How is it the film maker's fault if your opinion of their movie is negative? I don't understand that. It's all subjective man. There are no Universal Truths that define what a "bad movie" is. Even low measureable factors, like picture quality and special effects, don't necessarily make for a bad movie (probably doesn't help it much though). I'm sure someone at some point in time even genuinely liked (unironically) Plan 9 From Outer Space.
Of course there's nothing wrong with WANTING to expect more from horror movies, as long as you don't ACTUALLY expect more from horror movies. You yourself said bad horror movies keep getting pumped out and it won't end anytime soon, so, why expect a lot? Especially on a low-budget picture like this one? It'd be nice for expectations to be raised, but that's just not the state of things. Surely you've been disappointed enough. I have. Not every movie is gonna rule and be original and scary (even if it did win a few awards). And until you or I make our own pictures we gotta just watch what's out there.
Low-budget horror is relatively easy to get into so there's simply a lot more crap out there. People like blood and violence and monsters. They love horror. So they rent a couple cameras, get a crew together, and make a movie. Because it's so open a loooot of crap gets in, but on the flipside, because it's so open, there's a chance for unknown film maker's with real talent to make the next Bad Taste.
The reason I keep watching is for the love of the genre. Sure, for every horror movie I find that I love, there's 10 average ones and twice as many "meh" ones, but it's that one gem that keeps me coming back.
P.S. Sorry it's so long. I may have gotten a little carried away there.
The real trick to life is not to be in the know, but to be in the mystery. -Fred Alan Wolf
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DirectorLawrence
15 years ago
"How is it the film maker's fault if your opinion of their movie is negative?"
I said a piece of crap like THIS movie. I am asserting that the filmmaker had to have known this was a bad movie. You should have respect enough for your potentional audience that you work hard to give them something good even if you are working on a low budget.
The biggest problem is film has been dumbed down into simply an entertaining money-making device instead of being viewed as an art form. Since the digital age makes it easy, anyone thinks they can make movies. They can in the literal sense but never in the quality sense. Anyone can pick up a paint brush but that doesn't make them an artist.
I'm not expecting any masterpieces from the horror genre but I do want some form of quality. It's just so frustrating going through so many just to find one descent movie.
But I will say "Zombie Strippers" was bit of an improvement from this movie but not by much.
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DirectorLawrence
15 years ago
One other thing, I don't just expect every movie I watch to be good. I rented "Evil Bong" the other day and knew not to expect much. The movie just screams ridiculous but that's okay because I know that. A movie like "The Slaughter" doesn't give away how bad it is until you're actually sitting through it. Unfortuntely, it's not the "It's so good it's bad" kind of movie either.
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