Alright, this is a rant about the stupid ass movies that are SUPPOSED to fall under the "horror" genre.

While I love a great, twisted film, a lot of movies recently have severely missed the mark.

Allow me to elaborate.
They will advertised the creepiest parts of a movie, but, in the film itself, it's surrounded by horrid attempts to scare and freak out the viewer. A good example of this is The Visit. Upon seeing the preview, I was thoroughly excited to see this movie. After seeing Insidious 3 earlier in the year, I was ecstatic.

Needless to say, I left the theater with deep regret of spending a penny of my money on that film. It was not scary, it was not funny, it was a little weird, and completely confusing. M. Night Shyamalan has had a rough streak recently, but this film was widely believed to propel him back to elite status.

Another disappointing "horror" movie was Krampus. I expected to walk out of the theater to be scared about the thought of Christmas.

I walked out regretting even considering seeing the movie. I would refuse to accept it even if it was free.

Then, this "Pride+Prejudice+Zombies" movie that's coming out. I literally cannot put into words how stupid this movie idea is. The execution? Probably worse.

Taking two completely different ideas from opposite sides of the spectrum is a bold and risky move, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I think this movie will be the one that will cause even more caution to combining widely different ideas for a long time to come.

On a side note, the first Horror movie of 2016, The Forest, was extremely scary. Hopefully this sparks a decent year for horror movies, instead of the disappointing reign at the end of last year.