I felt a sort of kindred spirit with you when I watched It Follows. I feel about 85% of horror filmmaking today telegraphs its scares, and it mistakes "jump scare could be imminent" with true suspense building. I felt your movie subverted the modern trend of letting the audience know exactly when and why they're SUPPOSED TO BE SCARED!
Do you, like me, watch these "horror" movies nowadays and just laugh at how they're doing it all wrong? It felt like you do because you directed your scenes and built suspense in a way that's so contrary to these wannabes today. It harkened back to the masters, the Kubricks, the Carpenters, and the Polanskis.
Thanks for reading and thanks for making true horror cinema the way most filmmakers/studios don't have the balls to anymore.
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Hi David!
I felt a sort of kindred spirit with you when I watched It Follows. I feel about 85% of horror filmmaking today telegraphs its scares, and it mistakes "jump scare could be imminent" with true suspense building. I felt your movie subverted the modern trend of letting the audience know exactly when and why they're SUPPOSED TO BE SCARED!
Do you, like me, watch these "horror" movies nowadays and just laugh at how they're doing it all wrong? It felt like you do because you directed your scenes and built suspense in a way that's so contrary to these wannabes today. It harkened back to the masters, the Kubricks, the Carpenters, and the Polanskis.
Thanks for reading and thanks for making true horror cinema the way most filmmakers/studios don't have the balls to anymore.
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