When Is Hollywood Going To Learn?


When is Hollywood going to learn that jumpscares DO NOT EQUAL horror? This movie was supposed to be a horror movie, but after watching it, it really wasn't all that horror. Just a ton of jumpscares throughout. But I've seen some reviews say the movie is the definition of horror. Yeah, okay, if you say so. That's if your definition of horror is constant jumpscares. If Doctor Strange 2 is horror, then so was the first Doctor Strange, Spider-Man: Far From Away (because of the Mysterio sequence with zombie Iron Man), Guardians Of The Galaxy 2 (the beginning where they fight the monster creature), Thor 2, Iron Man 3 (the nightmare scene of the Iron Man suit attacking Tony, and "The Mandarin" bits/clips along with people turning into zombies/husks), and maybe Captain America: The Winter Soldier (it was more of a political thriller and had a serious/dark tone to it). There was nothing different in the movie than what we've already seen in previous MCU movies. The movie just has the most jumpscares out of any MCU movie. So with that, jumpscares DO NOT EQUAL horror.

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Biggest issue is the rating Hollywood post 1990 loves PG/PG13 rating to the level they degrade many great films.

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Who said that this movie was a horror movie? Was any official statement made in this regard?
Or did you just fall prey to fake news?

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There are horror elements. I remember one jumpscare. I don't ever remember this movie being marketed as horror, though.

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The horror movie angle was when Scott Derrickson was set to direct. Feige got second thoughts about a horror movie in the MCU and so Derrickson was replaced by Raimi to make a more action-oriented movie with a little bit of horror thrown in.

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I don't believe you've seen the film. If so, you'd realize there are nearly no jumpscares in it.

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I only remembered 1 when Elmo popped out suddenly 2 stop Scarlet Witch

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