@clousems said in #6:
> #5: Funny Games.
> That is all.
Have already watched but to be honest it was just mix of genres. Nothing as such as horror.
People nowadays have misconception about meaning of horror.
Also, due to hype of movie it gets terribly affected.
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@clousems said in #6:
> #5: Funny Games.
> That is all.
Also to clarify: I didn't call them movies bad. Rather they are good with some being great. But the talk is about horror element, which is hardly there.
And I like psychological thrillers also so Funny Games was interesting from that respect. But it wasn't horror, and that's the talk of this thread.
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I personally don't like horror movies that much. My favorite is Hitchcock's "Psycho".
"The Shining", "Predator", and, "Alien" are also good horror movies, I guess.
Though, what you don't like to watch you may like to read. My favorite "horror book" is "Frankenstein", everybody knows this book by Mary Shelley I reckon.
And, of course, even in music there's some kind of exorcist: Tubular Bells.
If Funny Games isn't a horror movie, then we have to reevaluate the home invasion subgenre of horror. I'll grant you that it contains thriller and suspense elements as well, but these elements (as well as the occasional comedy) served to enhance the terror generated by the movie.
I'd go so far as to say that most effective horror movies incorporate other genres. Even Nosferatu had fantasy and adventure elements. Heck, that "Deep Red" movie I mentioned is from a genre called giallo, which combines horror, mystery, and thriller elements. Of course, you do have some specific cases of effective "pure horror" movies (the most obvious examples being The Exorcist or Night of the Living Dead), but these aren't as common in my opinion.
Funny Games (the original version, I haven't seen the remake) was a terrific and terrifying movie, ranking among Haneke's best films. If anything, I'd call it underrated.
