What Is Your Least Favorite Horror Sub-genre(s)?

[Bouvre]

There are a few exceptions to each of the ones I'm not that fond of, but if I had to pick, it's exploitation/slasher, and zombies 

A part of me considers slasher and exploitation part of a similar family, especially in the bulk of slasher flicks,
we expect a certain number of characters to die, and once we know the main characters, we can so frequently write the others off
as these sort of hollow sacrifices, whose deaths have no real impact on the development of the story.
Their prime pull is the spectacle of a gruesome death, or agony. It has its place, but it doesn't often develop beyond a cut-and-paste approach.

 

It's funny I mention zombies, because a work I consider to be massively influential for my writing is part of the zombie sub-genre,
but mostly zombie stuff is sort of the same, and slow, shambling zombies (even in numbers) has never seemed particularly threatening.
Also I can't stop thinking about how undead bodies have so many natural predators, and can't heal, and can't sustain themselves in heat,
etc etc. 

 

I'm not big on found footage, but I did like The Blair Witch Project (and I love how it was made even more),
and I think the Youtube sensation Marble Hornets had a pretty remarkable execution initially (haven't seen much beyond the first 26 installments)
So its potential gives me a lot of hope, though many films are agreeably bad.

Edited November 8, 2018 by Bouvre

[PurgatoryGirl]

Judging from the looks of some earlier Slashers, you could say they had more Exploitation and Splatterpunk Horror elements to them. Like I said in a previous post, after movie critics, the MPAA, media watchdog groups, parents, and Christian zealots protested and demonized the Slasher Horror sub-genre, more films went direct to video.

On Monday morning, the Going To Pieces documentary showed the original Silent Night, Deadly Night trailer. Even though I already watched the movie 4 years ago, it didn't scare me as much as the trailer still does. The fact that its trailer still gives me goosebumps says something about the advertising.

I found it amazing that in Going To Pieces, they showed all these angry white mothers with signs protesting Silent Night, Deadly Night on the streets. They even went as far as calling Tri Star Films on their phones to have the movie banned nationwide in 1984.

Were the commercials, billboard ads, and movie posters for Silent Night, Deadly Night scary? Absolutely. The thought of a serial killer dressed like Santa Claus with a bloody ax going down a chimney is frightening.

As much as most people hated the advertising, the filmmaker, and the movie in 1984, I think it was somewhat genius regarding Santaphobia. However, I think the advertising was slightly misleading.

The advertisers really should've focused more on the protagonist being traumatized by a man dressed as Santa Claus, who murdered and raped his parents in front of him as a little boy, and would later become a serial killer dressed like him for his job.

Eventually, more filmmakers had to delete scenes, in order to get an R-rating and be released in theaters. A lot has been toned down over the years.

Although, it seems like some filmmakers have started focusing on making Torture Porn, which seems more like Exploitation Horror than anything.

[mochi]

I hate Slasher movies, I don't find them scary

 

Ghost movies (and by that I mean japanese style ghost movies like the Ring or the Grudge) are more my speed

[PurgatoryGirl]

Even though there are some Shojo Anime, that have turned Ringu's character Sadako into spoofs like Sunako from The Wallflower and Sawako from Kimi no Todoke to only name 2, J-Horror never resonated with me. 

There's nothing about the sub-genre that scares me. Neither do Hollywood's Americanized remakes of Ringu (The Ring) and The Grudge.

[PurgatoryGirl]

On late Sunday night, I missed Eli Roth's History Of Horror. The topic was about Vampires.

Depending on how exhausted I am, I may have to DVR it tomorrow morning. These last 3 days have been exhausting.

Speaking of vampires, I normally enjoy watching Vampire films. However, they have become overkill like the Zombie craze. It also doesn't help that Twilight ruined vampires.

I suspect that the author of Twilight ripped off the Underworld franchise but made it a teenage love triangle among a vampire, human, and a werewolf.

Underworld released in 2003. Literally 2 years later, there's suddenly a novel titled "Twilight." Hmmm...

You can argue that vampires and werewolves always existed, but the "Horror Love Triangle" with a vampire, human, and "lycan" seems too coincidental to me. I have yet to watch any of the other Underworld films.

Then again, I really don't want to watch them, especially when they have nothing to do with Selene and Michael as the main characters.

Edited November 14, 2018 by PurgatoryGirl

[PurgatoryGirl]

I guess the Paranormal sub-genre can be added to my least favorite sub-genre. There are very few from that sub-genre that I invest time in watching.

After watching last night's episode of History Of Horror, I could not help feeling annoyed.

