We frequently disagree with mainstream critics on their critiques of horror films. It seems as though the majority entertainment journalists are not able to accept horror films for what they are intended to do: scare the audience and entertain. Not every horror film is meant to be viewed as an allegory or make a profound statement on the current state of American society.
Recently, FEARnet ran a piece exploring good horror movies that received ‘rotten’ reviews on the aggregate film-rating site Rotten Tomatoes. In the previous piece, we speculated that mainstream film critics seem to dismiss horror films as a lesser art form and perhaps tend to go in to screenings with the preconceived notion that the picture they are about to take in is automatically not going to be worth their time. Since the piece proved popular, we have elected to bring you a second round.
Since we fancy...
Recently, FEARnet ran a piece exploring good horror movies that received ‘rotten’ reviews on the aggregate film-rating site Rotten Tomatoes. In the previous piece, we speculated that mainstream film critics seem to dismiss horror films as a lesser art form and perhaps tend to go in to screenings with the preconceived notion that the picture they are about to take in is automatically not going to be worth their time. Since the piece proved popular, we have elected to bring you a second round.
Since we fancy...
- 10/25/2013
- by Tyler Doupe
- FEARnet
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