tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335330988512195391.post2372409037933887003..comments2023-03-22T02:45:29.766-07:00Comments on THE TEMPLE OF GHOUL: SODOM THE KILLER (2004)Dejan Ognjanovichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235045735090443943noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335330988512195391.post-36799808466346242112011-08-12T12:27:46.266-07:002011-08-12T12:27:46.266-07:00Horror is more than any other genre characterized ...Horror is more than any other genre characterized by its STYLE - by the formal elements through which a story is told. Therefore, there is no such thing as a horror story per se. It depends on the WAY it is told. It depends not on WHAT but on HOW. Thus, if you can see that in a certain film there are predominant devices which serve building of a creepy mood, of suspense, indeterminacy, fear, uncertainty, unease, shock, repulsion etc. then you know that you're in HORROR territory. Therefore, films like ALIEN and THE THING remake are clearly horror, in spite of their SF trappings.Dejan Ognjanovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235045735090443943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335330988512195391.post-69885300980513419882011-08-12T11:29:38.214-07:002011-08-12T11:29:38.214-07:00You know...I was thinking today at how horror and ...You know...I was thinking today at how horror and science-fiction cross over so much. For example, the Thing is a science-fiction story. But it is also a horror story. I know your blog is about movie reviews per se...but you may have an opinion on this. The question I have is when do you think a movie stops being science-fiction and becomes horror or vice-versa? Is there a line that gets crossed from one to the other?Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335330988512195391.post-41373918910811872362011-08-06T10:00:39.439-07:002011-08-06T10:00:39.439-07:00Thank you for your comment: you're probably ri...Thank you for your comment: you're probably right and I may do something like that from now on. My policy re: spoilers is like this - if I consider a film unworthy, poor, weak etc. I don't think I'm doing any harm by revealing significant details because how can you spoil a rotten thing? I never include spoilers in films I like or think are at least average.<br />As for the new THING: I'm very eager to see it, but don't expect much more than some fine creature effects. I'm pretty sure it'll be off-the-mark and unnecessary and has very poor chances of stepping beyond average (at best). I'm sure Carpenter has no reason to fear that his pitch-perfect masterpiece would be even remotely approached by this. I'm open to surprises, would be very happy to be proven wrong by a truly great horror-SF, but... I doubt it.Dejan Ognjanovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235045735090443943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335330988512195391.post-86328298300940128482011-08-06T09:54:37.698-07:002011-08-06T09:54:37.698-07:00I really like your reviews. As a suggestion though...I really like your reviews. As a suggestion though, would it be possible to hide some stuff with spoiler tags? I'm not complaining but having read this all the way through, I now feel like I've seen the movie because of the details you've put in. You definitely know your horror/sci-fi.<br /><br />Are you by any chance looking forward to the remake of The Thing that is slated for October? I saw the trailer and it looked good...seemed like they would honor John Carpenter's creepy masterpiece.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.com