Horror movies

My favourite kinds of films by far are horror movies. They make my spine tingle, toe nails curl and my hair stands on end. I love frightening myself half to death and I also appreciate the cinematography and gore involved. Zombie films are my favourite by far and Troma being one of my favourite Horror publishers.

My favourite film has to be Redneck Zombies, which was one of the first horror movies to be shot and released entirely on VHS. The low budget of films like this really goes to show the dedication and motivation of the actors, SFX supervisors, directors and make up artists and when the finished outcome is as good as the early Peter Jackson films it shows that budget isn’t as important as you might of originally thought. To make films like this you have to have the passion, they don’t make millions at the box office.

In the Last 10-15 years though the horror movie genre has become less underground, especially thanks (or no thanks) to films like scream, and I am still amazed that John Carpenter managed to create three of the least scary horror movies ever, especially after cult classics like ‘the thing’. Saw is a franchise that seems to have helped to achieve mass acceptance of horror movies as a mainstream genre.