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Topic	Why do some horror movies end with the main character(s) dying.
ParanoidObsessive 08/07/21 1:29:03 AM #6:	Gaawa_chan posted... Depends on the individual movie. Some of them are making social commentary, for example, like Night of the Living Dead. Really obvious example, where the black hero survives the zombies only to be gunned down by a bunch of trigger happy white people. The irony is, that wasn't even the original intention. His character basically dies in the end as a sort of cynical "Hah hah, fuck you" ending to show off the futility of it all. As originally written, the character was supposed to be a dumb white guy and NONE of the subtext existed. It wasn't until they cast a black man in the role - and he rewrote his dialogue to better represent his own natural intelligence/education - that it kind of took on the additional meaning. It's been mentioned that Romero himself didn't really intend for the film to have any social commentary or implications, but after the actor himself pointed out how his performance was going to be interpreted, Romero loved the idea. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:956855716] in Why do som... [t:79602375]...</cite> <quote><cite>Gaawa_chan posted...</cite> <quote>Depends on the individual movie. Some of them are making social commentary, for example, like Night of the Living Dead. Really obvious example, where the black hero survives the zombies only to be gunned down by a bunch of trigger happy white people.</quote> The irony is, that wasn't even the original intention. His character basically dies in the end as a sort of cynical "Hah hah, fuck you" ending to show off the futility of it all. As originally written, the character was supposed to be a dumb white guy and NONE of the subtext existed. It wasn't until they cast a black man in the role - and he rewrote his dialogue to better represent his own natural intelligence/education - that it kind of took on the additional meaning. It's been mentioned that Romero himself didn't really intend for the film to have any social commentary or implications, but after the actor himself pointed out how his performance was going to be interpreted, Romero loved the idea. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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