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I never got around to seeing The Uninvited. It's a remake of one of my favorite horror movies (or movies period), A Tale of Two Sisters, and I just have zero faith that it would come close to the quality of the original. I'm not necessarily anti-remake, but I just had no desire to see that one.
Regarding preachiness in horror flicks, I haven't noticed it as much. I think it depends on how its handled. There have been classic horror movies that made a comment one way or another on current events and issues. The original Dawn of the Dead takes plenty of swipes at consumerism, but it's handled well enough that hardly anyone accuses it of preachiness. But when a story is clumsy about its message, or just clumsily executed overall, any attempt at social commentary is going to come off very poorly, more so than if you just trotted out a clumsy story that had no socio-political commentary. It's like if you're just juggling apples, no one really cares if you're a lousy juggler. But if you're trying to juggle a baby, a chainsaw and a glass vial of smallpox, people are going to justifiably lambast you if you screw up.
Some storytellers really need more practice on the apples before they reach for the chainsaws and infants...
Regarding preachiness in horror flicks, I haven't noticed it as much. I think it depends on how its handled. There have been classic horror movies that made a comment one way or another on current events and issues. The original Dawn of the Dead takes plenty of swipes at consumerism, but it's handled well enough that hardly anyone accuses it of preachiness. But when a story is clumsy about its message, or just clumsily executed overall, any attempt at social commentary is going to come off very poorly, more so than if you just trotted out a clumsy story that had no socio-political commentary. It's like if you're just juggling apples, no one really cares if you're a lousy juggler. But if you're trying to juggle a baby, a chainsaw and a glass vial of smallpox, people are going to justifiably lambast you if you screw up.
Some storytellers really need more practice on the apples before they reach for the chainsaws and infants...