It’s no secret that the horror genre and film critics rarely mesh well together.  As horror fans, we typically use the argument that critics just don’t “get” the appeal of horror films.  In many ways, I think that’s a valid argument.  Film critics and horror fans come to this genre for two different reasons.  If you apply the same critical thinking you would use to dissect a movie like Shawshank’s Redemption to a horror movie, you’re going to walk away more disappointed than not.

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