Cage himself, for diplomatic purposes, seems to hide a veneer of "I am above this" which seems similar to the elite of the movie industry who see horror movies as below them, when i reality, monsters in almost every medium have have had some core human element that intrinsically appeal to people.
Something like Doom, manipulating hell for it's own needs and, hell in it's unrepentant fury, biting back - immediately Fukyushima Daichi and Chernobyl come to mind.
Doom is very much a moral lesson about abusing resources and the dangers of morally bankrupt bureaucracy, integrating biblical, legend and myth into a fun interactive manner readily comprehensible to a mass audience without infringing on the actual interactive part, it has a lot more to say than Heavy Rain, while saying less.
It appears Sniper was very much right in his appraisal, and seemed aware of this before everyone else.
No, the elite of the movie industry thinks what horror the audience wants is below them. It's just sad that when something like The Witch (above average regardless) is released, idiots on the IMDb threads say "Oh, that's supposed to be horror? It's not scary."
The masses treat the horror genre like a thrill ride.
Here's one that is a fantastic film set during the Iran-Iraq war.
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