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<blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 8262950"><p>And I think the most important thing here is it is extremely hard to know what those peculiarities are and how they will play out over time until something has had decades to breathe. If you asked me in the 80s or 90s if the 80s was a golden age of horror, I would have said emphatically no, that it was a ridiculous era of horror. But I've been doing a podcast where we go back and rewatch a lot of classic horror movies, and we spent a good deal of time reviewing 80s films. I am constantly surprised how well they hold up, and how charming the peculiarities are (and this is something I've seen and heard form people who didn't grow up in the 80s). I am also surprised how much the odd-ball qualities of some of these horror movies, doesn't really detract much from the horror (in a lot of ways it makes the movies feel more like they are directed by a sociopath or something, and it is kind of more unnerving-----a good example might be American Werewolf in London). Even the more ridiculous films, like Life-force are great to watch for some reason. I am finding that less the case with 90s films (even though I was probably in my biggest horror phase during the 90s). Obviously though, like you point out, there is a cream of the crop effect here. There were a huge, huge number of slashers in the 80s. Now we tend to watch the ones that had bigger budgets or stood the test of time. But there is a lot of junk there, and a lot of junk in other subgenres. Still I think there are a lot more horror gems from the 80s than the 90s.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guest 85555, post: 8262950"] And I think the most important thing here is it is extremely hard to know what those peculiarities are and how they will play out over time until something has had decades to breathe. If you asked me in the 80s or 90s if the 80s was a golden age of horror, I would have said emphatically no, that it was a ridiculous era of horror. But I've been doing a podcast where we go back and rewatch a lot of classic horror movies, and we spent a good deal of time reviewing 80s films. I am constantly surprised how well they hold up, and how charming the peculiarities are (and this is something I've seen and heard form people who didn't grow up in the 80s). I am also surprised how much the odd-ball qualities of some of these horror movies, doesn't really detract much from the horror (in a lot of ways it makes the movies feel more like they are directed by a sociopath or something, and it is kind of more unnerving-----a good example might be American Werewolf in London). Even the more ridiculous films, like Life-force are great to watch for some reason. I am finding that less the case with 90s films (even though I was probably in my biggest horror phase during the 90s). Obviously though, like you point out, there is a cream of the crop effect here. There were a huge, huge number of slashers in the 80s. Now we tend to watch the ones that had bigger budgets or stood the test of time. But there is a lot of junk there, and a lot of junk in other subgenres. Still I think there are a lot more horror gems from the 80s than the 90s. [/QUOTE]
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