2) Remakes of Asian Flicks: Personally, I don’t even think the originals are very good. The Grudge, The Ring, The Eye, Dark Water, Pulse, etc… Every film is the same. Nothing but creepy imagery and a plot about revenge from the grave for some heinous event from the past. And when the originals aren’t good, you can bet the remakes aren’t much better, especially since they usually combine it with Category 3:

3) The PG-13 Cash-Grab: Anytime a studio’s main concern in making a movie is the rating, that’s never a good sign. Water it down so the teenagers can get in and BAM! another $50 Million. Who cares about quality?

I thought The Strangers had a shot at finally giving us a good scary movie, but what started out well quickly devolved into nothing but a long, repetitive series of “jump”-scares. So disappointing. So, here I am, still waiting for a good horror film. (and F/13th surely won’t be it)

p.s. - LD: The Ruins was actually not bad. It’s not your typical gorefest horror film. It’s a slow-burning, growing-tension kind of film, and I actually enjoyed it (though the ending is a bit sudden and kind of a let-down)

I haven’t even watched any of the Saw movies, although I plan to check out the first one or two someday. The last horror movie I really liked was The Descent and I do have the Ruins on the way from Netflix…