Why can't anybody make ONE horror movie with intelligent people?
Someone who has seen horror movies and is aware of cliches and refuses to be a part of them.
shareI'm not too sure if intelligent people=people who've seen horror movies, but there are some out there.
The Scream movies have characters who know all the cliches, and that's the basic premise.
The Final Girls is based on that as well. A bunch of teens are stuck in a horror movie.
Cabin in the Woods - Similar to that too.
I don't know if that's what you're looking for, but unless the characters know they're in a horror movie, or something similar, I don't see how having knowledge of the cliches is going to be worked in the story as a realistic thing people would think of. It has to be in something that's self-aware to work, I think.
I love the Scream franchise. But even those characters fell into the trap of the clichés.
Remember early in Scream when Sydney thought she was talking to Randy on the phone. She said she didn't watch that sh## because it was always big breasted women running UP the stairs when they should be running OUT the door.
"It's insulting", she said.
A few minutes later when Sydney is being chased, she does the exact same stupid thing she accused movie characters of doing, running up the stairs!
Ha, yes she did! Quite a few of them fell into that "trap", but knowing how something goes, doesn't mean you're not going to fall for it yourself. I mean they were supposed to be in the real world, and you don't expect for events to happen like they do in movies. But the Scream movies were following the cliches to parody them, right? I think they still kind of count :)
share Yeah I love the way the Scream series acknowledges the clichés. The characters know the pitfalls and then FALL right into them. ha!
One of my favorites is Randy (Jamie Kennedy) yelling at Jamie Lee Curtis on the TV screen while watching Halloween.
He's advising her to "Turn around Jamie! Turn around!" while he should have been doing the same thing.
I saw the movie several times, but one night I was watching it alone and that scene struck me. I thought that he SHOULD turn around. Then I thought that I should turn around too! I actually did turn to see if someone was behind me!
Those movies can play with your imagination!
Haha, that's cute you did that. I sometimes check under my bed like a little kid after watching horror movies alone.
shareThey really do! I'm like that with movies with things in the mirrors. I'm always a bit apprehensive about looking in a mirror after watching one of those.
That scene with Jamie Kennedy is the one that's really stuck with me from Scream. And I like the character most out of everyone.
Scary movie mirrors? I know! I've seen a few shows about Bloody Mary. Say her name in front of a mirror three times while turning around and she is supposed to appear. I've been tempted to do it for fun but I chicken out!
Jamie Kennedy's character was just about my favorite from Scream. Randy's death in the next movie was the only one that really made me sad.
Well yeah, that was the joke in Scream. It also shows that horror movies don't really work if people are too smart. I'm also sure the filmmakers want that reaction of the audience yelling at the screen in frustration due to the characters' actions.
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