Strong ticket sales dont necessarily anoint the classics of their generation.
This is probably no more so the case than in the world ofhorror films.
Horror is a genre thats host to ideas that can be challenging, high-concept, and sometimes culturally unwelcome.
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Thus, many have a somewhat limited or niche appeal that prevents them from raking in the big bucks.
Their legacies are all but ensured now, almost wiping out the stain of commercial failure.
New Nightmareis ahugely underrated sequelthat didnt get the attention it deserved when it premiered to less-than-enthusiastic audiences.
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The Frightenersdoes an excellent job of combining genres fora unique viewing experience that is unlike even other horror comedies.
It was an unfortunate fate for a movie that drew from horror authors likeH.P.
LovecraftandStephen Kingto create an unsettling story thatcontinues to be a frightening entry in Carpenters filmographymore than 30 years later.
With nowhere to go, the research team must determine who the alien is or die a violent death.
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