{"id":5755,"date":"2019-03-29T22:09:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T22:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-proxy.atomtickets.com\/?p=5755"},"modified":"2020-01-15T11:49:54","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T19:49:54","slug":"what-makes-something-a-horror-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/what-makes-something-a-horror-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"What Makes Something A ‘Horror’ Movie?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>horror\u00a0<\/span>genre<\/span>\u00a0continues to thrive by modern assimilation and continued rejuvenation – just like it always has – provocateurs dredge up the same frustrating conversation. \u201c[X] movie isn\u2019t really a horror movie, though,\u201d scoffs those who scribble an asterisk next to their love of\u00a0<\/span>It<\/span><\/i>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span>Hereditary<\/span><\/i>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span>Get Out<\/span><\/i>. Classification headbutting distracts from more\u00a0<\/span>interesting discourse exploring significant works of film art<\/span><\/a>, ever since we\u2019ve become a culture obsessed with black-and-white distinction versus freedom of interpretation. Jordan Peele\u2019s doppelg\u00e4nger chiller\u00a0<\/span>Us<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u00a0is the latest such film to stoke these fires (despite\u00a0<\/span>Peele\u00a0<\/span>himself\u00a0<\/span>weighing in and saying it most definitely is a horror movie<\/span><\/a>), just as\u00a0<\/span>Get Out<\/span><\/i>\u00a0was lauded a \u201csocial thriller\u201d by authorities and gatekeepers who refuse to utter that wretched \u201cH\u201d word.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You know\u2026[looks around to make sure no one is listening]…\u201chorror<\/em>.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Horror Isn’t Given The Credit It Deserves As A Smart Genre<\/h2>\n

Cinema evolves and genres morph, but that doesn\u2019t make them any less \u201cgenrefied.\u201d I’m not going to sit down and parse out a list of movies that are assuredly, inarguably, how-don\u2019t-you-get-this-is-1,000%-horror – that\u2019s for drunk barroom arguments. Instead, I’d like to squash the rampant dismissing of horror as a lesser art form by showing this elastic genre’s versatility. No more picking around corpse grinders while professing quality and horror cannot be linked. Horror fans have earned the right to share the successes of\u00a0<\/span>Get Out<\/span><\/i>\u00a0and similarly ascended examples with mainstream publications. We don\u2019t bite (that hard), I promise.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Allow me to share something I recently tweeted:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cSo, you saw a horror movie you liked but refuse to publicly admit you like horror movies…\u201d pic.twitter.com\/v62IXNO9w0<\/a><\/p>\n

— Howlin\u2019 Matt Donato (@DoNatoBomb) March 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n