Does The Slasher Genre Need To Be Elevated?

Thanks to Tara Carpenter's love of elevated horror movies, Jenna Ortega's Scream (2022) character started a debate about the purpose of scary films. For some people, horror should always be smart, sophisticated, and meaningful. In their eyes, movies like Hereditary, Get Out, Midsommar, The Lighthouse, and The Babadook are the best that the genre has to offer as they tell horrifying stories that are about something real. For others, fun slashers like Friday the 13th, the Halloween series, and of course, the Scream franchise, are better.

Source: Gamerant