With the weather getting colder, it’s the perfect time to binge horror movies. With their gory storylines and iconic, well-known characters, these movies are great entertainment.
During the Halloween season, horror movies are a source of entertainment for teens and adults, especially on Halloween night, while children are trick-or-treating.
The victims in a variety of horror movies may have a predictable storyline, but the large number of jump scares always makes up for it. Also, having multiple victims in each horror movie adds more details to the storyline and raises possible questions for the audience.
The details at the beginning of the movie give background so viewers understand how the idea of the murder and the choice of victims came about. The more gory details throughout the movie allow the audience to watch and be interested in the movie the whole time.
Then there are the killers, who have become well known in pop culture: Ghostface, Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, Art the Clown, and Jigsaw.
The murders in horror movies are why they are popular and watched. Without the murders, the storylines and details would be boring. Their backstories, techniques, and iconic features make these films diverse and engaging.
Typically, technology is how directors make the gory details look more realistic, especially the setting of the movie and special effects. But the use of new technology allows the audience to be entertained by the number of details placed on the screen and allows more jump scares to keep the audience engaged.
Horror movies should continue to be a big tradition around Halloween, especially as technology and storylines improve.
Gory horror movies are overdone. From the jump scares to the reused stock characters, most horror movies are too similar.
Typically, the murderer has no known motive or has paranormal encouragement to make them go on a killing spree — usually around Halloween. Their steps to killing their victims are repetitive: stalk, jump scare, and end with a brutal stabbing and a lot of blood.
The lack of backstory for the murderer often makes the movies feel bland and inconsistent. Their backstory either fails to exist or does not justify their actions to any extent.
The victims of such a murderer are not much better written. They are often dense and die in a way that makes the audience roll their eyes. When the murderer is chasing after them, they either trap themselves and get caught or make an oblivious mistake, such as tripping.
On the other hand, some characters survive when all the odds are against them, which also adds to the unrealistic aspect. These characters can survive multiple nearly fatal wounds and still be able to take down the murderer and ultimately save the day.
Horror movies have also normalized the amount of gore and violence people see. The rise in technology has led to even more brutal and realistic deaths. These have desensitized people to seeing so much gore. More and more children are also being exposed to this violence.
