#and it's like why don't u go watch hellraiser (1987) and maybe then you'll calm down

[judesstfrancis]

like genuinely horror NEEDS to stop taking itself seriously again like I am always first and foremost of the opinion that horror IS an intellectual genre and horror stories DO mean something but they literally Do Not have to be like. socrates' greatest hits to achieve that. like my favorite horror movie of all time is scream (1996), that movie was goofy as hell. 24/7 I am talking about how it is THE movie of all time, it breaks the mold, it has important social commentary etc etc. but it is so fucking goofy. they put freddy kreuger in there. the murderers are the stupidest bitches alive. it makes fun of itself for like the entire runtime. but it is GOOD. and that's even part of why it is good. we need horror to stop being like quiet beach scenes with a blue filter where the protag contemplates life while one (1) scary violin note plays in the background. like even if it isn't camp, it doesn't HAVE to be silly or stupid or making fun of itself to do what I'm saying u know what I mean? like. truly start spilling gallons of corn syrup again and making freaky little dudes whose brains are leaking out of their heads and stuff. everyone said "oh old horror movies were too gratuitous with the sfx" and like yeah ok true got me there sometimes they DID do more than they needed. no one's gonna say that the first nightmare on elm street was bad tho. and then they decided that meant that horror should be too highbrow to rely on that if it wanted to be worth anything and it's like. sometimes there is blood in your movie okay relax it is a horror film people are dying. come on