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Originally Posted by demonrail666
Hate to say it but I'm getting close to writing off contemporary horror. If someone strongly recommends something I'll give it a try but I increasingly feel like I'm not just wasting money on new releases but time, when I could be seeking out older stuff I haven't seen before which, from experience, is almost guaranteed to be better.
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Yep. There seems to be maybe one horror movie every five years or so that's truly great. Like the most recent one I can think of was "The Witch," and it was very atypical for a horror film. So much so that it's not even really "horror" — still, it's the kind of film that seeps into your bones.
Before that there was "Let the Right One In," which was fucking fantastic, but again very weird for a horror film. Almost more art-housey at times (like "The Witch.")
there are probably a couple fun, worth-watching horror films that pop up on a semi-annual basis, like "It Follows" ... and I hear this new "IT" is pretty good. But are they great? Nah. Maybe two great ones per decade. Looking into older films is almost certainly a better bet.
Though I have heard good things about "Transfiguration" and "Raw," neither of which I can substantiate as I've seen neither. My guess is that they both subvert the rules of the genre in some way. If they really are good, that is.