10 Defining Films In The Age Of 3D

1. My Bloody Valentine (2009)

When 3D first made its resurgence it was as it had in the eighties; with exploitative, pulpy horror. My Bloody Valentine was a remake of a little seen Canadian slasher, but it completely ignored it's legacy, focusing entirely on the gimmicky use of 3D. The trailer spent its time less on the qualities on the film and more on the audience screaming as an as an axe is thrown out of the screen at them. Unlike examples we€™ll see later, however, it used 3D for reasons slightly different from adding a bit of extra box office. The horror genre had (and arguably still is) stagnated, with slasher remakes and ghost shockers both lacking identity the only new things on the market. This makes the 3D an attempt to give something new to a genre that is no longer taken seriously. The film was incredibly bad, but avoiding being lumped in with the Michael Bay school of horror remakes by having the new stereoscopic addition drawing all the attention.
 
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Film Editor (2014-2016). Loves The Usual Suspects. Hates Transformers 2. Everything else lies somewhere in the middle. Once met the Chuckle Brothers.