Brit Horror: the next big wave?

Over attention to J-horror. Its actually collapsed on itself in a lot of ways - mainly due to the American remakes because you people cant be bothered to learn to read!

Sorry, pent up aggression from seeing too many creepy chinese boys and girls with long black hair. The J-horror phase is almost over, and America killed it.

Theres been a few goodish brit horrors: 28 days later, Descent, Dog Soldiers, Creep, Shaun of the Dead, Severance (although the last two are technically comedies - the horror elements are intact).

Brit horror has a class to it at the moment due to the fact that the budgets are so low, they require a bit of thought and inventiveness to pull off.
How about this Hollywood? Try hiring ACTORS and get a SCRIPT to tell a STORY under smart DIRECTION....dont wanna see Stephen King, Clive Barker or Wes Craven on posters anymore unless 'inspired by' is somewhere there too.

Although i think theres something to it, I think the next wave is actually the indiewood pared down productions. The expensive ones that are made to look cheap, original and retro: Devils Rejects, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hills have Eyes (although technically the last two are remakes - well done Hollywood!).

Making the films more about the characters and the relationships between them leads to a much more dangerous dynamic. Hills have Eyes was difficult and almost too uncomfortable to watch in some places, because we know the people suffering.

Neil Marshall is the closest Britain has to a true horror director, fortunately he may be the best in the world......when you see what hes achieved with what he had.

Bernard Rose.
(Paperhouse, Candyman)

hollywood killed j-horror? really, i call bs on that assertion. what did korea japan, china, and thailand not all produce bland as hell, black haired ghost girl movies? hollywood at the very least tried to deliver some of the best bits to the largest audience, even if the the remakes were not all that great. i think it was just a case of oversaturation, and i don't think either asia or hollywood is completely at fault in that (partners in crime?).
on topic, i'd love to see a revival of british born horror (although we need a new donald pleasance). neil marshall is doing an absolute bang up job at reminding horror fans how strong british horror is if allowed to exist. we need more movies like raw meat, frightmare, house of whipcord, etc.. i'm chossing not mention hammer on purpose because, lets face it, theirs and mario bavas style of horror just isn't going to make a comeback.

Yeah, you know- the state of Asian horror movies isn't that great right now. Just like ours, every one of their films is a Ringu ripoff, so we're just getting more of the same. I don't believe that the remakes are the sole reason that J-horror's pretty done now... it's gotten pretty stagnant by itself. I swear... if I see another movie with a ghost kid with hair covering its face i'll stab someone..

There are a lot of British horror films that are coming out/came out recently that look great- like Evil Aliens and Severence. I just don't know if we're all of a sudden going to see a surge of movies hitting from there. I do think people are going to try more international flicks- which is great to see. So many companies are releasing horror from around the world, from the great Australian flicks Subversive has put out (EVERYONE needs that Savage Sinema set) to TLA's Danger After Dark, which putting all sorts of international flicks. It's good to see the focus turning more worldwide- because there's so many different types of horror flicks that most people haven't even experienced over here.

You make me cry. Personally, I love Hammer and wonder who the next gen of Lee & Cushing are? Nobody.

I really enjoyed the Hammer love-letter that was Sleep Hollow, for what it's worth.

Shaun of the Dead, 28 Days, Dog Soldiers, and Descent all get props from me. Good stuff. Can't wait to check out Evil Aliens.

It's amazing. One of the most fun times I've had watching a movie with a group of friends.

I should be doing an interview with the Director (Jake West) soon. He's also got the third Pumpkinhead movie coming out.

Dvd's coming out over here in January.