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I wouldn't categorise it as a horror movie
posted by domremySTAFFMOD on May 10, 2017 at 5:20 AM
It is in the horror and thriller genres. It isn't a horror movie in my opinion. It is psychological thriller.
Reply by DRDMovieMusings
on May 10, 2017 at 9:04 AM
Yep, genre is an ongoing conversation for many!
https://www.themoviedb.org/discuss/59065c5ec3a3684ab4024e31
https://www.themoviedb.org/discuss/58f67490c3a368415e00203c
Horror and thriller are different, but hard to perfectly differentiate. In one of those links above is a nifty suggestion about the position of the main cast (
I'll edit this when I find the user's profile and give proper credit@AlienFanatic!) - if they are observing the horror perpetrated on others, it's a thriller; if the main cast are the victims, it's horror. Not perfect, but a decent general rule of thumb.Cheers :-)
Reply by domremy
on May 10, 2017 at 9:17 AM
I think it has more to do with the tone of the movie rather than which character is the victim. Surely it is the audience that decides if it is a horror or a thriller and I was certainly not horrified at anything on screen. It was more of a comedy thriller/action.
Just because a few people are eaten alive it doesn't make it a horror movie. People dying in movies is quite normal. People die in Marvel movies but it doesn't make it a horror movie.
Reply by klownz
on May 10, 2017 at 1:52 PM
It was just a shit film from a shit director.
Reply by Phasmophobia
on May 10, 2017 at 6:40 PM
It's a horror-thriller. It has elements of both genres in it.
Reply by tmdb38541732
on May 11, 2017 at 4:53 PM
It is psychological horror.