Comparing Horror Fest to Hallows Fest...

Michael Anthony Horrigan

Michael Anthony Horrigan

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I just watched a few entries from Horror Fest, especially the top vote getters.

I guess my question is this....

Will Hallows Fest be as bloody as Horror Fest? I'm getting the feeling that it won't be. Horror implies gore to some degree or another. I'm predicting that Hallows Fest will be more sinister, and less bloody. Or maybe just a little creepy...

The theme of darkness might come in strong as well. I guess we'll see.

I know that I'm using the theme of darkness to the ninth degree.

Any predictions?

Will Hallows Fest be full of blood and gore?

I don't think so.


Mike
 
I'm preparing myself for a bunch of Hostel and Saw rip-offs; which sucks.

People seem to think watching people get tortured or mutilated is exciting or scary. It isn't.

It is the suspense and thrills leading up to that which makes me cringe. A masterpiece like Halloween (Original) had minimal gore and is one of the scariest films ever made, same for The Shining.

Even a film like the The Thing. No one talks about the gore, they talk about the men at Outpost 31. The paranoia is what was scary.

Showing us Goreporn is mindless.

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I'm hoping to see some good old fashioned Storyltelling; tales of macabre and spoooky events. If I see a SAW riff-off, I'll tune out.
 
J.R. Hudson said:
It is the suspense and thrills leading up to that which makes me cringe. A masterpiece like Halloween (Original) had minimal gore and is one of the scariest films ever made, same for The Shining.

Even a film like the The Thing. No one talks about the gore, they talk about the men at Outpost 31. The paranoia is what was scary.

Showing us Goreporn is mindless.
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I agree completely.

Not bashing anyone else's entries... which we haven't seen yet. Just hoping that there is some kind of story involved.

Mike
 
100% agreed with Hudson. I hope nobody's gonna try to submit any "torture porn"; let's see some suspense, thrills, and darkness instead.
 
No gore or blood in mine. Mine's pretty much PG. I'm mainly just doing it as a test, since I haven't really done my own narrative film project before. Another reason I'm not too worried about meeting the deadline. I'm a noob.
 
Barry_Green said:
100% agreed with Hudson. I hope nobody's gonna try to submit any "torture porn"; let's see some suspense, thrills, and darkness instead.
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AHhh ****



Jokes.. -cough-

Mines a HARD 'R Rating' though, it sorta goes against the invisible rules of filmmaking.
 
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I've got a little of everything in mine, I think. I believe the story is what will hopefully make it stand out though. Halloween (the original) was definately an inspiration.
 
heehee...

I can't wait for this fest... wish it was tonight since I am staying up all night with these fires kind of dicey.
 
Not to jump on the bandwagon, but I agree with Hudson also, Saw and Hostel are just mindless, and the whole torture/gore without rhyme or reason has been played to death, literally!
 
oh no, you guys are going to hate my movie then..... well, maybe not, it's got a purpose which obviously is revealed at the end.
 
Gore Rules!!

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