Yeah I think you’re into something with the individualistic aspect of a lot of modern horror — it’s all become quite solipsistic when there used to be something more social about it? But then you could say that e.g. Get Out fits into either category I guess.
The other thing I’m not a huge fan of is the way some movies will use trauma to ‘elevate’ the horror, when the whole point of the genre imho is to diminish trauma/general badness into something we can laugh at or get a thrill out of. It’s the difference between making entertainment for traumatized people and making traumatainment for sheltered people.
Yeah I think you’re into something with the individualistic aspect of a lot of modern horror — it’s all become quite solipsistic when there used to be something more social about it? But then you could say that e.g. Get Out fits into either category I guess.
The other thing I’m not a huge fan of is the way some movies will use trauma to ‘elevate’ the horror, when the whole point of the genre imho is to diminish trauma/general badness into something we can laugh at or get a thrill out of. It’s the difference between making entertainment for traumatized people and making traumatainment for sheltered people.