Hey, everyone, I'm thelitcritguy. I co-host the horror movie podcast Horror Vanguard, have been a regular guest on Revolutionary Left Radio, and make Youtube videos on culture and aesthetics. I write on horror, capitalism, and cultural criticism (you can read my last piece here https://readpassage.com/the-horror-of-capitalism-squid-game-and-the-gothic-trap-of-debt/)
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So what is your favourite low budget horror movie? Like dawn of the dead or basket case? Or what is your favorite horror movie in general?
Oh mannnnnnnn what a question. Two amazing low-budget horrors are John Smith's The Black Tower and the utter WEIRDNESS of Neil Breen's Pass Thru.
And my favorite horror movie of all time is The Exorcist -- for me, a perfect film.
Thank you a lot for the answer i love watching low budget productions. I also like your podcast. Another question: how do you think modern horror as a genre is different from the classical horror ? If there is a difference.
If there is a difference I think it is in terms of technology -- we can represent much more than we used to be able to but horror doesn't depend upon strict representational fidelity. A good horror movie uses similar techniques as classic horror literature. In terms of theme and style, horror is a form deeply aware of its history so it has a dialectical relation to its own historical continuity which means that all new ideas get incorporated into a longer genealogy that becomes fuel for future innovation
Omg Neel Breen is my favorite director. Have you seen fateful findings???
Not yet! Pass Thru was my first Breen but it won't be the last :)))