A ton of them. There's no shortage of well-reviewed horror movies (e.g., 2022 was a banner year - Barbarian, Bones and All, Terrifier 2), but there's a huge segment of the population that just feels this genre isn't for them.

My brother and I go to the movies together all the time, at least twice a month. We've been doing this the last several years. But I go to the movies at least weekly, and usually when I go without him it's to see horror movies. Occasionally I can convince him to give one a chance, but usually that only works if I can play it as a hybrid genre movie (e.g., sci-fi horror) or if he has some other affinity to the IP or the cast or something.

I ask him all the time why he won't join me for these kinds of movies. At first I thought it was the gore, so I offered to only invite him to more cerebral/psychological horror movies. He adamantly insists that's not the problem. Admittedly, at first I didn't really believe him (my bad - in retrospect he was being truthful) so I probed further. His response is always the same.

"I just don't like the idea that they're trying to make me scared. I don't like feeling scared" he says.

I try to explain how it's all about being exhilarated more than scared, how it's thrilling to try to guess what happens next, and ultimately ask him if he truly never gets morbidly curious about fucked up subjects like the things often depicted in horror movies. His answer? No, he genuinely just doesn't get morbidly curious like that. I've kind of poked him on this a few times (again, mea culpa, I should have just took him at his word the first time) and he seems sincere.

So yea, all this is to say I think there's a huge subset of the population for whom horror is off limits. They might acknowledge it's well made, they might have zero moral objections to it, but it's just not for them. They won't watch a horror film unless they have some incentive to (e.g., their little brother drags them to the movies or something). Ultimately, these people don't necessarily dislike the concept of horror movies, but they just have zero attraction to them.

I suspect that a high enough percentage of the Academy is this way to effectively prevent horror movies from becoming serious awards contenders.

On one hand I hope that changes because I like the genre, but on the other hand I don't begrudge people like my brother who avoid it just because it doesn't do anything for them.

I hate them too, but this didn't feel like one.

When I read the title of this post I definitely did NOT expect the answer to be Bill & Ted.

Poetic

> and made immortal again.

I don't think so. He's mortal at the end of the movie.

It seemed to me like Wells had every intention to return to the bridge. He was possibly eager to call his boss about it, knowing Moss was laid up in hospital. Sad too because Wells was the only character in the story who knew how dangerous the guy was.

To be perfectly clear, I don't know much about the U.S/Mexico border in real life, but presumably, one can't simply hop over the fence in broad daylight without drawing a little attention.

Also of note, is Wells is a different type of person, perfectly willing to make a deal, and had already made one with Moss. In theory, he had no need of going to get it himself.

Load of shit

Even the Ingraham Angle

Just Lenny

There almost was an actual fascist Pinocchio. 1930s Italy commissioned an animated film that if finished would have beaten out Snow White for the first cel-animated feature film. Even if it was just fascist propaganda, it would have been extremely fascinating to compare this to Del Torro's on how they tackle fascist ideology.

Dang.. people with money are dying in their 70s..

Absolutely radiating

I’m watching Kath and Kim rn 😂

Underrated. Real snot is where the great acting is at.

Next you'll tell me that Mel Brooks doesn't like Hitler.

Jokes on them, even the most vanilla and safe movies people will find something to get "upset" about.

A lot of people weren't happy that it won or that it was even in competition.

Running Blades

The great irony is that this was a d always has been Stallone's franchise. Creed would not exist without Rocky and it's kinda weird he was pushed out of his own franchise

Was it that controversial? Or just fucking bonkers and weird.

They pushed Stallone out of his own franchise. That's sad

Was surprised this wasn't nominated for best picture honestly.

He really handled it like a champ though.

Check out Time Masters from the same creator, its kind of meandering but I like it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Ma%C3%AEtres_du_temps