What is Your Least Favourite Type of Horror Film?
 

Simple really -- even if you like anything that can be classified as 'horror', what do you like least? For me, the answer is franchise horrors that just follow the same template as the original film for each sequel. I'm not keen on things like Friday the 13th: Part 7 and all of the Halloween and A Nightmare on Elm Street sequels. Some of them have merits but they are not a patch on the original with the possible exception of Friday the 13th 2. I think it's when you get over three films in a franchise that there is a problem.

Though I don't watch much modern horror or franchises and once hated the idea of them and remakes with a passion, I've since had a change of heart and now see them as the ultimate in exploitation films.Film makers churning out the same crud over and over again to a willing public is pure exploitation...

As to sub-genres I dislike:

Ghosts.

Killer animals.

Non supernatural zombie and vampire films.

Slasher films that have no nudity.

Anything by the four horseman of fakesploitation ( Tarantino, Roth, Rodriguez and Zombie) and their wannabes. The whole modern Grindhouse movement gets on my tits to be honest.

Pretty much anything made in the 1990s, the decade of the horror draught.

Whilst I'm very inclined to agree with MTDS's opening paragraph, I'll still have to list the following as being my least favourite:

- Franchise Horror (the umpteen Friday, Halloween, Nightmare, Saw sequels etc.)
- Remakes (especially English language equivalents of foreign films made for lazy ill-educated ***** who can't/won't read subtitles)
- Horror films which are bloated with CGI
- Anything directed by Uwe Boll

Damn, forgot to mention that one. Completely agree although, if it means that people will watch a remake and then check out the original, that is a decent side effect I suppose.

Oooh, excellent thread idea Nos. Interesting that people seem not to like the franchises - I'm the opposite! I luv a good franchise me. As for sequels, well I too used to HATE them. But, I've now come to the idea of 'meh, whatever, judge each remake seprately' - of course most are terrible, but there are some true gems (lets not forget The Thing or The Fly)

As for least fav genres, I'd have to say the Vampires. Sure there are some excellent films with vampires but they just seem a bit too...luvey duvey. The vampires just seem to be too smoochy and seductive, unlike a zombie - generally speaking. But don't get me wrong, I don't HATE vampires.

For me it has to be the fairly recent torrent of torture crap. This can be split into two:

- we got some semi-decent intelligent flicks like Saw and possibly Hostel, then suddenly we get a million sequels or imitations which are not true horror. Just an excuse to milk money and ride the waves. I do not want to see 90 mins of shit and people being traumatised (perhaps it is me who is traumatised with being so bored?).

- the number one pet-hate for me has to be the low budget torture gore stuff that is just sick and perverted. You know, Toetag releases, August Underground, Vomit trilogy etc. I HATE this stuff to the core. It gives horror a terrible name, and I just don't understand why folks will want to watch movies like this. Times like this i kind of like how this stuff doesn't get official releases in Britain, not on a censorship level but just not encouraging the idiots who makes these films to make more.

2nd type of horror is the animal stuff. I love Lenzi, Martino etc, but just hate seeing animals in their flicks. One of the reasons I would never watch that Mondo crap.

Phew I feel better now. :lol:

Excellent topic!:rockon:

Quite a hard one to nail down as I mostly try to stay open for all kinds of varying genre movies, but I guess the horror flicks I could do without probably boil down to this:

-Clean cut, pretty faced mainstream horrors with no nudity or gore:tongue1:

- I'm more of a "reality based horror" kinda guy, so I can't get too excited over genre films with a heavy fantasy/supernatural dose, with the Clive Barker/"Hellraiser" movies being the only notable exception.:nod:

- SEQUELS which totally ignore the rules set by previous entries in a franchise, like the "teleporting Jason" from "Friday 8"....or the "Parasite Jason" from "Friday 9"...or "Freddy's daugther" in "Elm Street 6"...that kind of blindness to a series' plot bothers the hell out of me!:woot:

- I have no issue with "strong" underground horrors as such, BUT I'm getting severely tired by the tendency of young "provocateurs" to go after children and babies in the most disgusting fashion! There are some ingredients in horror which have to be handled with thought and care, it's the "How you do it!" that makes all the difference for me between a movie like "Inside", which I like very much, and something like "Murder Set Pieces" or "Seed", which only get me very angry!:rolleyes:

Even though I haven't seen any to know I hate the look of things like "Twilight" etc, they just look utter shit.

