10 Ways To Revive The Failing Horror Genre

10. Stop Producing Remakes

Rob Zombie Halloween 2 Junior Frankenstein didn't want to show his parents his bad report card so he forged their signature. J. Franky didn't want to show his parents his bad report card so his friend advised him to forge their signature. Frankeson couldn't bring a bad report card home to his parents so he forged their signature at his locker. Enough, right? If you're getting tired of this, I've just taught you a lesson the horror franchise has yet to learn. Remakes have diminishing returns. A remake or even sequel that sticks too close to the original is like hearing the same joke again from a lesser comedian. This is why comedians build on their jokes during stand-up routines instead of just rephrasing them €“ it's all in the delivery. Yet the horror franchise plods on in the same vein, and worse still, this is an exceedingly common complaint horror fans have been making for years and it's still not fixed. Movies That Got It Wrong: Friday the 13th franchise Child's Play franchise Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise
 
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