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The thread about iconic slasher movie remakes got me thinking. Rob Zombie's Halloween remake gave michael meyers a motive and reason for killing. And that's a stupid mistake, imo.
Scream laid it out for any aspiring horror movie directors. It's scarier when there's no motive! But then, and i have no clue why, even Scream immediately disregarded it's own advice, and Billy Loomis explained why he started killing, with some generic " your mom fucked my dad and my mom left us because of it." Boo hoo...cry baby.
@3:00
How much better would it have been if billy and stu said that line about scarier with no motive, and left it at that!? That would've meant it was just 2 psychos who watched too many scary movies and went nuts. Better that way, imo. Plus it would've made more of a social commentary about how far is too far in terms of movies, games and music.
But I'm trying to remember movies where the killer had zero motive and the audience never knew why they did what they did. Imo it's always scarier when the viewer's own imagination has to fill in the blanks. So what all can you come up with? It can be horror movies, sci fi, thrillers, mysteries...whatever.
I'll start:
Alien
Scream laid it out for any aspiring horror movie directors. It's scarier when there's no motive! But then, and i have no clue why, even Scream immediately disregarded it's own advice, and Billy Loomis explained why he started killing, with some generic " your mom fucked my dad and my mom left us because of it." Boo hoo...cry baby.
@3:00
How much better would it have been if billy and stu said that line about scarier with no motive, and left it at that!? That would've meant it was just 2 psychos who watched too many scary movies and went nuts. Better that way, imo. Plus it would've made more of a social commentary about how far is too far in terms of movies, games and music.
But I'm trying to remember movies where the killer had zero motive and the audience never knew why they did what they did. Imo it's always scarier when the viewer's own imagination has to fill in the blanks. So what all can you come up with? It can be horror movies, sci fi, thrillers, mysteries...whatever.
I'll start:
Alien
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