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Originally Posted by Toy Killer
Burton is the only real film maker that touches disturbing imagery without going full on slasher film.
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This statement makes me wonder if you've seen more than two movies in your life. You're saying there are three kinds of films-- completely sacchrine movies that in no way unsettle the viewer, low-brow gore-fests, and Tim Burton movies? I can't even imagine how you might attempt to defend that contention. Did you mean "Tim Burton is the only real filmmaker who recycles the same gloomy, 'goffick' aesthetic ad nauseum and consistently favors 'macabre' atmosphere over real drama"? In that case, I think you're right. I don't know why you're shitting on slashers and asserting that Tim Burton is the man who must 'save' horror, as Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, and Scream were all far better movies, and did more for their genre, than Sleepy Hollow, Burton's only real horror effort.
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Until more filmakers take to that undefined genre, it won't get better.
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What undefined genre? The Crow was a super-hero action movie. I feel as if you're operating under the premise that 'featured on a T-Shirt available at Spencer's Gifts' is a genre.
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Originally Posted by Yukiko San
Where did all the good and scary movies go?
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They still exist, you just won't find them if you look among shlock targeted at teenagers who only value movies as a means of getting some. Guillermo Del Toro recently brought us Pan's Labyrinth and The Devil's Backbone, both great supernatural thrillers. The Orphanage was good, though I forgot whose that was. Teeth, which was advertised on gnet for quite some time, and Ginger Snaps, are great horror movies with thematic similarities. Also look into The Descent, Let the Right One In, Slither, Shadow of the Vampire, Audition if you're possessed of considerable intestinal fortitude, 28 Days Later, and Dog Soldiers, all of which were released in this decade.