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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 8213557">What I am trying to say though is when Ravenloft was released this was the case too: most audiences would have found Hellraiser or Friday the 13th more scary than Horror of Dracula or Nosferatu at that time. The point of Ravenloft was to say: hey, not so fast, this older approach can be more scary if you give it a chance. That is why people note the passion of the pride in black box: it is trying to persuade an audience that thinks exactly what you express here. My argument is 1) we shouldn’t forget this was largely the point of Ravenloft and 2) that the black box actually had a good point: once you release yourself of your current biases and engage classic horror fully, it can be more scary. Stills of a film like the wolf man might look less scary than the howling (for the record I like both movies*), but if you fully engage The wolf Man, it is actually quite scary as well (if you are invested in the characters and allow yourself to get lost in the film). I just rewatched it not long ago and I think it is quite scary in its way if you watch the whole thing (and also a good example of stuff you’d expect to find in Ravenloft)*also worth noting here American Werewolf in London is a great example of using humor to make a film scarier</blockquote>