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Post by Bartwald on Oct 10, 2006 11:55:26 GMT -5
Alright, so this "a young girl revenges on a supposed paedohile" film is not exactly horror but it does seem to connect with most fans of the genre. I saw it several days ago and liked it quite a bit (though the girl character was rather artificial, if very well acted), winced a lot during THE scene, and felt weird after it all ended. Anyone else seen it already?
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Post by Fenril on Oct 11, 2006 18:28:54 GMT -5
Saw it a days ago... if not horror, at least it's one hell of a disturbing thriller.
It has some pretty good themes and some scenes were obviouslly given a lot of thought. I liked the girl's speech early on about how adults are supposed to be adults around precocious children instead of encouraging them. And "THE scene" was stomach-churning to say the least.
I didn't like the last twists (concerning the girl's identity and what really happened to her supposed friend), those felt truly forced and made the characters a lot less credible.
All in all, a neat little chiller, with some amazing acting and taut direction.
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Post by Pulpmariachi on Oct 15, 2006 14:29:29 GMT -5
I think we need to come up with a definite version of "horror".
One of my friend got a movie of his accepted into a horror film festival, which we couldn't understand because it wasn't like, BOO! scary or anything. And I think there's a difference between something that's psycologically horrible and something horror. Because "Hard Candy" did not strike me as a horror film. And someone used "Mysterious Skin" as well. Horrible things that make you uncomfortable but I don't think they fit in the definition of "horror".
It's an umbrella term.
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Post by Fenril on Oct 15, 2006 14:55:14 GMT -5
Horrible things that make you uncomfortable but I don't think they fit in the definition of "horror". It's an umbrella term. To quote Douglas E. Green: "Horror is an emotion, not a genre". |
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Post by Pulpmariachi on Oct 15, 2006 15:44:24 GMT -5
That may be true, but in terms of film whatever, horror is a genre.
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Post by Gabriel on Oct 16, 2006 11:38:40 GMT -5
I liked it, thought it was really ambitious to a point. However some parts just seemed overly written. Like it was trying to go too far...
As far as the horror debate thing, I think the Green quote is a good one, and as much as I like it, I have to agree with Pulp.
The reason I agree with him is simple... alot of films have uncomfortable scenes. Or scenes that can evoke some sort of horror, but that would mean classing them as horror films. Which I don't agree with.
Case in Point with Paul Walker's 'Running Scared'. The child scenes in that were really really well done and quite horrific, but is that film thus classed as a horror??? No. And nor should it be.
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Post by Bartwald on Oct 16, 2006 16:18:54 GMT -5
I think we need to come up with a definite version of "horror". I don't think it's possible. I've just read a thick book that tries to define horror - The Philosophy Of Horror - and it fails miserably when it refuses to include Psycho or Rosemary's Baby in the genre. By saying "horror is an emotion" we agree to disagree: what is horror for some will not be horror for some others. Hard Candy is - in my opinion - NOT a horror film but fans of this genre seem to appreciate it most of all. And for a reason! |
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Post by Phoenix on Oct 30, 2006 9:25:54 GMT -5
I watched this over the weekend. My husand cringed more at "The Scene" (as you refer to it Bart) than he does ever watching most horror films. I'd agree horror genre fans probably do appreciate it most of all.
I liked it but found the ending to be lacking as well. What was that girl's relationship to the missing girl? Who was she really? They could have shot maybe another ten minutes of footage to tie that up. I don't particularly like being clueless on that.
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