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I thought the SCREAM movies were awful. Cute clean well lit movies that had a “made for TV movie” feel. Its like they decided to steal from “real” horror movies and make them safe and appealing to non horror fan people. They made a ton of money and have a huge fan base – so what do I know?

Many movies from the 70s and early 80s were scarier because they were so cheaply done, real lighting, real locations and they were scarier because they felt real. Spielberg/Hooper’s POLTERGEIST is a great sci fi movie but it looks too good ( too artificial) for me to buy into it as a scary horror movie.

BUT!
I have noticed that in the post SCREAM era, there has been a backlash against “nice clean horror” Filmmakers have been making raw dirty bloody horror movies again- and that is something horror fans should applaud.
The remake of EVIL DEAD and” Evil Dead Rise” comes to mind. I know I’m in the minority but “BABADOOK” really got to me!
All that said, I saw a horror short on YouTube a while ago that impressed the heck out of me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUQhNGEu2KA

They did a feature length remake that just didn’t do it for me. Its ok, but not as good as the short.
Also, I recently saw a feature horror film that is the cleverest freshest bit of horror filmmaking I’ve seen in a long time. Its set in a high school with a mostly teenage case- which normally annoys me, but this really worked.
Clever , new story, clever filmmaking…..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WxmMARNQRc
I can’t give it enough thumbs up.

What are some other newer horror movie you guys can recommend?