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Originally Posted by pylon
Why I think The Evil Dead was such a masterpiece, was because it had such a simple plot device. A book... some words, that's all it took. Much like what made John Carpenters The Thing IMHO the true benchmark of gore-horror. That and gooey splatterific practical effects.
I know, I know, they don't make em like they used to, I need to go yell at a cloud... etc. But modern horror films just don't have the grit, the 70's and 80's had... like you felt you weren't really supposed to be watching the film. It made you feel kinda dirty and impure.
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Classic horror films had characters you attached to, either good or bad. Freddie, Jason, Ash, Pinhead, Myers, Ripley. The hero was either badass enough that you cheered for them to plow through whatever evil was in front of them or the villain was cool enough that you just wanted to see them tear everything apart. Most every horror movie I've seen that was made in the last 10 years I've forgotten about the next day because they rely more on jump scares and creepy atmosphere than any compelling characters