Rated R. Okay, here's the deal. Slasher movies hold a niche in my heart, being a fan of special effects people like Savini and the boys at KNB Effects. Romero, Craven, Carpenter, hey, they are like family to me. But, as much as I like their work, I still hold true to the old masters. Not because they grossed me out and splashed buckets of blood everywhere, but because they knew the secret to perfect horror.
Atmosphere is scarier than flash.
You don't get a lot of atmosphere anymore. Everybody wants to be flash. No one wants to be substance. I think about some of the moments in Lewton's Cat People, fueled by paranoia and darkness, and I almost weep at the thought of the 1982 remake. There's s'posed to be a remake coming of The Haunting of Hill House, one of the best haunted-house stories on record.