...While watching a decidedly non-horrific film ("New York, I love you" - really good! Check out "Paris Je t'aime" as well!) B and I began discussing our usual video rental habits. I remarked upon the unnaturalness of us renting a non-horror film. He argued that we often watch other genres. I responded with the memory of a moment in Blockbuster...
B and I were renting an epic drama (what B refers to as a "life movie"). The pock-faced 12 year old clerk took the familiar 1 Night Rental case from me and looked at it for an awkward amount of seconds and then glanced again at our membership card. "I thought you only rented horror movies," he stated. He typed our account number into the computer, scrolled down, reading, and nodded, as if confirming his own recollection.
It was true, I realize now. We really do rent horror movies 98% of the time. Tonight, Bryan clearly articulated why:
With horror movies there's no risk. You can enjoy the hell out of a bad horror movie and still feel like you got your money's worth. The same cannot be said of dramas, comedies, or (god forbid) romances. Horror is an equal opportunity genre; anyone and everyone can make a horror movie and the result will always be entertaining...I'm fairly certain that's a genre-specific phenomenon...an interesting thing to consider...
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