Will we ever see a horror movie without teenagers/college kids?

DerekG

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Sat Sep-01-07 10:45 PM
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Will we ever see a horror movie without teenagers/college kids?

Time to play a game. Here's a list of the majority of the great horror films released between '72-'88. What do they have in common?

The Wicker Man
The Exorcist
Jaws
Don't Look Now
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Tenant
Dawn of the Dead
Alien
The Brood
John Carpenter's The Thing
The Dead Zone
The Fly
Dead Ringers
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Manhunter

Answer: The narratives centered around adults. No Abercrombie teenyboppers, no sorority sluts, but actual ADULTS! Imagine that!

Can we send out a petition before they sign Shia Lebouf to play Quint in the inevitable Jaws remake?

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AlCzervik

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Sat Sep-01-07 10:50 PM
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1. another fairly recent one that that many people saw was---

Session 9, all adults and it was plenty creepy and scary.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261983/

And please don't even float the idea of "Jaws" remake even as example of something would be really terrible.

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DerekG

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Sat Sep-01-07 11:13 PM
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2. But you know they're gonna do it

And since Jaws is my favorite film, I'll be wielding a shotgun when the news hits.

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AlCzervik

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Sat Sep-01-07 11:17 PM
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3. please, i'm still trying to contain my horror over this remake

i love this movie and it should have been left the hell alone. Norma Shearer must be rolling in her grave.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430770/

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