Low-budget horror = amateur porn?

[fatdave]

I was just thinking about how a lot of the horror movies that are loved by so many tend to be low-budget:

Evil Dead
Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer
Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Not only those, but there are so many 1980's era horror movies that are poorly made, but have huge cult followings (the genre, not necessarily specific movies).

Does anyone agree that there may be a connection between low-budget horror and amateur porn?

Low budget horror tends to have more of a following than high budget horror (ie Evil Dead vs Scream). Amateur porn tends to have more of a following that normal porn.

Low budget horror tends to be 'grainier' than big budget films, just like amateur porn vs regular porn.

Perhaps it's because the graininess in low budget horror makes the film seem more 'real', and therefore more exciting. The graininess in amateur porn also emphasizes the fact that it's real (even if it isn't). This 'realness' allows the viewer to feel that they are watching something 'dirty' that may have actually happened.

So, perhaps indie horror films are actually fulfilling their horror-based fantasies (ie, murder, monsters, fright) by watching low budget horror films?

This is all just generalization, but I felt like sharing. What do you think?

[Elgyn]

Well......
People tend to like amateur porn because they feel they`re watching "real people" do it instead of glossy porn stars.
I suppose maybe there`s a parallel between this and low-budget horror......but I`m not really seeing it right now.

[Richard Stuart]

Originally posted by Elgyn
Well......
People tend to like amateur porn because they feel they`re watching "real people" do it instead of glossy porn stars.
I suppose maybe there`s a parallel between this and low-budget horror......but I`m not really seeing it right now.

I'd say the parallel to low-budget horror in that respect is the "real people vs glossy stars" element. Often, the people in low-budget horror are unknowns, and that makes it seem more real to the viewer than if it's a big-name star - and maybe makes the audience feel they can identify with the people on-screen more too.

[Elgyn]

Yeah you`re right actually.

[Hell Phantom]

Who loves amature porn? Hell Phantom loves amature porn!

Who loves indi films? Hell Phantom loves some indi horror films....

I can see a resemblence between low-budget horror and amature porn....the are both loved by millions :D

[Doug Branches]

Now if only low-budget horror and amateur porn would join together

[ofmknockoff]

-Doug

I believe that's already been done.

[Boogeyman]

I guess you made some good connections. I thought you were talking about plot-wise...which they are very much different. I guess, like pointed out before, if the stars are unknowns...the film is much more real. If you know they are famous actors, it takes you out of the real feel.

later

[Johnny582]

2 totally diffrent directions sure there both made on less money but when the people making the movie deside what there gunna do its one or the other

[Scythemantis]

I've never seen a pure porno movie but both genres (if porn is considered a genre) cater to primal urges that many people either shun or ignore. They're both looked down upon by much of the world and considered the trashy, thoughtless swill of the film industry. Of course, this all applies to pornography in a much more extreme sense, with horror being a lot more accepted. They're still both misunderstood though.

[KillerKlown]

Low budget horror usually has more OTT gore and is the kind of film that anyone with a decent camera, buckets of fake blood, a decent imagination and plenty of time can get into.

Amateur porn usually features chicks that anyone can have a shot at after supplying them with alcohol for half the night.

[Corpse Candle]

Mind you I have seen some amatuer porn that has looked like low-budget horror:eek:

Yes I didn't know where to look:p