FrightWorld: Not A Horror Movie?

Horror is a funny thing. There are people who absolutely adore "old school" horror films like the Universal Frankenstein films and Bela Lugosi's Dracula. There are those who rather the Hammer remakes and promote Christopher Lee as God. There are also those, typically younger, who, when you want to talk "classic" horror films, think you are talking about Nightmare on Elm Street and Halloween. Personally, I side with the old schoolers and the Hammer fans. I'll take Peter Cushing or Ingrid Pitt over Freddie or Jason or Mike Meyers any day of the week. A slasher film has never frightened me nor made me jump nor surprised me nor made me want to go back and watch it over and over again. The only good thing about most are the splatter fx. There is nothing like a good splatter fx. Nothing like a decent decapitation or body cut in two or something sharp and nasty driven through the body of a late 20s/early 30s year old trying to pass for a teenager. And as we all know, 80s splatter was the best splatter. Over the top with copious amounts of gore and grue, all served up with an almost giddy nihilistic relish.

At its black core, FrightWorld is the Red Scream Films LLC version of a slasher/splatter film. It was not written nor directed to cause the audience to jump or cover their eyes or pull the covers over their collective heads. It was meant to creep out, maybe gross out. The nude/sex scenes are meant to arouse and perhaps cause some uncomfort. To a degree FrightWorld melds the slasher genre with the more recent "torture porn" genre (Hostel and SAW come to mind) with a generous dollop of eurotrash erotica smack in the middle. When the final cut is ready sometime near the end of this year, I think fans of slasher films, fans of torture porn and fans of eurotrash cinema will have something to look forward to in 2007.