One of the horror genre's "most widely read critics" (Rue Morgue # 68), "an accomplished film journalist" (Comic Buyer's Guide #1535), and the award-winning author of Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002), John Kenneth Muir, presents his blog on film, television and nostalgia, named one of the Top 100 Film Studies Blog on the Net.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Movie Trailer: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
For more than 20 years I have been waiting for Spielberg to direct a balls-out, Rated-R horror film. He's a master filmmaker without peer, yet his only horror production is 'Poltergeist'. And I am one of those who believe that he more than produced 'Poltergeist'. It had the look and feel of a Spielberg film, it literally screamed "Spielberg-directed-film" and Spielberg has as much admitted it in subsequent interviews. And going against the grain, I do not qualify 'Jaws' as a horror film, sorry, I know John described 'Jaws' as a horror film for grown-ups in his book Horror Films of the 70's, but I just don't see it as nothing but a great, escapist adventure film.
Spielberg certainly has a mean streak in film, if he were to make a true horror film, I believe he would join Ridley Scott and William Friedkin who are non-genre directors, yet still have directed landmark, hall of fame horror films.
For more than 20 years I have been waiting for Spielberg to direct a balls-out, Rated-R horror film. He's a master filmmaker without peer, yet his only horror production is 'Poltergeist'. And I am one of those who believe that he more than produced 'Poltergeist'. It had the look and feel of a Spielberg film, it literally screamed "Spielberg-directed-film" and Spielberg has as much admitted it in subsequent interviews. And going against the grain, I do not qualify 'Jaws' as a horror film, sorry, I know John described 'Jaws' as a horror film for grown-ups in his book Horror Films of the 70's, but I just don't see it as nothing but a great, escapist adventure film.
ReplyDeleteSpielberg certainly has a mean streak in film, if he were to make a true horror film, I believe he would join Ridley Scott and William Friedkin who are non-genre directors, yet still have directed landmark, hall of fame horror films.