The first saw movie was a masterpiece. It was more about the psychological scare then the jump scare or gore. Yes the rest after that was more about the gore. The hellraiser at least the first 2 were great movies. After that they went down hill imo. I'm a huge horror movie fan. Been watching them since I was a kid. Most of the ones now a days are just garbage and to predictable. I can't even remember the last time I even flinched during a horror movie. They are just not the same as the horror movies done in the 70s and 80s. Movies like the original Texas chainsaw massacre, Cannibal Holocaust ( still banned to this day 44 years after release in many countries) the original last house on the left ( not that happy ending bs they made so many years ago ) those are horror scary movies that are classics and movies now wish they could be. But Eli Roth did pay homage to Cannibal Holocaust with Green Inferno and did justice with it. Rob Zombie does a good job with most of his movies. That 70s style he tries to bring back. But ill give you a good one. It's called host. It was done during the pandemic and shot through a zoom call. No gore straight psychological scare. Plus find those low budget indy films some of those are a lot better then most of these big studio films. Don't fuck in the woods and Pooh blood and honey. Enjoyed those more then some of the big films like the new Halloween trilogy
The first Saw had holes (no pun intended), but at the time it was a fresh, new idea. The sequels quickly beat that dead horse back to life and killed it again. The one with the detective that put someone else's blood in his arm- was it for me. You can't tell me that forensics couldn't have figured that out? Bull-shit. The main bad guy dies but orchestrated things well past his death? Passed the torch to someone else? C'mon, make some sense.
The first 2 "Hellraisers" were the only ones that should've been made- once the author/director distances himself from the franchise- it's time to quit. The third one was eh, at best- the "new" Cenobites looked goofy AF. The 4th and 5th ones that tried to dive into the lore of the "Lament Configuration" wanted to be good, but the writing was crap. Everything after could have been any other generic Horror movie. When the main villain is reduced to making cameos- your movie is shit. IF Pinhead isn't at the forefront manning the helm and spouting "Hellish" wisdom- you've made the wrong movie. Even the remakes acted like they'd never heard of the books, the first 2 movies, OR Clive Barker. Pinhead fighting/killing an Angel? GTFO.
"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", gained most of it's notoriety due to "being based on a true story", but IF everyone dies- who told said story? Did Hollyweird employ a serial murder for the sake of telling a story. So MANY other movies/stories have made this claim as well- well if everyone dies...
I remember "Cannibal Holocaust" that's the one where the director was tried in Court for making a snuff film and he had to produce every member of the cast and crew before the Judge in order to be acquitted.
I'm not familiar with "Don't Fuck in the Woods", is that the actual title? Like proper title?
"Blood and Honey" was only made because of the whole copyright/trademark expiration public domain thing- it could've been any generic bear- even Yogi or Smokey. They're taking all of those IP as they become available just to bastardize them- no other reason. I think they're making or made Pinocchio already.
I've seen all the best/worst of the movies "I Spit on Your Grave", "Ne Nous Deliverez Pas Du Mal", "Basket Case", "The Hills Have Eyes","Street Trash", just to name a few. These were the classics and new Horror just can't come close to it. Like I said jump scares are a crutch and gore is so prevalent that people have become numb to it- evisceration isn't original.
"The New Nightmare" was a fresh idea where Freddy manifested himself IRL because people willed him into existence was a pretty nifty twist that could've re-energized the franchise, but they remade it with "Rorschach" putting the final nail in the that coffin.
I consider "Friday the 13th" and "Halloween" to be almost interchangeable. The "can't be killed" thing gets old fast and the sequels were just the same movie in different places, but you still can't kill the bad guy. Why? Science. Reasons. Fuck you, that's why.
Yeah Amy Jo Johnson didn't have much of a career after power rangers. Yes she still did a lot of stuff. It was single episode things and cameos mostly. But she was one of the main characters in the show Flashpoint.