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"Lass is More" Rumbles Towards at "Shin Godzilla" and "The Thing"

By Josh Lasser on October 11, 2016 • ( 0 )

We have talked about horror before on the “Lass is More” podcast, but we’re doing it again this week as “The Thing” gets a new blu-ray edition and “Shin Godzilla” hits the big screen here in the States.

The question we try to answer is simple — are these two movies horror films? They certainly share some of the tropes of horror movies and even when they don’t, the scenarios they set up are terrifying. But, they don’t rely on what so much of what horror relies on, namely, jump scares and musical stings.

So, what is it that makes a horror movie? When is something a part of the genre and when does the act of subverting the genre move a film outside the fold? Like all good horror, we don’t promise complete answers, but we can certainly try to ask the right questions.