The Horror Genre After Buffy/Angel

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I think there's a large group of bright, intelligent and debateable people here. OK, try to look into some crystal ball and speculate on what the horror genre would be like AFTER the Buffy and Angel shows end. What do you like to see happen?


Joss has said that he got the idea of doing Buffy from watching a horror flick and saying that he was disturbed by the constant depiction of a young girl being trapped in some dark alley and not being able to fight. So he set out to create a character who would do just that and rest is history.


But is it possible that we would see more of the more intelligent-type movies and TV shows that tries to emulate the Joss-verse or will we see more of the slash-em'-and-leave-em' B-flicks? Do you think that movies like "The Ring" are a forerunner of what we might see from now on or are we going to see more of "Jason X"-type flicks?


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I think we're going to see more things of both, more slashers, for the less inteligent among us, who just like a little blood every now and then. And more movies like "the Ring", but I don't think Joss influenced the Horror-scene as a whole, some individual writers or directors might be influenced by him, but not the genre as a whole!
 
OK. I wouldn't expect a miracle from the same who've brought out all the predictable movies/shows all these years but one would think that some of them might take a few lessons from the success and popularity of the Joss-verse. I don't mean monsters and demons when I say this but to look at how the personal relationships were developed and how the characters became individuals people cared about. Same with Angel TS. Yes there are other intelligent series out there but they are made by the same people we would expect to create them. But the horror genre is the topic I pick because that's what I associate BtVS with.


Now people call Joss a genius. IMO, what's so genius about Joss is that he's the one(and the writers who help him) who was willing to take the risk of evolving the horror genre, while other people were content with making sequel after sequel of the same-type flicks. For example, the idea that you don't have to wear horns or very sharp fangs or look very grotesque in order to scare people. The idea that normal evil people can be much scarier than some demons is something that should have been explored a long time ago but it took the Joss-verse to bring it all out. Another example is the use of irony in plotting out the stories. Such as when Wesley is revealed to be the tragic figure of the Angel series when he had dedicated his life to be part of the CoW and then do his upmost to right the wrongs or when Cordy evolved from being the high school tormentor to the heart of AI. What it says to me is that Hollywood is very much risk-averse when it comes to horror flicks and TV shows. They like their evil guys a certain way, their good guys a certain way, the monsters look monsterous a certain way...you know, your predictable entertainment.


You know how it is when people think BtVS is just another teen-horror joint and how frustrated you became when trying to explain the concept of the show. Well, that's because they've been led to believe that from knowing about/watching too many Jason/Krueger/Pinhead predictable fare. 🙄
 
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