pikashoe said:
Only thing I agree with is the Annabelle doll (even though its barely in the conjuring film) they could have toned it down, although old dolls often do look creepy, i think the chucky doll was the right level of creepy and realistic. Although childs play isnt what i consider good horror, its cheesy fun 80s schlock. But not really scary in the slightest. There's no tension at all because there is never any doubt that the doll is alive, they show how it happens in the first scene of the movie. But the film then tries to act like it isn't alive for the audience, even though we are clearly shown that it is. The demon from insidious isn't particularly goofy looking, it's design is kinda meh to me. I can't understand you championing 80s horror when that's full of the goofiest stuff in horror cinema. I love it but let's not kid ourselves.
I mean it feels like you haven't watched many modern horror films at all, because so many that I mentioned do exactly what you want. Take for example the colour out of space, that film starts off with just showing the family living normally, shows us how they interact how they get along then the inciting incident happens and things slowly start to change and keep escalating till the climax. I'd say a vast majority of the films I mentioned have great build up and payoff.
The exorcist never makes you feel safe at all, that film from the beginning has a creepy atmosphere and makes you aware that something is wrong from near the beginning. Which isn't bad, it just doesn't match up with what you said. Poltergeist is a good example, with it starting out like a Spielberg film, like ET, then slowly adding horror elements, although it could be said that certain aspects like the clown have the same issues as Annabelle. Also the scene when the guy starts tearing his face off looks pretty bad.
I'm sorry to say the first few Friday the 13th films take themselves quite seriously, it's only really part 6 when the series becomes self aware.
Just give some modern horror films a shot. Watch some that I listed, there are so many truly great horror films from this decade that any horror fan would be doing themselves a disservice to dismiss.
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