I don't think is fair to call this horror. if anything is suspenseful drama.
I can understand when this came out there was no other horror movies like it so I can respect being one of the first. I get that.
but this is just not that good. I was not around in 74 to watch this and get the nostalgia factor. Saw it, i was bored by it.
this is not like texas chainsaw that still holds today.
bad boys for life
No that isn't it. I respect you opinion but I have to strongly disagree about it being boring and not being a horror movie. I thought it was very suspenseful and scary. It is obviously a horror movie.
shareI think its creepy.
shareI think its creepy.
Agree. BC has a nice creep factor, with it's dark rooms and lurking shadows. I think today's audiences are more drawn to gory and disturbing films which this movie is not. BC is more comparable to movies like Halloween (1978), and the early 70's Italian giallo genre.
It's a small-budget quirky horror flick that is much better than it should be thanks to director Bob Clark's direction, nicely done twist ending and camera work. Unfortunately, due to the hundreds of slasher films that have followed, BC does show it's age. But it's still a nice little film to enjoy occasionally.
There are repeated scenes of a dead body wrapped in plastic in the attck, we see multiple murders, the phone calls are creepy. And there is the scene where you see Billy's eye.
This film is a horror film. It seems so obvious i don't know how it would be questioned.
"America isn't ready for a gay, mexican chicken sandwich" - Poultrygeist
yeah your right
right....
plastic wrap and stab with glass unicorn is only on screen killing scene
most of killscene is off screen the phone calls is not creepy at all for me it very hilarious and most stupid scene in this movie billy eye is scary but it still boring
this movie is how boring horror film should make.
... or maybe there are people that were simply NOT bored by it? It all comes down to different tastes really - and I can respect the fact that you weren't very impressed with this film. However, just because you didn't enjoy it, that doesn't mean everyone else shouldn't either... nor is it appropriate to excuse it with the old and tired nostalgia argument.
shareNo. I love it because its a good movie. I wasn't even alive in 1974.
Neither was I. I wasn't born until almost 20 years after this movie was released and yet it is one of my favorite. I watch it in the days leading up to Christmas every single year and never get tired of it. I just love the suspense and atmosphere.
shareI agree lampzzt78 I have no idea why anybody would love this movie, I absolutely hated it and it also felt like a suspenseful drama to me as well
shareThis is exactly how horror should be made. I mean, Halloween drew from this movie. It's true. The POV images, the musical score, the lack of blood needed the lack of a big body count, being scared from the things you DON'T see instead of the cheap scares.
It has it all. The atmosphere is as good as any horror movie out there. The unfortunate thing is that audiences today are so impatient and want gore and a high body count. They can't appreciate a more intellectually sound movie like this one that relies on suspense.
Look at Psycho, Jaws, Halloween, etc. All of those movies were done with a "building up suspense" moment. I wish more horror movies followed this mantra.
that's ALL bs, just bull. There are a lot of good horror movies that don't have any gore. or jump scares. I love how to "Go to" excuse for bad movies is either "you didn't get it" or "You only want Jump scares and gore " I find that pretty silly actually.
Jaws is better than this movie, Halloween is better than this movie, Texas Chainsaw massacre is a lot better than this movie. The fact that you compare this to those is baffling.
Just because you happen to like this, or feel nostalgia, doesn't meant it is that great.
Nostalgia is an incredible thing. it really changes your perspective on things.
I first saw this movie in 2001. I was 20 then. I don't have nostalgia for this movie from an old-time perspective. I saw Psycho, Jaws, Halloween and Friday the 13th all before this one. This movie is just perfectly done from a suspense standpoint and it mirrors other great movies in that way.
sharei understand you like it. there are movies i like that are slow or not well liked by everyone else.
there are movies everyone else hates, that i love
they are still not great movies and nostalgia plays a part
I respectfully disagree. this movie is a prototype for good slashers.
share[deleted]
LOL there many good proto-slasher and it better then this boring movie
like blood and black lace,bay of blood,torso,texas chainsaw massacre etc.
this movie is just boring and slow it not scary or frightening at all
many people said phone call scene is creepy but i think it very stupid and hilarious
most kill is off-screen only 2 on-screen kill.