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Incorrectly Regarded as "Horror" on IMDb

posted 8 years ago by Julian_Pope
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We've seen John Carpenter's horror films, this is nothing like them, submitted to IMDb but thus far they have refused to delete it.

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[–] DeepConvection 8 years ago

Yeah this isn't horror. It's political sci-fi.

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"All great truths begin as blasphemies."

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[–] scarycaroler 8 years ago

Well, it is sort of a horror movie once you come to the realization that it accurately depicts the true state of the world we live in today, at least for the most part.

Simply replace the aliens/ghouls in the movie with Jews and the movie becomes a documentary.

[–] bobbydallas (8523) 3 years ago

it's pretty horror if you ask me

[–] Ace_Spade (9546) 3 years ago

It has enough horror elements in it to qualify it as being in the genre mix. The real terror is, of course, the way the movie puts its finger on exactly what advertising and messaging is and how it's out there. It's so blunt.