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If a proper horror was made, what would you do?

Mushwin
Mushwin Member Posts: 4,598
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So we know the cliches, splitting up, people running up the stairs, no signal, no gas, stuck out in the middle of know where. So how would you direct a proper movie that contains good choices and decisions? would it still be classed as a horror or slasher, what if everyone in Saw actually was smart and figured stuff out? in horror movies do they make some characters a little dumb for the effect and feel? Do you have to be a not virgin to die? I just wonder what if someone directed a good horror with good choices would it be the same? do we live frm people making bad choices?

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  • bm33
    bm33 Member Posts: 8,240

    I just think of Cabin in the Woods where there's the group influencing the victims to make bad decisions.

    I think there's already a decent number of horror movies where the victims make what should be the good/right choice, it's just the killer/monster is able to ruin that choice by being one step ahead or they are able to push the victims into what turns out to be bad decisions. Like Tremors - Earl and Val are making good decisions based on the information they have, unfortunately the grabboids are managing to ruin each of those good choices.

  • AssortedSorting
    AssortedSorting Member Posts: 1,347
    edited October 25

    Even if someone is smart, if they can’t explain something otherworldly it’s new ground they’re treading. And if they can’t control something/there’s something they must confront to continue (and it’s actively a threat), it can still evoke a sense of powerlessness and being hunted, placing yourself in a vulnerable position.

    I’d look at Alien as an example.

    And hell, there’s always the horror where while your logic was sound, there were unknowns that caused you to be wrong, and dealing with those consequences.

    This comes up a lot in Sci-Fi

    (But I’m heavily biased towards Sci-Fi anyway as I grew up with that).

  • HerInfernalMajesty
    HerInfernalMajesty Member Posts: 1,838
    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/430869/if-a-proper-horror-was-made-what-would-you-do

    Drag me to Hell does this well where Christine makes mostly good decisions under pressure.

    I think a movie can stay horror when the main character is smart as long as the character fails a critical test(s) or if the horror is always one step ahead/smarter than the already smart character.