KarmaPolice
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Nope, and that's not my position at all. I fully agree there is a spectrum to these genres and categories to movies in general. I guess where we disagree is while we agree on that, there are movies that are so far into one or the other that it seems wrong to put them somewhere else (IMO).Yeah, that's fine. I just think the video store standpoint is a little limiting because it means a movie can only be one genre, which just isn't the case.
I think for Alien/Aliens, Alien is a horror movie in a sci-fi setting, Aliens is an Action/Sci-Fi in a horror setting. Both are sci-fi. Both are horror. But each leans a bit more one way than the other.
I will try to use some examples of what I mean with some horror comedies that have been listed. Shaun of the Dead would have been on my list, but that is by far the most comedy of the ones on my list. It's basically a spoof, but I also feel it is also a decent example of a horror movie at it's core. That is one that I probably wouldn't argue to much if somebody wanted to move it from one genre to another. To me that's pretty much a textbook 50/50 example on the spectrum. 2 other examples that have been drafted are Cabin in the Woods and Young Frankenstein. I laugh my *** off during Cabin, but 0% chance I would put that in a comedy section. That is more 80% horror with comedy mixed in - in this bucket I would put other loves like Deathgasm, or the Evil Dead movies. They aren't comedies, they are horror movies. Spoof movies like Young Frank and are the other end of the spectrum - basically comedy movies. 0 chance they woiuld be in my horror section, just like 0 chance Cabin in the Woods would be in my comedy section. That said, we did have a bit of fun with our Halloween and holiday sections, but that was a different thing. Stuff like Hocus Pocus would be in there too.
One of the biggest surprises to me is how baffled you are by mine and @Dan Lambskin's (I included you because I think I've agreed with you 90% of the time when you said "not horror") reactions as I am with your steadfast opinion some of these fully belong on a horror list, and in the top 30 nonetheless. So what I am saying is that I consider examples like T2, Aliens, and The Predator to be so far into another genre that it makes 0 sense for me that they belong on a list like this. It feels like we are toeing into the realm of saying that anything with brutal death or tense scene is a horror movie. It's usually him saying it, but this thread has me a bit shuked.