Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Page 7<br />
Discussion<br />
into many horror films.<br />
Avid horror fans have<br />
spoken out against this<br />
and <strong>the</strong> use of jump scares<br />
in modern horror films.<br />
Are <strong>the</strong>y a big negative in<br />
<strong>the</strong> genre? Recently at <strong>the</strong><br />
Glasgow Film Festival, we<br />
caught up with a horror<br />
fan called Liam to give us<br />
his thoughts on <strong>the</strong>se two<br />
“cheap tricks”. He told us:<br />
“I’m not really against<br />
fear frequency. I think it’s<br />
actually pretty cool that<br />
a sound we can’t hear at<br />
a certain frequency can<br />
make you anxious. I just<br />
think it doesn’t take a<br />
genius to throw a “scary”<br />
face on a screen for a<br />
couple seconds and I just<br />
think it cheapens an often<br />
pretty good horror film.”<br />
And <strong>the</strong> point so far?<br />
There’s a lot of bad in<br />
<strong>the</strong> modern horror film<br />
genre. At <strong>the</strong> same time,<br />
<strong>the</strong>re is a lot of good.<br />
For example, modern<br />
day horror movies such<br />
as ‘Insidious’, ‘The Boy’<br />
and ‘The Marble Hornets<br />
series prove horror is still<br />
alive - in a good way.<br />
If you take an overall look<br />
at <strong>the</strong> film industry in<br />
2017, you’ll notice every<br />
genre relies on remake<br />
after remake. It’s a general<br />
media strategy to increase<br />
profit. Even video games<br />
have remakes camouflaged<br />
as remasters; and albums<br />
are re-released as “digital<br />
deluxe” copies.<br />
Horror isn’t all bad, but it<br />
is a bit lazy. Repeat instead<br />
of create that has become<br />
<strong>the</strong> motto of many<br />
creative formats.<br />
So, to answer <strong>the</strong> question,<br />
horror is not dead, but it is<br />
sleepwalking.
Change language