Horror for the masses

Rating: 2/10 (9 August 2007)

The reason for this movies success in 1978 is the same reason it shows up on a lot of top ten lists today.Mindless middle of the road conformity and a general hostility of anything approaching art or subtlety on the part of a certain section of the horror genre fan base.It is seen today in the raves given to really dumb and implausible films such as Saw,Hostel,Devils Rejects et al.
Let me say I love disturbing movies(Audition,Happiness,Salo,etc..)so it isn't the gore I object to in any of the newer horror films,it's the complete lack of intelligence and style.Going back to 1978,the people who liked Halloween were the same people listening to Van Halen and Kiss as opposed to the Pistols or The Weirdos.A horror film for the Aaron Spelling kiddies.