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Have you ever seen a genre change like this?

posted 9 years ago by RKharlamov2001
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I can't recall.

Like I said in the other thread, i'm going to show my housemate and it's going to be hilarious when it turns into a vampire killing *beep*

I was very happily enjoying up until the vampires, and then it was ok/boring. The effects kept me a little entertained, as they were better than most, but that's not really for me. I would've enjoyed it so much more had I not been waiting for vampires somewhere in the film. Crazy crazy movie haha.

I still give it a 7, that might be generous and could change to a 6 if I ever happen to watch it again.

But yeah, have you ever seen a genre change like this? If so, what movies? I find it hilarious.

[–] jokkevideoedit 9 years ago

Yes, "Psycho" does the same thing :)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/?ref_=nv_sr_1
It was probably the first movie to do this aswell.
FDTD and Psycho is nothing alike other than they both have a "genre switch" though :P

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[–] ian-m-mcgrath-967-790853 9 years ago

that's what makes the movie so great. and I love the cheeseball gore effects ala dawn of the dead savini brings to the table. a great movie for fans of Tarantino and B movies .

[–] Geeky Randy 9 years ago

I don't know about genre changing, but there are a few movies worth checking out that take a left-turn, making you feel like you're watching a completely different film. Sometimes, it's the result of a false-protagonists (i.e. Psycho or Scream), but most instances is caused by a location or conflict shift (i.e. Full Metal Jacket or WALL•E) after the Act I or more rarely after Act II (i.e. The Departed or No Country for Old Men). It's what I call The Full Metal Jacket Effect:

- The Departed
- The Disappearance of Alice Creed
- From Dusk Till Dawn
- Full Metal Jacket
- Gardens of the Night
- Identity
- The Lego Movie
- No Country for Old Men
- Psycho
- Scream
- WALL•E

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[–] GorillazButter 9 years ago

^Kubrick had a real knack for that. I'd add "Eyes Wide Shut" to the list.

First time I watched it a few years ago the "party" scene really threw me off but I couldn't look away.

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[–] Badger2151 9 years ago

The Departed.....how so?

[–] Geeky Randy 9 years ago

The final 20–30 minutes (which is a good chunk of time) completely changes the tone and style once everything gets chaotic. Or maybe that was just the way I felt. ?

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[–] bluersun 9 years ago

'Something Wild' does a massive turn - from a cookie comedy to thriller when Ray Liotta turns up.

[–] andrew-jaytreaty 8 years ago

Came here to say this. I think, compared with the other films mentioned, the total genre shift of Something Wild is most like From Dusk 'til Dawn.

[–] edgie90 9 years ago

Predator.

Changes from a typical action movie with men blowing the *beep* out of everything, to a kind of chase/action horror film.

[–] hubcap18 9 years ago

Red Eye
The Crying Game
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[–] Geeky Randy 9 years ago

Good call with The Crying Game!

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[–] armadafarmboy 8 years ago

The Evil Dead Trilogy went from being a horror in the first one to being a horror with some comedic elements in the second to a comedy with some horror elements in the third. I know it's not through the course of just one movie but just thought I'd share.

[–] ktowny 8 years ago

No Country for Old Men? How?

I'll add The Wizard of Oz to the list.

"Loves turned to lust and bloods turned to dust in my heart"

[–] gymkata4u 8 years ago

Life Force

[–] markok56 8 years ago

The Crying Game as someone mentioned. Total change of genre. From war madness to love story. If we can call that love.

Full Metal Jacket - two movies in one. Even tehnically is not genre change, but was strange.

Life is Beautiful - from comedy&love story with happiness to a war&drama with
tragic events.

Some Martin Lewrence movie, I don't remember name. But it was comedy for a hour and half than suddenly become thriller.

But winner would be A Pure Formalaty(1994) with Depardieu and Polanski. That ending...

[–] jorgito2001 8 years ago

Some Martin Lewrence movie, I don't remember name. But it was comedy for a hour and half than suddenly become thriller.

Could you be thinking about A Thin Line Between Love and Hate?

That movie starts off innocently enough....Martin's character being a hard breaking player...til he plays the wrong girl and she turns full psycho on him. Once she loses it the funny just DISSAPPEARS!

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[–] markok56 8 years ago

Oh, and I forgot War of the Roses(1989)

Michael Douglas nad Kathleen Turner. Top 5 changes for sure.