[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by jasonkillian

It has 27% on the tomatometer.

Truth be told...like anything, and more so with horror movies, always approach a horror movie with your own mind and expectations. I cannot tell you how many times I've gone to see a horror, slasher or monster movie that someone has raved about being amazing...only to have something in it put me off and ruin the film for me. It could be anything from CGI blood (which Hollywood REALLY needs to get away from, what happened to good ole buckets of corn syrup?) to the movie just being boring (looking at YOU Paranormal Activity and every single movie out there with the words "haunting", "excorcism" or "insert random town in the small Northeast coast".) or cheesy (although some people love cheesy horror, and that's okay too.)

Action movies and summer blockbusters tend to have an easier time rubbing that tickle spot that audiences are craving when they see them, so it's easier to get an idea when viewing reviews. They want car chases, gunfights, cgi creatures, buff bods and roundhouse kicks to the head. However with horror, it's not so simple. What can cause one to lose sleep at night, is a sort of dark comedy to another. For example, "Silence of the Lambs" is regarded as one of the "scariest" movies of all time. I've seen episodes of "Law and Order: SVU" that were scarier than that flick...

If you're curious about the new Dracula (which I lovingly call it "Castlevania: The Movie." Go check it out, but during a matinee. Being that most of us here are toy collectors, I'm sure that many will agree that there are worse things that we've spent 10 bucks on.