Where Will Horror Movies Be In 100 Years?

When you look back at the last 100 hundred years in cinema, it’s easy to see how much the world of horror has already changed. We’ve gone from silent, bloodless films, to sadistic and over the top gorefests. So this had me thinking about the future. What will horror movies be like over the next hundred years?

Well, I think it’s safe to assume that things are only going to get more and more insane. You can’t ramp up the carnage how they’ve done in recent years and backpedal to something more”wholesome”. Granted, I’m a firm believer that less is more, and acknowledge the fact that there hasn’t been a horror movie made that has “scarred” or affected me the way they should, in over twenty years. But I am a gorehound, and have grown so numb to the images put on film, that along with searching for something that actually scares me. I equally could just be looking for the next big thing to shock me.

It’s not that I don’t like the movies that are coming out in the genre over the past few years. I’m just looking for something different. Something original. Not another cookie cutter, found footage film that relies on telegraphed jump scares. As popular as this subgenre has become, I won’t be disappointed when it finally fizzles away into the ether. I’m not saying every one of these films is garbage. Because in every shit pile, there is a diamond in the rough. I personally just get tired of seeing the same old thing, just presented in a shiny new wrapper.

I said earlier that I can’t see things going back in style. That statement comes strictly from a production companies view point. As a viewer I absolutely went it to “go back to the basics”. The films of Alfred Hitchcock got into the minds of the viewer, and more importantly; they still hold up today. We need to get back into the heads of the audiences. Because when you can screw with someone’s psyche, they may be uncomfortable for a little while, but like in the past, they will tell their friends, and they will be back for more.

Till Next Time Kiddies… -RJ