|
Mara Wilson@marawilson.bsky.social |
A lot of these are people who have never made a movie before. Maybe they made one with their friends, or while getting a film degree, but that’s it. For some reason, they’re almost always horror movies. I think a lot of new filmmakers think that would be the easiest movie to make, for some reason.
15 replies 7 reposts 76 likes
|
your buddy eric
@ericplais.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Is it because it’s just easier to write a villain driving the conflict that you don’t have to examine closely?
0 replies 0 reposts 1 likes
|
A. Fresnel
@fresnel.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Isn't that also basically the backstory of the creation of the cinematic masterpiece that is Manos: The Hands of Fate?
0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes
|
Voder of BORG
@crosis101.bsky.social
[ View ] |
I had a friend come to me and say “hey I want to to a 60 second Guardians of the Galaxy parody, here’s the setup.” I said cool, an wrote it in the back of a 70’s crown vic during a car chase. Figured we could fog the windows and put the chase cuts in post. They were ADAMNT it be shot in 6 locations
1 replies 0 reposts 0 likes
|
Matt Miller
@mattmiller.bsky.social
[ View ] |
I think it's more like it's the easiest movie to sell
1 replies 0 reposts 6 likes
|
Mike from Burke (now Cville)
@mikefrburkecville.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Blair Witch Project made so many idiots think that they, too, could be horror auteurs.
2 replies 2 reposts 31 likes
|
Ducky Krup
@duckykrup.bsky.social
[ View ] |
I think bc it’s one of the cheaper genres to make with a limited number of set pieces and actors.
1 replies 0 reposts 3 likes
|
🎬 🍉 The Reel Jon
@thereeljon.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Probably because horror's seen by a lot of people as an unserious genre with low budgets and no real concern for quality. It's why it's also the go-to genre for hacks whenever a recognizable IP hits the public domain
0 replies 0 reposts 2 likes
|
Darryl Mott
@abstruse.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Historically, it has been. Horror movies are pretty cheap to make compared to other genre films (karo syrup and red food dye aren't expensive). Plus a lot of people writing "how to make films" books worked during the VHS boom of the 80s/90s where any crappy horror movie could get distribution.
1 replies 3 reposts 23 likes
|
lucas
@antioccident.bsky.social
[ View ] |
horror movies are the punk music of film: lowest cost to entry to create, expansive acceptance of quality levels in the genre
0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes
|
Rick “Mr. Neighborhoodwide”
@crystalpepsi.bsky.social
[ View ] |
This dovetails with people assuming genre fiction is per se easier to write than “literature”
0 replies 1 reposts 17 likes
|
Super Saiga
@supersaiga.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Apparently it's because horror fans will watch literally anything and don't care if something was low budget (as a horror fan, I can confirm). So it is less of a financial risk. Studios will often give new directors a horror film, because no matter how badly it goes people will want to watch it.
1 replies 0 reposts 3 likes
|
Älia Meth
@aeliameth.bsky.social
[ View ] |
As someone that’s been in one of these D horror slasher movies and knew people that worked in that world — it’s very easy to make and very easy to sell but not easy to get a return on investment. Everything has to go right. The one I was in started filming in 2014 and released on Amazon 2019
0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes
|
|
@saintnobody.bsky.social
[ View ] |
I don’t think horror is easy to make, but it can be cheap to make. A lot of the best horror never shows you the scary thing, letting it lurk larger than life in your imagination. Also, it lets you turn having no budget for lighting into a stylistic choice.
0 replies 0 reposts 2 likes
|
Robb from 8/16/32bit
@81632bit.bsky.social
[ View ] |
Horror/exploitation has historically been an easy "sell" to distributors as there is often a high return on investment with them.
0 replies 1 reposts 8 likes
|
bobayaga.bsky.social
@bobayaga.bsky.social
[ View ] |
I remember in Bruce Campbell's autobiography they checked a lot of drive-in theaters and found that the easiest things to sell were sci-fi and horror, and they figured it was a lot easier and cheaper to make a horror movie than sci-fi.
0 replies 0 reposts 0 likes