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Hi, Horror is Overlooked

Anyone else feel like the tides of Horror film opinions are a-changing? Cause I do. People are really starting to realize how overlooked and under appreciated horror films are. I have spent almost every night of quarantine watching a horror film with my aunt(we’re the only ones in the house who like them). I think I saw the biggest shift after Get Out in 2017. Jordan Peele really shook things up, and even got the attention of The Academy, with Peele winning the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Shortly after we got Hereditary, and Toni Colettes performance started to make people rethink the relevance of horror films. Except something didn’t happen. She didn’t even get nominated. Her and Lupita N’yongo of Us were totally ignored. We could take this as far back as  2015 when Anya Taylor-Joy got totally looked over for her kick ass role in The Witch. This was a huge injustice. Robert Eggers second film, The Lighthouse, also deserved more attention. Robert Pattinson & Willem Dafoe gave absolute pure madness and raw energy in that film. Nothing. But at least people were starting to notice now. Within the horror community, we understand what many other performances and films have gone unseen! Hopefully as the years go by, this awareness will spread past us horror loving thrillseekers. At least Jordan Peele is being seen! Can’t wait for Nia DaCostas Candyman film either. Did this really have a point to it? Maybe not. I just needed to vent, and this is a blog. Who told you to read this all the way through, anyways? 
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