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Waste-Replacement232 t1_j6ezn5w wrote

The amount of found footage horror movies compares to all horror movies has to be less than 0.5%

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olgil75 t1_j6fhi91 wrote

You'd be correct. In 2021, IMDB indicates there were 1,388 horror movies released and of that total only three of them were found footage, which equates to 0.2% of the total horror movies released that year. I don't know how many horror movies have been released over the years, but according to this list on IMDB there's a little over 500 found footage movies in existence, which is definitely less than a percent of the total horror movies that have ever been made. OP is reaching, and badly.

EDIT: I've seen some other websites that list additional found footage films not on the aforementioned list, but even assuming there were 15 total released in 2021, that would still only be about 1% of the total horror output.

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Default_Sock_Issue t1_j6f5eqo wrote

Fair but when you dog deeper into subgenres it becomes a much larger percentage. Example: supernatural / haunting

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olgil75 t1_j6f6bel wrote

Except your original post said, "As a horror fan this is upsetting because so many these days are found footage." And that's simply untrue because it's such a small percentage of the horror genre. Even if you look at subgenres within horror, it's still not true...unless you're talking about the "found footage" subgenre, lol.

I agree that a lot of them are of poor quality, but there's a lot of good ones too. And oftentimes it's not so much a money saving measure as it is a narrative or stylistic choice to tell a specific story in a specific way.

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Default_Sock_Issue t1_j6f7efy wrote

Careful with stats without a source.

But yeah this style is dumb. On occasion done well. But most dog shit.

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olgil75 t1_j6f9szb wrote

Maybe you should avoid making bullshit, generalized statements like "so many horror movies these days are found footage" instead. They're not, plain and simple.

And I actually replied to you elsewhere in this thread with sources to back up my claims.

EDIT: Just to further drive home this point because you're being such a dick about it...IMDB lists 1,388 Horror Movies released in 2021 and this comprehensive list of Found Footage Movies indicates 3 were released in 2021. That's less than a percent...

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Default_Sock_Issue t1_j6fbkfo wrote

yeah some comparison to the whole IMDB database.

so lets dive deeper into stats. Lets look a the entire subgenre of horror that is classified as "Supernatural", lets cross compare it to what is currently available on streaming options for free in the USA. Lets look at that over the timeline of October 2022-today. Then lets see how much of that sample is found footage.

Or you could just take it with a grain of salt.

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olgil75 t1_j6fe47m wrote

Why do you insist on moving the goalposts? So now you want to talk specifically about supernatural horror movies that are currently available on streaming for free in the United States? Are you kidding me with that bullshit?Here's what you originally said, since you keep shifting your argument when it suits you: "As a horror fan this is upsetting because so many these days are found footage."

That's clearly not true when you consider of the 1,300+ horror movies released in 2021 only three of them were found footage. That's a far cry from the "so many these days" that you initially and erroneously claimed.

So how about you provide information that backs up your claims instead of shitting on other people who prove you wrong? Considering there were only three found footage movies released in 2021, I find it hard to believe they'd even make up a substantial percentage of a subgenre in horror movies, but feel free to prove me wrong with sources instead of what you think about the numbers.

Or you could just accept that you were wrong and overreaching in your initial comments.

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