What is the difference between a horror film and a psychological/suspense thriller?
I wrote this nearly incomprehensible rant a week or so ago in response to a question asked by TBeane on Rottentomatoes, who also is creator contributor or The Armchair director. I can’t say why, but genre is endlessly fascinating to me, and I’m always tryig to understand conventions of my favourites. I want to know what makes a noir a noir and what ingredients are needed when creating a western. Genre films sometimes get a bad rap, because they rely on the same story, ideas and stereotypes time and time again. If anything, I think this is the source of their sophistication as our response to these films is measured by our pre-exististing notions of what they include, and how a new filmmaker approaches these ideas and/or re-invents them. Feel free to try and answer the question yourself, or weigh in on genre in general. Unfortunately, my thoughts so far are fairly unorganized and not particularly clear. I’m writing my way through the thought process. Spoilers for Psycho (1960) , The Sil
