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spoilers So the Angel of Death is...

posted 11 years ago by davannacarter
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...just some hillbilly redneck that looks like Seth Green? They must have Nascar and endless kegs of Budweiser in the afterlife too.

If that wasn't bad enough, the movie also had the following unforgivable things: shaky cam and swaying cam (the camera was hardly steady throughout the entire movie); terrible, terrible dialogue; endless nightmare sequences, where the woman constantly walks up to characters with creepy faces; irritating jump scares where the sound suddenly goes "Boom!" whenever something that's supposed to be scary comes out of nowhere; shots held on nothing important for far too long; flies buzzing around a carcass...IN THE WINTER?; overused clichés, "Honey, I heard some rustling noises in the dark out there. Stay here while I go check it out. You'll be safe by yourself."; etc.

And last, but not least, the most predictable ending of a horror movie I've seen in a long, long time. When they got up from the crash with no injuries whatsoever I thought, "Hmm. This looks like it is gonna be one of those horror movies where it is revealed at the end that the protagonist is dead but doesn't know it. Nah. That type of ending is so clichéd and predictable that no director would dare making a movie with that type of ending." And it turns out it was that type of ending?! WTF!

[–] raceface 11 years ago

Oh chill out, you have some valid points, but hey, grab some popcorn and enjoy!

[–] davannacarter 11 years ago

You say I have valid points about why the movie is awful but then you say I should forget about it and enjoy it?

It's times like these when I seriously consider becoming a horror movie producer. I used to wonder why companies like the Asylum, After Dark Films, and all those distributors of those $5 horror DVD combo packs stay in business. But I know the reason: it's because fans of horror are the least demanding and the most accepting of garbage of any type of fan. More than 99% of the horror movies created within the last 20 years are garbage. The characters act incredibly stupid, the situations are nonsensical, and whenever a new idea comes around in a blue moon, it is imitated by a dozen different movies ("Oh, so the main character is dead but doesn't know it. I'm gonna put that in my horror movie." "Me too." "Me three." "Me four.") And then you talk to the fans of horror and they shrug and say, "It's stupid, predictable, and clichéd but I was entertained." No other genre movies have fans that are so accepting of complete crap.

If I ever create a horror movie, I'm not even going to try to be original. I'll just rip off as much as I can from other movies. Fans will say, "The movie was clichéd and I could see the ending halfway through. But *shrug* it was fun to watch it while eating popcorn."

[–] Cleric-J-Dubois 11 years ago

I look forward to you becoming a horror movie producer because I have a good feeling you will probably bring the genre up to speed with the rest of the movie empires. You do indeed have some good points, fair play to you. And just a little pointer to raceface; NO amount of popcorn can help one "enjoy" what I just watched!

[–] UpperEastSider 11 years ago

Definitely consider becoming a horror movie producer. Can't wait to see how well your movies do at the box office.

A true friend walks in when everyone else walks out

[–] Superstar51292 8 years ago

So are you saying that in horror movies from over 20 years ago, the characters weren't dumb? The situations were realistic? They weren't predictable or cliche? That's funny, because three of the horror "greats" from well over 20 years ago were FULL of all of those things.

Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre each contained: stupid characters doing stupid things; bad guys who were somehow able to get everyone but one average girl for some reason, even if the bad guys weren't very fast; cliches such as a slutty girl, a jock, a nerd, a love interest (which shouldn't be important in a life-threatening situation), drugs, and sex; and predictable endings. So tell me again how this trend of "terrible" things started in the last 20 years.

Also this isn't to say I didn't enjoy those, and did enjoy this, that's not the case. I thought this movie was crap. I just happened to also think your point was crap.

[–] LoupGarouTFTs 10 years ago

They must have Nascar and endless kegs of Budweiser in the afterlife too.

Woo hoo!!! I gotta get me some afterlife! ;)

(Go Smoke!)

[–] heyteegs 9 years ago

Aside from your points being spot on, anyone who has a picture of Marion Davies as an avatar is primo in my book.

http://amanandamouse.blogspot.com/2014/10/how-marion-davies-broke-into -movies.html