GRAVITY (SCIENCE-FICTION) 9/10
KING KONG (ADVENTURE) 10/10
GIMME THE LOOT (COMEDY) 8/10
DISCONNECT (DRAMA) 6/10
ZERO CHARISMA (COMEDY) 8/10
THE SECRET LIVES OF DORKS (COMEDY) 6/10
LALA PIPO: A LOT OF PEOPLE (COMEDY)(JAPAN) 7/10
35 AND TICKING (COMEDY) 6/10
PARADISE: LOVE (DRAMA) (GERMANY) 8/10
THE SPIRIT (FANTASY) 4/10
12 YEARS A SLAVE (HISTORICAL DRAMA) 10/10
SERPICO (DRAMA) 8/10
A BAND CALLED DEATH (DOCUMENTARY) 8/10
THE BLING RING (DRAMA) 7/10
THE DIRTIES (DRAMA) 7/10
DETENTION OF THE DEAD (HORROR)(TEEN)(COMEDY) 6/10
SINISTER (HORROR) 7/10
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER (TEEN)(DRAMA)(COMING OF AGE) 10/10
BELLFLOWER (DRAMA) 7/10
THE DEVIL'S HAND (HORROR) 6/10
Do you think we can consider 12 Years a Slave a horror film? At its most basic level it's about a man abducted and forced through a world of torture until finally escaping. We the audience are subjected to it in revulsion at the existence of these things. And the fact that it's a true story doesn't alter that; Amityville Horror is *ostensibly* based on a true story. It's certainly got nobler intentions than your average exploitation torture porn or something like that. But I think it functions differently from other movies about slavery where it's not about the triumph of the human spirit or anything; it's just a descent into hell -- a hell that happens to have really existed. The audience is shocked by the atrocities presented.
ReplyDeleteWatching it, I started thinking "what makes this different structurally from a horror movie?" And I came to the conclusion that maybe it really is a horror movie; it's horrifying after all. A movie doesn't need to have a human centipede in it to be "horror" in my mind.
I agree, Though i wouldn't call it a full fledged horror film if only for the fact that it is more of a historical drama. Though i agree that this and Even PARADISE: LOVE a film that kind of delves into a exploitation of Africans by White Female Tourists.That they need the money and anren't forced. so what i akm saying is that while it can be considered a horror film. Most won't,
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