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ParanoidObsessive posted...

shadowsword87 posted...

Eyshan posted...

OK, Alien is horror but it doesn't scare me one bit.

It's almost 40 years old, of course it doesn't.

When Jaws came out it terrified multiple people into refusing to swim in the ocean for fear of sharks, and legitimately set off a wave of people hunting sharks as a threat.

Now imagine people watching Jaws today and having that sort of visceral reaction.

Hell, most people today would complain it's too slow and boring and doesn't have enough jump scares.

Another thing is that there have been tons and tons of killer shark movies since Jaws. Most of them are pretty bad too. Jaws was an amazing horror movie, but once killer shark movies become too common, then it kind of diminishes the effect. Then there are all those stupid Sharknado movies on Sy-fy that have made killer shark movies a complete joke.