Ah, but are the Twilight films horror films? I would put them down as drama and romance as they really aren't horror movies as a central premise is the romance between a vampire and a human (can't think of their names at the moment).

No idea, but what is horror?

Giallo's for instance aren't really horrors, more murder/mystery films but find themselves in with horrors.

Same as Cannibal fims, horrific things happen in them yes but are they really horrors?

There are things in gialli and cannibal films that shock and disturb and can be legitimately described as 'horrific'. Twilight, on the other hand, is fairly bland and family friendly and is only 'horrific' if you look at it from a artistic point of view!

I totaly 100% agree on low budget torture porn etc, ive always stated films are meant to be enjoying not leaving u feeling disturbed etc, Grotesque Guinea pig etc seems to have gone down well with a lot of ppl but imo i feel there is no need for this type of film but hey each to there own...

I detest remakes but again if it encourages people to dig out the original then that must be a good thing.... i must admit there is odd remake thats not that bad i was quite surprised at remake of last house on left, when i watched it on sky few wk back better than i expected

Films with 2 things very bad special effects or films where nothing happens just loads of screaming women running screaming all the time....

Just to play Devil's advocate, even if a remake gets people viewing the original film, just think how much better the money could have been spent making a new, unique film. I often wonder how many potential classics are still in the script phase only, as Hollywood follows the dollar. Still, I don't think Hollywood is to blame, it is the home of the so called film industry, not the Hollywood Arts Collective.;)

Back to the topic at hand, I dislike horror comedies but love funny horror films.

I really can't stand anything with children in it unless they are killing people or being killed.

A romantic sub plot in a horror film gets on my nerves, but more so in action films unless it involves one of those very uncomfortable sex scenes between a bloated Steven Seagal and an East European woman, young enough to be his daughter as witnessed in many a dvd these last few years. They hold a Mondo type fascination for me, that is far from healthy I imagine.

Not really into the mainstream slasher movies (Fri 13th, Urban Legends, etc)
Vampire movies (although I'm discovering some more interesting low budget Euro ones that are more appealing, but in general they don't do much for me)

I wouldn't say I disliked any type of horror. Though I am not keen on Boa v Python and similar films. This may just be because the films are crap though:)

I'm not really into remakes (except the good ones, The Thing, The Fly and Invasion of the Body Snatchers), I don't like ghost stories too much either.I don't really have to watch any of the Twilight films to know I will hate them with a vengeance! I can't stand straight to DVD horror fare either, the kind of stuff that's shown on The Horror Channel all the time.

personally i find that the redo of MBV tipped the balance for me...love the original (30 year old "teenagers" come on!!) thought redo (saw both 2 and 3d versions) both shite.
Twilight has replaced the Cure IMO.
i just like to be scared when i watch something..whether its the sicko stuff (which im tiring of anyway) or stuff like NOROI (not seen this? check it out...unless you hated BWP that is...)

I love the horror genre but movies like Hostel and Saw are my least favorite. Torturing people for money or game is too senseless for my tastes.

1990's Straight to video dross! :happy:

I'm getting very tired of found footage style horror films.

They just scream laziness... although, the low production values and questionable 'acting' boasts high returns, so unfortunately if people keep paying to see these sorts of films, they will be here to stay.

