SCHLOCK AND AWE DOUBLE FEATURE
The tale of Two Families: Hereditary (2018), Written and Directed by Ari Aster Insidious Chapter 2, Written by Leigh Wannell, Director James Wan In recent years the term ‘Elevated’ or ‘Social’ Horror has term flung around for a certain kind of Horror Movie. It’s a difficult term to define. Is it a more emotionally complex slow burn horror that has been made with the likes of It Follows, The VVitch, and the criminally under seen Doctor Sleep. Or is it the Horror that people or critics that think is good. The 2010s is the decade when Get Out and Shape of Water won Oscars, and very deserved ones. It could be argued that ‘Elevated Horror’ doesn’t really exists, that it’s just it marketing tool. After all studios like A24 and Blumhouse to some extent, have been making their business plan that revolves around more Arthouse and genre blending Horror Movies with something else on their mind is not a new phenomenon, Candy Man, Godzilla, Night of the Living Dea...