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This film was brought up in the context of what horror movies don't require massive CGI budgets to be effective. It was also mentioned later as a film directed by Zach Craig, who is considered a buzzy horror creator.
But generally, I always say, until now or until in the last maybe decade or so, I would always call horror the Rodney Dangerfield of genres. It can't get no respect. Well, that's the story of my life....
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Episode: Why horror kills at the box office
This film was brought up in the context of what horror movies don't require massive CGI budgets to be effective. It was also mentioned later as a film directed by Zach Craig, who is considered a buzzy horror creator.
But generally, I always say, until now or until in the last maybe decade or so, I would always call horror the Rodney Dangerfield of genres. It can't get no respect. Well, that's the story of my life. No respect. Because a lot of times it would happen as a money grab, there's no better genre than horror, at least traditionally. With horror, it's so much in your head. And the situations don't necessarily require CGI, although of course that happens. But if you look at a movie like Weapons.
You know, I think of some of our most, you know, buzzy horror creators right now. I think of Jordan Peele of Get Out and Zach Kregor of Weapons.