Depends who makes it though. That Barry Levinson found footage film sounded good (and got great reviews), going to add it to my rental list now :nod: . . .

found/lost footage which ever its called really don't like these movies

Lots of cgi and shaky camera work are usually a big turnoff for me.

I'm least interested in Cannibal horror I think, not that I've seen any! Probably down to the animal cruelty, but I'm just not arsed about folk in a jungle being eaten by 'savages'. In general I tend to avoid the horror I don't think I'll like, so I can't give a definitive answer ;) . . .

Could say the same for many of the universal follows up too though, except the odd ones like Bride. Is Frankenstein meets the wolf man really any better than Freddy vs Jason? They're both unsatisfactory cash ins.

And while I have no time for the all the remakes these days, admittedly the 80's weren't that much better with all the above mentioned sequels.

I guess curiosity plays a big part in the life of a horror fan and the editors of trailers and marketing people usually deserve more money than the people behind the finished film.

Some good points there. I like some of the Universal cross over sequels because you have great actors playing great characters with some really good stories – no one will ever accuse Kane Hodder of being a great actor!

Besides, and I guess this is where a degree of nostalgia comes in, the Universal sequels have a large degree of charm to them which offsets some of the wooden acting and creaky sets. Will Jason Takes Manhattan ever be seen through the same rose tinted glasses? Only time will tell.

At this moment in time, zombie flicks are my least favourite.Everyone seems to be making them nowadays, and they're not a patch on the old classics like: Dawn of the Dead, Zombie Flesh-Eaters, Burial Ground, Day of the Dead, etc.

As it's been 2 1/2 years since I wrote my first post in this thread, it's interesting to see if, and how much, my opinions have changed. I'm still not keen on franchise horrors – the Saw films are a good example of how this isn't just a 1980s fad.

I'm another who's growing tired of the increasing number of found footage films which are a constant reminder of just how good The Blair Witch Project was. Saying that, I really liked The Bay as there are some in that subgenre which have some really good ideas and are well executed.

Even as a huge fan of the Friday the 13th series, I personally can't go past part 6. But I've got friends who aren't even huge fans of the series, but will happily watch JTM for the laughs. (JTM just winds me up.)

I will always respect the likes of Universal & Hammer as they were my gateway into the genre. (And I will still watch the odd movie if it's on TV or over Halloween.) But while I genuinely loved the Dracula, Frankenstein Monster & Wolf man characters at a young age, my attention soon switched to Myers, Jason & Freddy.

I agree there is loads of films where after part 3 I've lost interest, saw, children of the corn, hellraisers, are just a few besides the ones you have mentioned.
Think of top my head only one where have watched pass three is final destinations..

Totally agree with you on likes of Grotesque etc and guinea pig series these arent films in my opinion just films for sicko, surely there isn't something right if these type of films are someone's only interest. Also films that are similar and only offer gore for gore sake and nothing else, you at least want a story of some sort even if the film isn't to you're taste or crap..

I call it twishite.

Exorcism films, there's so many of them, The Devil Inside, The Last Exorcism, Exorcismus, Last Exorcism 2...etc. All try but none of them come close to the out right sheer horror of The Exorcist. Saying that, The Exorcism of Emily Rose is a great film, maybe i like that one because it's less of a horror and more of a courtroom drama.

Ghost films that hammer everything home with ott effects and loud noise. Have these film makers never seen The Haunting? Subtlety always works best - the creaking of a door, a flapping curtain.

I was also fed up of found footage films until recently, i hadn't watched one in a year or so then i watched The Lost Coast Tapes and Evidence, both of which i rather enjoyed.

I think my real pet hate is PG remakes of slasher and horror films from the eighties. The Fog, Prom Night etc.

Then of course remakes of J - Horrors. Which watered down the scares and added crash bang wallop (see the first paragraph of this post).

J-Horrors themselves are another dislike, especially as they all turned out to be the same film after all that, with a few exceptions.

Totally agree on the PG remakes, The Prom Night Remake was utter balls.