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NO! BWP was a solid innovative film that inspired a whole sub-genre of horror films. It was great, but there have been really outstanding horror films since th
by angdis 11y ago
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BWP was a solid innovative film that inspired a whole sub-genre of horror films. It was great, but there have been really outstanding horror films since then.
I am thinking, in particular, of "It Follows". THAT was a revelation of what can be possible in horror.
- DarkTree 11y agoIt Follows, along with a handful of others (The Strangers, the Ring, the first Paranormal Activity), was the first well done horror movie I've seen since the BWP. I guess it comes down to what scares you personally. For me, it is much more about the atmosphere that the movie creates, that often borders on weird and uncomfortable, and human. Of course, the Shining is also a great example of this. The slow slip into insanity in a grand, isolated hotel in a blizzard does way more to evoke that weird feeling that lingers after the movie ends. It confuses that so many directors keep pushing the same style of horror movie out, when they consistently get poor reviews. Are all directors scared by the same exact themes?
- nommm-nommm 11y agoCannibal Holocaust was probably the first "found footage" horror film and predates Blair Witch Project by almost 2 decades.
- nkozyra 11y agoParent comment doesn't say that BW was the first, just that it inspired a bunch of movies. Which is far more true of it than Cannibal Holocaust.
- angdis 11y agoYou're right, of course, it DID predate BWP. But it did not inspire a genre. Perhaps because so few people saw Cannibal Holocaust when it first released? It was a film that gained an audience gradually, on video for many years after it came out.