Assessing renewed interest in horror movies

Newest Review: ... horror characters still popular to this day such as 'Jason Voorhees' of 'Friday the 13th' fame, and 'Freddy Kreuger' of the great 1984 film 'A Nightmare On Elm Street'. Once again the genre did of course with time become rather stale and require reinventing, however it was in 1996 that Wes Craven once again brought popularity to the slasher genre of horror with 'Scream'. Popular for directing 'A Nightmare On Elm Street'; Wes Craven was no stranger to the slasher genre and showed that old news can once again become 'the new'. The reinvention of the slasher genre in the mid 90's just goes to show how the genre goes in cycles and this goes so... more

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Assessing renewed interest in horror movies: An Assessment Of Renewed Interest In Horror Movies (909 words)
by - written on 30/10/07 (Very useful, 88 readings)
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I feel that the horror genre is one of the only few to have sustained interest over the years. Sure there will be times where the genre is less popular than others; however a large interest is always apparent. Horror has managed to keep its interest through frequently changing with the times, and constantly progressing and expanding as a genre. If you look at the genre in the early seventies for instance it can be seen that films such as William Friedkin's 'The Exorcist' were greatly popular in the genre. Released in 1973; here there was no killer, but instead a manifestation of evil itself in the form of devil possession. Countless others took note of this ... Read the complete review

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