In the wake of Night Of The Living Dead and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, horror has long been the favorite genre of a first-time filmmaker. Independent directors achieving enormous success and career-long legacies from features with all the polish of industrial films has been practically synonymous with horror. It seems hard to fault fledgling filmmakers for being drawn to the genre. The assumption prevails that if film is a gamble, horror is the safest bet; if it fails as art, it can still make money.
These days, theatrical box-office expectations for independent films have lowered while a breakout hit still requires costly marketing pushes. Direct-to-dvd proves lucrative but hardly christens household names. When some of the best-reviewed horror films of the past ten years are denied a theatrical run, the genre now seems less like a stepping-stone to the mainstream.
As film production went Diy in the decade since The Blair Witch Project,...
These days, theatrical box-office expectations for independent films have lowered while a breakout hit still requires costly marketing pushes. Direct-to-dvd proves lucrative but hardly christens household names. When some of the best-reviewed horror films of the past ten years are denied a theatrical run, the genre now seems less like a stepping-stone to the mainstream.
As film production went Diy in the decade since The Blair Witch Project,...
- 1/29/2009
- Fangoria
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