Im going to re do the first post that we ever did. Looking back now it seems that it wasn't really the themes of horror that I thought about that I wrote down, but rather what I thought was the right answer. Themes in horror have changed a lot over the years, but of course, they have to. With each generation something new strikes terror into the hearts of its readers and watchers. My father was scared out of his mind when he was a teenager and saw the exorcist. I watched it when I was about 16, and didnt bat an eyelash if anything I chuckled a bit. But again this all lands in the plain of personal taste also, The movie mothman prophecies to this day scares the living daylights out of me, so much so that writing the title freaks me out. I know people that were horrified by saw and freddy vs jason that didnt even filnch at that movie. So every one is affected diffrently by diffrent things. Theres allways trends that come and go, like found footage films that were popular in the 90s with the blair witch project and the ring, are comming back in full force now with paranormal activity, the 4th kind and quarantine. These also affect diffrent people in diffrent ways, I can sit through all of the paranormal activity movies and not blink, but I will never ever watch the 4th kind again. ever.
So now a days, I belive that the main themes in horror now are:
Found footage
scaring the audience after they leave the theatre(give them something to think about at home)
Zombies(although thats a bit old now)
biological mutations(video games; also zombies)
"cheap looking" movies, add to the it could happen to you factor
3d
High gore/torture porn (a little bit old, more in the early 2000's)
'ghosts' (seems simple, but horror has shifted from the boogy man monster to more of a demon/ghost/spirit/thing you cant see wave latley)
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