Why dont they make Monster Movies anymore? - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

UltraMario9 · 10-27-2023, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by floridaswamprat

With what happened in Maine yesterday and in the Middle East last week (among other places), there is no reason to create a monster - man has become the monster.

Darabont's The Mist addressed this... but it still had cool monsters to boot.

Bugg · 10-27-2023, 05:47 PM

We did just have The Boogeyman, Cobweb, and Last Voyage of the Demeter, very recently. I would call those monster films.

GeoffOliver · 10-29-2023, 05:07 AM

We still have them sometimes. They just aren’t QUITE as fashionable in the horror genre as they used to be. I would argue It is a monster movie (with Pennywise and all).

If you’re talking about the specific Universal Monsters, they’ve tried and failed to resurrect them. The Invisible Man was a success, but I wouldn’t consider that a monster movie. Besides, most of them are so well-known that they aren’t considered scary anymore. We are at lest getting a new adaptation of Dracula with Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu remake though.

Trekkie313 · 10-29-2023, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffOliver

We still have them sometimes. They just aren’t QUITE as fashionable in the horror genre as they used to be. I would argue It is a monster movie (with Pennywise and all).

If you’re talking about the specific Universal Monsters, they’ve tried and failed to resurrect them. The Invisible Man was a success, but I wouldn’t consider that a monster movie. Besides, most of them are so well-known that they aren’t considered scary anymore. We are at lest getting a new adaptation of Dracula with Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu remake though.

Bram Stokers Dracula, The Wolfman and The Mummy were all great fresh takes on the old classics while having a genuine artistic flair. The only "reboot" that stumbled was Frankenstein personally.

GeoffOliver · 10-29-2023, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Trekkie313

Bram Stokers Dracula, The Wolfman and The Mummy were all great fresh takes on the old classics while having a genuine artistic flair. The only "reboot" that stumbled was Frankenstein personally.

I mean more recent than those. Bram Stoker’s Dracula is over 30 years old (and older than me), but I agree that it’s a great movie. I haven’t seen The Wolfman, but I know it was critically panned (even though it won an Oscar for Rick Baker’s makeup). The Mummy is good, but more of an action movie than horror. I assume you’re talking about the Brendan Fraser film, not the Tom Cruise disaster (also an action movie with little genuine horror).

Trekkie313 · 10-29-2023, 06:25 AM

Yes The Mummy 1999, never understood the hate for The Wolfman...great bloody high-tech update of the original movie. People treat it like if Paul Naschy made it or something.

scarletlion · 10-31-2023, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Bolty

I still want to see a remake of the Creature from the Black Lagoon

They did, it was called 'Jaws'.

RCRochester · 10-31-2023, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by scarletlion

They did, it was called 'Jaws'.

No.

Lum · 10-31-2023, 10:30 PM

Instilling dread is a rare art. I've watched lots of Godzilla and its offspring, but they're rarely paced or structured to be scary.

Popularity can be a curse too. We all lament how Terminator went creatively off the rails after it dropped the horror aspect.

Metalbeast · 11-10-2023, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Rayjg

It’s hard to make a monster movie that’s also an art movie and all horror now has to be deadly serious artsy-fartsy. Sad to say

Unpopular opinion but A24 has destroyed the horror genre.

Deadend45 · 11-10-2023, 10:52 AM

There is not a lack of 'monster movies' just a lack of talent.

Hitman Horton · 11-10-2023, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoffOliver

I mean more recent than those. Bram Stoker’s Dracula is over 30 years old (and older than me), but I agree that it’s a great movie. I haven’t seen The Wolfman, but I know it was critically panned (even though it won an Oscar for Rick Baker’s makeup). The Mummy is good, but more of an action movie than horror. I assume you’re talking about the Brendan Fraser film, not the Tom Cruise disaster (also an action movie with little genuine horror).

Rick Baker asked to work on Wolfman. He never does that but that's how bad he wanted this movie. He designed the make up and they hardly ever used it. It was mostly done with CGI. He and his team designed and built everything for the transformation scene and showed up to find out that all the work they did was for nothing. They did it wall with CGI. I've never seen it and I don't want to but, from what I've read, it was awful. It got panned because it deserved it.

deltatauhobbit · 11-11-2023, 06:10 PM

I kinda consider The Nun a monster movie; both of those films did very well too.

10-27-2023, 05:47 PM	#22
Bugg Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Nov 2008 4K collection:761 Blu-ray collection:1936 DVD collection:145	We did just have The Boogeyman, Cobweb, and Last Voyage of the Demeter, very recently. I would call those monster films.

10-29-2023, 05:07 AM	#23
GeoffOliver Blu-ray Knight Member since:Sep 2014 Location:Atlanta GA 4K collection:260 Blu-ray collection:1523 DVD collection:332	We still have them sometimes. They just aren’t QUITE as fashionable in the horror genre as they used to be. I would argue It is a monster movie (with Pennywise and all). If you’re talking about the specific Universal Monsters, they’ve tried and failed to resurrect them. The Invisible Man was a success, but I wouldn’t consider that a monster movie. Besides, most of them are so well-known that they aren’t considered scary anymore. We are at lest getting a new adaptation of Dracula with Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu remake though.

10-29-2023, 06:25 AM	#26
Trekkie313 Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Nov 2010 Location:Ohio Home Theater Gallery:2 4K collection:206 Blu-ray collection:1650 DVD collection:547 Digital collection:156 Blu-ray reviews: 5 Trading Score:59	Yes The Mummy 1999, never understood the hate for The Wolfman...great bloody high-tech update of the original movie. People treat it like if Paul Naschy made it or something.

10-31-2023, 10:30 PM	#29
Lum Special Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2014 4K collection:8 Blu-ray collection:435 DVD collection:457 Trading Score:1	Instilling dread is a rare art. I've watched lots of Godzilla and its offspring, but they're rarely paced or structured to be scary. Popularity can be a curse too. We all lament how Terminator went creatively off the rails after it dropped the horror aspect.

11-10-2023, 10:52 AM	#31
Deadend45 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2019 Location:Canada 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:-	There is not a lack of 'monster movies' just a lack of talent.

11-11-2023, 06:10 PM	#33
deltatauhobbit Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Feb 2014 Location:Maine, USA Home Theater Gallery:29 4K collection:302 Blu-ray collection:7963 DVD collection:224 Digital collection:976 Prime collection:80 Trading Score:6	I kinda consider The Nun a monster movie; both of those films did very well too.

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