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* The Evil Dead series, particularly the sequels, popularizing the idea of \\\"horror as comedy\\\", leading to a succession of horror films that became more about slapstick humor and FX gags than about scaring the audience. In turn, this made it harder to take horror movies seriously, creating a generation of moviegoers that laughs during legitimately scary films/moments because they think they\\\'re supposed to.
Amen to that. I\\\'m a veteran of the [=FantAsia=] movie festival, and it\\\'s often bugged me how almost everybody in the audience always laughs at pretty much everything onscreen. It\\\'s appropriate in the latest crazyass japanese gorefest, less so in the latest spanish psychological horror movie. I\\\'ve also noticed stuff like that happening in other genre movies, especially Hong Kong actioners, where they laughed even during (relatively) non-narmy scenes meant to be poignant/tragic. That could probably be related to JackieChan\\\'s slapstick action comedies by the same token.
Amen to that. I\\\'m a veteran of the [=FantAsia=] movie festival, and it\\\'s often bugged me how almost everybody in the audience always laughs at pretty much everything onscreen. It\\\'s appropriate in the latest crazyass japanese gorefest, less so in the latest spanish psychological horror movie. I\\\'ve also noticed stuff like that happening in other genre movies, especially Hong Kong actioners, where they laughed even during (relatively) non-narmy scenes meant to be poignant/tragic. That could probably be related to JackieChan\\\'s slapstick action comedies by the same token.