Last night's episode mostly focused on the most commercialized and unrealistic Paranormal films, that perpetuate misconceptions about ghosts and evil spirits.

The Shining was the only Paranormal Horror film, that was worth mentioning. Stir Of Echoes and The Amityville Horror were unacknowledged.

Then again, those 2 movies didn't fit Hollywood's misconceptions for this documentary series.

Originally, The Amityville Horror was a 1979 film based on the novel, that heavily documented the real life home owners of the house in Amityville, New York.

The married couple heavily supervised the author because they did NOT want him to over exaggerate their horrorific experience.

Everybody can discard those other Amityville Horror remakes and sequels because they have nothing to do with the real life story of the home owners from 1975.

The Lutz Family actually bought the house because they thought they were buying The Amityville Horror house for a great deal, since it was already furnished.

They didn't know the house they bought stayed on the market for a year because the mass murderer, Ronald DeFeo Jr killed his parents, 2 brothers, and 2 sisters.

The Lutz's moved in literally 1 month after DeFeo Jr. was convicted for murder. The spirits in that house terrorized The Lutz Family so badly, they fled within less than a month of owning and moving into that house.

The Lutz's claimed blood literally oozed through the walls and floors. I'm so glad we never had any of those horrific experiences in our houses.

From personal experience, some ghosts can be obnoxious with the games they play. Some can be used as a guide letting people know when someone has died or will be dying soon.

Meanwhile, some can be angry and want to hurt and/kill people.

Believe it or not, a ghost tried strangling me from behind 12 years ago, when I was in the middle of working on a research paper after midnight in our dining room. As soon as I jumped, it let go of my neck.

When Hollywood filmmakers over exaggerate everything, it doesn't surprise me that skeptics don't believe in paranormal or supernatural phenomenon. Most of what is shown in the media is misleading and only validates skeptics.

Edited November 20, 2018 by PurgatoryGirl

[KreiaDidNothingWrong]

I want to like found footage but it never lives up to its potential. The shaky camera thing has already been addressed, but that’s actually not my biggest issue with it. The problem is actually that amateur camera work is the most believable thing about these movies. The stories themselves and the atmosphere are rarely, if ever, believable. The ghosts or whatever usually look fake. Too many of them have something to do with demonic possession. I could keep going but I have an extreme love/hate relationship with this genre. 

[PurgatoryGirl]

I simply can't stand the Found Footage sub-genre for the reasons, that you and some others have already mentioned in this thread.

I think Cloverfield is the worst Found Footage Horror film next to 1999's The Blair Witch Project.

Is it just me or does Cloverfield look like Godzilla meets Aliens in a shitty Found Footage film featuring an obnoxious cast of attention-whoring, 20-somethings?

Edited November 22, 2018 by PurgatoryGirl

[PurgatoryGirl]

If you have Dish Network, EPIXH (Channel 382) will be airing Species in 2 1/2 more hours.

[DragonSinger]

3 minutes ago, PurgatoryGirl said:

If you have Dish Network, EPIXH (Channel 382) will be airing Species in 2 1/2 more hours.

I liked the first Species but hated whichever of the sequels had the male astronaut and was like some rapey hentai bullshit.

[PurgatoryGirl]

11 minutes ago, PurgatoryGirl said:

If you have Dish Network, EPIXH (Channel 382) will be airing Species in 2 1/2 more hours.

Originally, I meant to post this in the other thread but accidentally clicked and posted on this thread instead. If I have enough time and energy later, I may create another thread about a similar topic to this thread.

[PurgatoryGirl]

2 minutes ago, SorceressPol said:

I liked the first Species but hated whichever of the sequels had the male astronaut and was like some rapey hentai bullshit.

Species is that type of movie, that I can never find time to watch it. It's been out for more than 20 years. Every time I get ready to watch it, I either miss it, or have to go do something.

[Ginguy]

54 minutes ago, PurgatoryGirl said:

Species is that type of movie, that I can never find time to watch it. It's been out for more than 20 years. Every time I get ready to watch it, I either miss it, or have to go do something.

You aren't missing anything.

Even Forrest Whitaker can't save that film from being creepy Natasha Henstridge naked Giger porn nonsense.

[PurgatoryGirl]

2 hours ago, SorceressPol said:

I liked the first Species but hated whichever of the sequels had the male astronaut and was like some rapey hentai bullshit.

You'll love this. On Dish's TV guide, they refer to the 3rd movie as being "lowbrow" and only gave each sequel 1 star for both. They must be awfully bad.

For Species III, it says "Experiments are conducted on Eve's alien spawn in this lowbrow sequel." LOL!😂