It works for your appreciation, which is more than can be said for many
similar films in the genre.
Not exact matches
If they have demonstrated an interest
in a particular
genre and have viewed
similar films in the past, they are more likely to be prepared for the moments that have contributed to the movie's rating.
Writer - director Thom Eberhardt (Captain Ron, The Night Before), who had just come off of a
similar survivalist horror tale, Sole Survivor, imbues his
film with a tongue planted firmly
in his cheek, and a genuine love for the various B - movie
genres that gives the
film the necessary sense of fun needed
in order to not get bogged down
in deadly seriousness that would have done the
film in for sure.
Is the latest found - footage horror movie, «Apollo 18» (this time
in space) as entertaining as
similar films, «Paranormal Activity» and «The Blair Witch Project,» or is this
genre finally played - out?
Even with the flaws, the fact that we've seen this sort of
film already, whether
in the Japanese form or
in similar American vehicles, makes Dark Water seem stale and boring without something new to add to the
genre.
I could discuss
similar films that played at this year's Berlinale — but these two examples must suffice to demonstrate the dilemma German cinema faces: these
genre films suffer on the level of craft, while also facing the problem that the socio - cultural context might simply not lend itself to the kind of
genre filmmaking (at least with regard to the thriller and action
film genres) that seems to come so organically to filmmakers working
in different national contexts.
Surprisingly, of all of the King adaptations, that 1986
film — which featured young characters on a journey to find a dead body — feels the most
similar to this one despite the fact that this movie belongs
in the horror
genre.
The script came from Alex Garland, who wrote the novel on which The Beach was based, and while those two
films are miles apart
in terms of budgets and
genres, they have surprisingly
similar themes.
As any
genre gets popular, more
films are created
in a
similar fashion, which dilute their popularity and force filmmakers to create alternative or deconstructed versions of the original text.
But while, for example, Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy certainly don't feel like they're
in the same
genre, many of the Marvel
films do follow a
similar formula.
It was considerate that director Bradley Parker (a visual technician
in films such as «Lake Placid» and «Fight Club «-RRB- followed a
similar path as «Cabin
in the Woods» director Drew Goddard did
in turning the old teenage slasher / horror / mutant
genre on its head with Chernobyl Diaries.
Genre films become what they are by following
in the footsteps of others, playing off
similar tropes and script mechanics
in an effort to improve on the formula or find a new and interesting way to spin it.
In addition to
genre, think about which books — or even
film or TV — your book might be considered
similar to.
You can target people who read the author's
in your
genre, like
films and / or other general interest topics that are
similar to your own.