Terror/Horror

[Silvia Groniewicz]

>Dear List,
>I hope some members find interest in the following three questions:
>1- I don't know how statistically sound my observation is, but I have
>noticed a decline in the American "catastrophy movie" phenomenon (volcanos,
>earthquakes, floods...) since September 11. Do people here agree with me?

I disagree with you in that point. It's always an up and down for those
kinds of movies and after we had seen nearly everything a break is only
natural. Besides there have been a few "catastrophy movies" even though
they are either fantasy ("Reign of Fire" a.k.a. "Dragons take over the
world" and "Eight legged freaks" a.k.a. "Giant Spiders take over a town")
or in the true life segment ("K19-The Widowmaker", the true story of
Russian incident that could have caused a 3rd worldwar). I think that it
only seems less, because those movies are not the summer-box-office hits
that "Titanic" or "The Perfect Storm" were. Besides, it's too early to
really see any possible decline. The major movies that are coming out now
have started production before September 11th. 

Greetings,
Silvia