The State of Horror Movies – TWB14

The JAC gives you a A Rupel’s Recommendation of the movie “The Green Inferno” and we discuss the state of the horror movie now and how it’s future as a profitable film genre becomes bleaker with every “horror” movie released this millennia.

What makes a horror movie horrific?

Horror movies are grounded in myth and will often feature an antagonist who is either a monster, demon, or hybrid of both monster/demon with a pension for killing everything in its path and whomever gets in it’s way or an innocent in the vicinity who’s about to have a very bad day.

What’s a thriller movie?

Thriller movies are based in reality and often rely on suspense to terrify the audience.

The King of Thrill

M. Knight Shyamalan  made a movie called The Visit and it’s pretty much the same style of film it’s predecessors, The Gallows, and Paranormal Activity. Give a character a camera and tell the movie via  a documentary style format. But this wasn’t a departure from M. Knight as he basically took many elements from his previous films and used them in this movie to explain plot lines and expose the reveal.

Rupel’s Recommendation

We delve into The Green Inferno and those pesky Social Justice Warriors who should die in every movie for meddling in the affairs of jungle tribes who do not care a rat’s ass about their mission to help.

Ants

The bullet ant has a pinch so bad, it’s now a weapon.

Best Horror Movie Director Now?

Takashi Miike, director of the movie Audition a film Jerry doesn’t have the balls to watch even to this day.

The Unsung Hero of Horror

The Bride of Chucky. Jennifer Tilly perfectly portrayed a demon doll companion to a sadistic serial killer contractually obligated to a horror movie franchise that did not send him into space,  Aw shucks!

Yeah, Links – Other stuff discussed in this episode

Creepy Patch

Glen or Glenda 

Quotable : The thing that scares us the most is the unknown.

Until next time, thank you for listening.

 

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