I actively avoid horror movies (I didn't even see Cabin in the Woods, and yes, I know it's different, but no, I *still* don't plan to see it, so you don't need to tell me I should see it), and I've been regarding Get Out in the same light. But *maybe* I'll see it. I'm intrigued.
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Steph L. - Mar 07, 2017 9:14:37 am PST #667 of 3455
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Jessica - Mar 07, 2017 9:30:41 am PST #668 of 3455
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Steph, me too (I also haven't seen Cabin In the Woods, though more from laziness than deliberate avoidance on my part), and I'm SO glad I got talked into seeing Get Out anyway.
megan walker - Mar 07, 2017 9:41:12 am PST #669 of 3455
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
For the record, I am not generally a fan of horror either.
Get Out is so much more than a horror film.
Jesse - Mar 11, 2017 1:57:56 pm PST #670 of 3455
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Get Out is barely a horror movie. I'd call it a thriller with horror elements? Unlike Cabin In the Woods, which is 100% a horror movie (along with being a big chunk of other stuff).
I was sort of spoiled, and it was still great.
lisah - Mar 12, 2017 10:29:46 am PDT #671 of 3455
Punishingly Intricate
Just saw Get Out and, yes, what everyone said. That's an interesting horror/thriller distinction. Do You think horor has to have some supernatural elements? Or is it a tone thing?
Jesse - Mar 12, 2017 12:36:02 pm PDT #672 of 3455
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I guess both? I don't think I know how to articulate it.
lisah - Mar 12, 2017 2:08:57 pm PDT #673 of 3455
Punishingly Intricate
Yeah, it definitely felt like a horror movie to me, not a thriller, but I'm not sure why.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 12, 2017 3:21:57 pm PDT #674 of 3455
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'd certainly put movies like Halloween or the first Friday the 13th movie firmly in the horror category despite not really having supernatural elements. Maybe the distinction is that horror involves more visceral fear, whereas thrillers are mostly suspense?
Jesse - Mar 12, 2017 3:28:26 pm PDT #675 of 3455
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yes! I think that is where I would draw that line. Thanks, Matt!
megan walker - Mar 12, 2017 4:20:01 pm PDT #676 of 3455
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
This conversation makes me realize I really need to write up the rest of my Horror series.
One thing that was interesting to see was how the subject of "horror" films changed over time between the 1930s and the 1960s, moving from actual monsters (either man-made or supernatural breaches of nature) to more nebulous, psychological ones (very few serial killers prior to the 1960s for example). In one sense, this shift makes it hard to identify what horror is because those films don't really seem scary now (at least to me, YSMV).
I think the best definition I found that encapsulates both classic horror and today's horror (vs thriller) is "the intrusion of an evil force or event into the everyday world." They both have suspense in that things aren't exactly what they seem/you don't exactly know what's going to happen, but one is more fear-based. Sort of true evil vs. everyday/realistic evil (criminals, shadowy governments and the like).