has the most Hollywood remakes and reboots. Recycle, recycle, recycle. NEXT! The writers and filmmakers need to return to the drawing board and start brainstorming better ideas. They need to refocus on actual phobias. There is a phobia for just about everything and today's filmmakers are too busy recycling the same sub-genres and themes. That's besides writing shitty scripts. If they tried being more original and innovative and spent less time and money on CGI, they could conduct research on different folklores, phobias, and more. Also, they need to compose better movie scores, better trailers, and scary voice overs for Horror trailers. Horror trailers should have someone with a creepy voice. If you ever take the time to YouTube old trailers from the 1970's to '90s, you will see how creepy the trailers looked and sounded. If you watched that Silent Night, Deadly Night trailer from 1984, you should know what I'm saying.

Yeah, The Last House On The Left was quite repulsive but like you said in the spoiler, that was probably the best part about it.

BTW: In less than 10 minutes, Indie Channel will be airing the documentary, Go To Pieces. John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, and the late Wes Craven are featured in the documentary. It will be about the Slasher Horror sub-genre.

In ~2 1/2 more hours, the episode "Killer Creatures" will be on.

After getting out the shower, I managed to track down the trailer for the Silent Night, Deadly Night remake. Silent Night released in only "select cities" nationwide in 2012. Chances are great that it was only reserved for select theaters in select cities because the original from 1984 caused so much controversy. After watching both films 4 years ago, Silent Night doesn't compare to the original. Silent Night was extremely unrealistic and contrived. The CGI combined with some Splatterpunk made the movie look forced. Basically it was a tryhard attempt at recreating a notorious Christmas Slasher film, that blew A Nightmare On Elm Street out the water during the same time both movies released in 1984. The Santa Claus mask was the only part of the remake, that was scary and watching the serial killer literally taze that pill-popping brat was the best part of it. Hell, I laughed watching her ass get zapped. Buzzz! Bwahahahahahaha!!

Exactly! If memory serves me right, I think I was screaming at my TV that night, too!

Speaking of trailers, controversy with films released in 1984, and with Christmas creeping around the corner, I thought I would share this trailer here. This was from the original 1984 Christmas Slasher Horror film, Silent Night, Deadly Night. This trailer had supposedly aired during Primetime and when families used to sit and watch TV togther. Because it aired when most children were still awake, they were traumatized by it and was soon banned from theaters, as well as sent directly to video. To make matters worse, there were some dumb ass parents who actually took their kids to go see this movie and were later traumatized by it! That music and voice over were and still are freaky!

The Evil Dead franchise was too stupid for anyone to want to watch. At least it was for me, anyway. The whole franchise is too contrived and I felt like my intelligence was being insulted. As far as Horror films made in the 20st Century goes, most have been remakes and reboots. Otherwise, there are more shitty films. Even the trailers for them aren't scary. Decades ago, trailers for Horror movies and the billboards for them actually were more convincing about the horror. Nowadays, there is way too much CGI, the scores don't set a creepy tone, and the movie edits they do specifically for the trailers are nowhere near scary. Since 2005, I have yet to spend money buying a movie ticket in general, especially for a Horror flick. BTW: If Hollywood filmmakers remake Stephen King's Carrie 1 more time, they're getting sent a long ass rant. LOL!

Say what? Now, that shit is lame as fuck. Contrived SciFi Horror films like Sharknado is about as lame as Twilight. Years ago, I watched the J-Horror film Ringu. There's something about watching J-Horror in general, that doesn't resonate with me. I kept waiting to see what was so scary about Ringu and some other J-Horror films and they never delivered. You could argue that I might be desensitized to Horror, but I'm not. More than 3 decades later, Gremlins still scares me and that movie was originally rated PG. Along with Indiana Jones (not that Indiana Jones was a Horror film), media watchdog groups, critics, and parents made a huge stink about Gremlins. They said it was too violent to be PG but not violent enough to be an R in 1984. Those 2 movies are the main reason why the PG-13 rating exists today. Like I was saying about Gremlins, that movie is technically a Christmas Horror Comedy and Gremlins still scares me. I mostly say it's because they have such hideous-looking eyes. BTW: Gremlins is somewhat based on Mogwai in Chinese Folklore. Even though the movie is titled "Gremlins," their physical appearance was supposedly modeled after Mogwai. The water reproduction was incorporated into the film and in the Chinese Folkore, the water reproduction is a part of the Mogwai's mating ritual. It's amazing what you learn. Anyway, when the writing is done right, monsters can be scary.

The Walking Dead never interested me. Then again, since I was never into the whole Zombie craze, that makes sense. Over the last decade, the media and some friends have been invested in the whole "Zombie Apocalypse." There are some places that even have Zombie Apocalypse Camps and teach people how to supposedly "survive" a Zombie Apocalypse. Like seriously? Get the fuck out of here with that bullshit! Some people assume that just because I am a Horror fan, that I would automatically embrace zombies with their "Zombie Apocalypse." Nope! It was never my cup of tea. About 2 weeks ago, I tried REALLY HARD to watch the Classic Zombie Horror film White Zombie (a 1932 Horror film, that Rob Zombie named his band after decades ago). I just couldn't do it. Trying to watch White Zombie put my mind to sleep. I couldn't stop zoning out. It got to the point that the channel had to be changed. That was before going to wash some dishes. LOL!

I'm not too big on Splatterpunk Horror or Torture Porn. Watching Re-Animator is probably the most that I can withstand of Splatterpunk. Even though it's mostly considered SciFi-Horror Comedy, the Splatterpunk elements in that movie works. This is especially when it comes to Dark Humor. Meanwhile, I fail to see why The Evil Dead is so great. When I wasn't cringing, while watching that movie I rolled my eyes. Also, what is so great about Bruce Campbell? The man looks like a joke. Now that I think about it, I think I dozed off watching The Evil Dead a few weeks ago and had to keep rewinding on DVR because I couldn't stay awake, when it was on. As far as Torture Porn goes, I have yet to watch Hostel or the Saw franchise. Every year, there was always a new Saw movie. Other students on our college campus talked about how scary it was to watch. If people are being tortured, I guess so. However, some Horror films are gratuitous and contrived mostly with the gore.

OMG! Yes! The Zombie Horror sub-genre is probably 1 of the most overrated sub-genres out of Horror.

Slasher Horror has always been my favorite sub-genre. Then again, I was born and raised during the time when Slashers were at their pinnacle. However, I still have standards regardless of what genre or sub-genre a movie or show is. Characters in The Last House On The Left are the embodiment of being labeled "basket of deplorables." That movie was like watching extreme bullying committed by serial killers and rapists both male and female. It's amazing that I didn't vomit during and after watching The Last House On The Left, last week. That is a Wes Craven film that I NEVER want to watch again. It was just that disgusting and inhumane.

With that being said, I highly discourage you from watching The Last House On the Left.

EPIX and Encore Suspense usually show the most Horror films. I'm still disappointed that I missed the first 30 minutes of Wolf on the Sony Movies channel, last week. I hadn't seen it in years.

If memory serves me right, Encore Suspense has aired Stir Of Echoes within the last 2 weeks to several months.

It has literally been a dozen years, since I last watched South Park. I'm surprised that Comedy Central still airs it.

If you never had the chance, you should watch Stir Of Echoes.

Not a favorite(s)?

My main gripe about this particular sub-genre is that the writing and dialogues are shitty.

Have any other sub-genres, that are your least favorite?

For some reason, I can't seem to delete that spoiler tag from my post on this damn tablet.