donutsweeper

This is an interesting subgenre (unofficial, to be sure) that I've recently been fascinated with. What are/is your favorite Horror film(s) that aren't scary? Where scaring the audience isn't really the goal, but rather, telling a story within the framework of the genre. For me, I'd say "Beetlejuice" but that's probably an easy answer.

Bram Stoker's version of Dracula is my favorite horror character ever. Because unlike the tragic, sexy, romantic figure of later interpretation, he is simply an incredibly weird old Wizard who has a genuine passion for real estate.

Italy, France, America, Japan, Korea, all have their fair share of great horror movies, but which country has the most slappers? My pick? Well, I'm honestly not quite sure. There are so many good horror films that have come from America, and I'd say we have the highest horror output out of any country, but how many of those heaps of horror films are hits? Not many, let me tell you, so let's look at a country like Italy. Italy has some of my favorite horror films of all time, some super influential and classic ones (Blood and Black Lace, Suspiria, A Bay of Blood, etc), and had a very great run in the 70s to early 90s, but I haven't seen many Italian horror hitters in recent years. France, on the other hand, oh boy. They are on the rise and have been consistently putting out bangers since See the Sea in the late 90s. Titane, Martyrs, Raw, Revenge, Dead End, the list could go on. That's not to say they didn't have great movies to come out in earlier years, not to forget the great Possession, but they've definitely been on an uphill trend. So I ask you, which country do you think is creating the best horror films today, or has created the best horror films of all time?

I'm a massive massive SCREAM series fan. I really wish the series would be as bold and daring as its reputation.

Bold Ideas (yes they will be controversial)

• Opening scene should kill off OG characters. That simple. Wildly unexpected. The audience would IMMEDIATELY know they are i trouble because opening scene deaths are almost a guarantee. Gale needs to die imo. Her character is just circular at this point.

• Reveal a ghostface in the opening......and stick with it. When Scream 7 did this, that was CRAZY. Took off his mask and the entire audience gasped where I was. It was amazing. But they quickly back tracked on that sadly. I think it would be a MASSIVE shot in the arm and excitement seeing a killer toy with characters where the audience knows they are a wolf in sheep's clothing.

• More meta advertising (Sydney Prescott will return in Scream 7) etc

• Do they dare pull a CLUE (1985) and have multiple different endings depending on the theater? I think that would be amazing.

• Crossover with another popular horror franchise. I think this is the final frontier. And would be cool to get ahead of the curve and touch on this meta concept! Back to their roots about IRL trends, etc.

• Side note, I LOVE that they are bringing back the original killers. I just hope to GOD, it doesn't get super bogged down by the AI concept. That will just be super lazy and lame in years to come. AI is fine and I assume it will touch on it, but please don't go full boar or balls to the wall with it. I worry.

Thoughts Ideas? I assume i'll get wrecked in the comments. But I still think Scream is the best horror franchise at the moment. I think they are the ones that have the ability to go crazy.