Deciding what movie to watch. Your approach?

Deciding what movie to watch. Your approach? Feb 23, 2020 5:06:01 GMT

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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Feb 23, 2020 5:06:01 GMT

Feb 23, 2020 4:45:56 GMT moviemouth said:

Feb 23, 2020 4:33:25 GMT darkreviewer2013 said:

I always check the IMDb rating as well, but find myself often disagreeing with them. Most decent horror movies are underrated on the site and there are a good number of movies that have ratings that I'd personally consider incredibly high in the case of the movies in question. That can lead to disappoint.

The horror genre is interesting in that it relies more on a specific type of fanbase and that is why most horror movies don't have that high of a rating.

It makes complete sense why something like The Witch (a very good horror movie) doesn't have a very good rating on IMDB. The horror genre draws the masses and when the people who were expecting a certain type or horror movie, but instead get a Bergman-esque art film they are not going to be pleased.

It Follows for example isn't going to be understood or attempted to be understood by the typical horror fan.

Then on the other side you have the people who like the intelligent horror movies, but find stuff like the Friday the 13th movies boring. It is an extremely divisive genre.

Very true. I find online horror forums the best source of recommendations when it comes to horror options.

The genre has been undergoing something of a renaissance in recent years, with a long of "high brow" horrors alongside the usual bloody mayhem, but I think it'll always be fairly niche.