"A New Year's Resolution"
It’s a New Year and a new season of horror. Or, at least a new way of looking at all
things horror which is what I will be doing here at 100 Favorite Horror
Films. In the past you’ve read many
reviews on this site with the occasional personal rant from me. I don’t particularly like to rant and rave
about all things horror but I’ve decided that I should impart some of my long
standing knowledge and experience with horror to you faithful readers out
there.
I not only watch a lot of horror films but I also read and
make films about horror. I study the
history of horror & horror films and film makers and therefore I would like
to share some of that knowledge. As part
of my New Year’s Resolutions you will getting more bang for your buck here at
the 100 Favorite Horror Films Blog as I try to write an article every week in
association with these “Rants & Ravings About Horror.”
Unfortunately, the beginning of the year (and most
importantly January) is the time in which Hollywood studios dump their horror
films that they either don’t have faith in or don’t believe audiences really
care about since they’re still watching films from the Holiday season. This year’s first casualty of war is The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death. I loved the first film but didn’t think there
was any need for a sequel but like the Hollywood machine when a film is
successful, a sequel is inevitable (especially when it comes to horror). None of the stars from the original return as
this film takes place decades after the original. This being the first sequel to the new Hammer
Studios I am curious to what they concocted and hope that it is at least a
successful film (financially) since the studio needs a few hits in order to
continue to stay alive.
Instead, the first horror film I’ve seen this New Year is The Babadook (2014), which I absolutely
loved. 2014 may have been one of the
worst years for theatrical horror films.
The only major standout is Oculus despite
the financial success of Ouija,
Annabelle, Godzilla, and The Purge:
Anarchy (among a few others). What
2014 has had were a lot of low budget indie success stories that either had a
limited theatrical release or skipped the theater all together (i.e. The Sacrament, The Battery, Only Lovers Left Alive, Proxy,
and several others). More often than not
2014 was littered with forgotten films like As
Above, So Below, The Quiet Ones, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, The Pyramid and Horns to name a few).
The one great thing about 2015 is that it can’t be as bad as
2014 was. There is a lot to look forward
to this year in terms of horror films with Insidious:
Chapter 3, The Green Inferno (moved from 2014), Crimson Peak, Poltergeist (remake),
Jurassic World, Sinister 2, Goosebumps, Paranormal Activity: Ghost
Dimension, and even a possible new Friday
the 13th! This is only a
small sampling of things to come as there is also video games, books, comics,
and other media geared to us horror fans of which I hope to comment on over the
next year. I hope that this gives you a
new outlook on what to expect from 100 Favorite Horror Films Blog and this
column “Rants & Ravings About Horror.”
Enjoy and I look forward to next week!
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