subject: What Ever Happened To That Nice Boy Freddy Krueger [print this page] Horror films are more than good bloody funHorror films are more than good bloody fun. They might save our lives. Norman Bates taught us that it is important to lock the toilet door should you be showering inside a motel. We also know we have to resist the impulse to torch a nearby pedophile if someone lets you know they'd "like to experience a game" - well - it's time to leave.
Just what exactly does that has to do with us? Does the title "Freddy vs. Jason" raise any warning bells? At the same time when the world economy is extremely tight, and also the distribution networks for film are shrinking faster than contestants of "The Biggest Loser," the people with the money, power, and increasingly less competition - are certainly not choosing to innovate or tell new and fantastic stories - they are doing what is easy. Re-packaging the boys over and over again: Freddy, Jason, and Michael and a few other classics like "Last House about the Left."
And I confess - I used to be excited when Rob Zombie decided to do a re-make in the original "Halloween". Zombie had just made "The Devil's Rejects", which has been a terrifying and brilliant film. But when I saw Zombie's "Halloween", I spotted the original film still works better and try to will. Halloween was obviously a film of the company's time and the sequels and remakes, well ultimately, they're imitations.
Unfortunately, the newest ideas in horror during the last decade or so - when they are not skinned from Asia or Europe - attended from independent filmmakers. Even SAW, the most recent addition to the Hollywood sequel juggernaut, took its start in the indies. Rogue Pictures makes a few notable films, but also for some reason horror seems to loose something when it's done by committee. Maybe it requires the personal reference to the deepest fears of 1 storyteller to give it a heart.
In terms of Rob Zombie i, although it cannot be the same again, I guess we'll have always "The Devil's Rejects".
