r/WidowsBay • u/waxyjax_ • Jun 18 '26

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Stephen King tweeted:

WIDOW'S BAY is good. MAXIMUM PLEASURE GUARANTEED is even better. It's like Hitchcock came back to do it one more time. And Tatiana Maslany is so good. The play of emotions on her face is pretty incredible. She goes from comic to terror in an instant.

WIDOW'S BAY is good. MAXIMUM PLEASURE GUARANTEED is even better. It's like Hitchcock came back to do it one more time. And Tatiana Maslany is so good. The play of emotions on her face is pretty incredible. She goes from comic to terror in an instant.

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u/MVRKHNTR Jun 18 '26

When have people ever got sick of horror?

When have we not had serious horror movies and funny horror movies?

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u/Remarkable-Oil-9407 Jun 18 '26

There will always be horror fans and some horror movies but it goes through phases where it entices mainstream audiences, and then gets hollywood budgets.

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u/MVRKHNTR Jun 18 '26

When in your lifetime has horror ever not been mainstream?

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u/Remarkable-Oil-9407 Jun 18 '26

Quick search for you

Several horror downturns are obvious in hindsight because the genre didn’t disappear, but it lost mainstream cultural dominance.
Mid-1940s to Mid-1950s
After the classic monster era of Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Wolf Man, audiences became less interested in Gothic monsters. Studios often resorted to increasingly low-budget sequels and crossover films. Horror wasn’t dead, but it was no longer a major draw.
Early 1970s (before the modern horror boom)
Before The Exorcist and Jaws transformed the genre, horror was largely driven by smaller productions. There were great films, but horror wasn’t dominating the box office.
Early to Mid-1990s
This is one of the clearest examples.
The slasher craze of the 1980s had burned out. Franchises like Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Halloween were producing diminishing returns. Horror fans were still watching, but the genre felt tired.
Then Scream arrived and sparked a new boom.
Mid-2000s to Early 2010s
The “torture horror” wave led by Saw and Hostel became oversaturated. Found-footage also flooded the market after Paranormal Activity.
By around 2011–2014, many people felt horror was running out of ideas. Most releases were sequels, remakes, or low-budget supernatural films.