>>213853227 (OP)
Yeah, slow burning psychological-atmospheric horror can't compete with modern jumpscare slop.
I mean, how can you compare the rapid descent into madness with a CGI girl crabwalking towards you from a dark hallway!
This movie was considered one of the worst movies of the year upon its release and now it's considered one of the greatest movies of all time. Was The Shining The Star Wars Prequels of its time?
>>213857983 >This movie was considered one of the worst movies of the year upon its release
No it wasn't. >and now it's considered one of the greatest movies of all time.
It's not but nearly all of Kubrick's later films were met with a lukewarm reception and then cemented as classics. >Was The Shining The Star Wars Prequels of its time?
Critical reappraisals have become a fad and now we're just giving new life to slop.
>>213857983
The prequel defense force happened because the children who loved it wouldn’t be on the internet for around a decade and thus were insulated from the general negative reactions from everyone over 13