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Post by Vits on Nov 3, 2018 19:28:19 GMT
Wow! So this is what happens when I create a thread, go to bed, go out early in the morning and come back home at night? Are you people serious? I can understand getting angry over whether a movie is good or bad, but getting angry over the genre label? You guys realize that the conversations we have in these boards are supposed to be fun? I noticed that I hadn't seen a horror movie originally intended for children that wasn't mixed with other genres. Clearly because those other elements make the stories less intense. I wanted to do research in case there were such movies. I thought this would be a good place to ask. Whether there is or not such an example isn't something that'll change my or your lives. Stop taking things so seriously and stop being so defensive! Movies where the genre lable is debatable are rare exceptions. A movie is a horror comedy when both elements predominate equally. If a movie has 1 or 2 funny moments, I won't say that it has some humour in it; I'll say that it has 1 or 2 funny moments. Otherwise, I'd be implying that a good portion of the running time is comedic. HALLOWEEN has been brought up a lot as an example. I'm afraid I haven't seen this franchise (yes, I think it's one). I am going to assume that OP was excluding animated movies. Why? I said in my post I didnt feel that way about Zombie Island, but I guess anything you say goes as fact. They're not facts because I say them; they're facts because there's evidence. The Hole (2009) is a horror movie aimed at young teens. The Gate (1987) is also aimed at young teens. I haven't seen them. Which age group are we talking about? I saw it so long ago that I don't remember it. I'll look it up. vitty couldn't be bothered to post much more than "Nah". We've talked for so long that now we have pet names. How nice. I've never said simply "No." I've tried to give longer sentences in order to not seem like I'm dismissing replies. |
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Post by moviemouth on Nov 3, 2018 19:38:00 GMT
Wow! So this is what happens when I create a thread, go to bed, go out early in the morning and come back home at night? Are you people serious? I can understand getting angry over whether a movie is good or bad, but getting angry over the genre label? You guys realize that the conversations we have in these boards are supposed to be fun? I noticed that I hadn't seen a horror movie originally intended for children that wasn't mixed with other genres. Clearly because those other elements make the stories less intense. I wanted to do research in case there were such movies. I thought this would be a good place to ask. Whether there is or not such an example isn't something that'll change my or your lives. Stop taking things so seriously and stop being so defensive! Movies where the genre lable is debatable are rare exceptions. A movie is a horror comedy when both elements predominate equally. If a movie has 1 or 2 funny moments, I won't say that it has some humour in it; I'll say that it has 1 or 2 funny moments. Otherwise, I'd be implying that a good portion of the running time is comedic. HALLOWEEN has been brought up a lot as an example. I'm afraid I haven't seen this franchise (yes, I think it's one). I am going to assume that OP was excluding animated movies. Why? I said in my post I didnt feel that way about Zombie Island, but I guess anything you say goes as fact. They're not facts because I say them; they're facts because there's evidence. The Hole (2009) is a horror movie aimed at young teens. The Gate (1987) is also aimed at young teens. I haven't seen them. Which age group are we talking about? I saw it so long ago that I don't remember it. I'll look it up. vitty couldn't be bothered to post much more than "Nah". We've talked for so long that now we have pet names. How nice. I've never said simply "No." I've tried to give longer sentences in order to not seem like I'm dismissing replies. Everyone has lost interest in the topic. |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Nov 3, 2018 20:09:04 GMT
I was listening to an audio commentary last night and Christopher Lee was talking-he said he hated the label "horror movie"--he said Boris Karloff hated it, Bela Lugosi hated it, Lon Chaney, Basil Rathbone, Peter Cushing, Vincent Price-they all disliked it--preferring fairy tale or some other term.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 3, 2018 21:26:59 GMT
yep ! movin' on …..  |
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Post by Vits on Nov 3, 2018 22:18:11 GMT
I was listening to an audio commentary last night and Christopher Lee was talking-he said he hated the label "horror movie"--he said Boris Karloff hated it, Bela Lugosi hated it, Basil Rathbone, Peter Cushing, Vincent Price-they all disliked it--preferring fairy tale or some other term. Because horror was seen as a lesser genre back then? |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Nov 3, 2018 22:23:47 GMT
Because horror was seen as a lesser genre back then? I think because they didn't see it as so simplistic a label. The aim was not to horrify.
Lee believed the label came about because of the H certificate used for film ratings....
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Post by Vits on Jan 8, 2019 21:08:05 GMT
I just saw it. It might just be the biggest example of a comedy with some horror in it. In every scene, the 3 witches either act like idiots or they get outsmarted by kids/teens, so they're never a real threat. While the heroes do get scared a couple of times, they're never afraid to stand up to the villians. |
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 22, 2019 4:52:39 GMT
I’m rewatching The Watcher in the Woods (1980)—it’s very good—and I’ll repeat what I wrote before, that it’s an excellent horror movie made for children. Whether or not the OP would agree with that label, in light of the previous discussions we’ve had in this thread, I don’t know, but it certainly counts for me.
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Post by Morgana on Jan 22, 2019 7:44:17 GMT
... are straight-up horror? I ask because it seems like most (if not all) of them mix it with comedy and/or adventure. I guess it's to make sure it's not too intense for children(?) In my opinion children and horror shouldn't be in the same sentence. |
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I am going to assume that OP was excluding animated movies.Why?
They're not facts because I say them; they're facts because there's evidence.
Lady in White (1988)I saw it so long ago that I don't remember it. I'll look it up.
