In a message dated 2/8/00 7:42:24 PM Pacific Standard Time,
btoomey@javanet.com writes:
<< But the goals of horror are completely different
from the goals of hardboiled. Hardboiled is grounded in a
skeptical, cynical, unsentimental view of the world. Horror
is the polar opposite -- romantic, sentimental, emotional.
>>
You're talking about gothic horror only. I can't think of any
movie less romantic or sentimental than THE TEXAS CHAINSAW
MASSACRE, for instance. Cronnenberg, when he's hitting on all
cylinders, is very cynical and cerebral. He is horrified with
the world, or aspects of it, and wants to pass that horror
along to the audience. Horror, as an emotion, comes from a
sense of alienation, which is an extreme form of
cynicism.
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