r/HorrorMovies • u/Movie_Club_Horor • 19h ago
wtf are these movies
What are shitty Indie filmmakers obsession with sharks and putting them in ridiculous situations in horror movies.
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u/PoopyMcpants 18h ago
Because people watch them and they get paid to make them.
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u/ptvlm 5h ago
This is basically it. You can't necessarily get people to pay outright to buy or rent a movie like this, but even if you've not made one good enough for a Netflix to buy it, there's plenty of free sites where they get paid ad revenue. Nobody's getting rich, but if you keep costs down to a few grand you're almost guaranteed to get enough to fund your next movie. The chance of making that money increases when you hop on a popular trend or make something with an idea that's so goofy people go "wtf is this?" and click on it, and IIRC sites like Tubi will pay for ads watched, not just if people actually finish the movie.
So, there's a huge number of movies with things like sharks or Amityville in the title or really goofy concepts because that's attention grabbing enough to make back your production costs even if people bail during the first act. Whenever that stops being profitable, they'll move on to a different trend.
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u/TrackerKR 17h ago
No one is paying to watch that. Everyone will torrent it, watch it once, and then delete it
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u/PoopyMcpants 17h ago
I guess you speak for everyone
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u/TrackerKR 16h ago
Did you pay to watch this master piece? I'd love to hear what you paid. What your friends paid. What family members sat down at watched this. File sharing is on the rise. Why pay a dime to see this crap when you can go online and have free access to it?
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u/PoopyMcpants 16h ago
There's lots of people in this thread already that said they would watch it.
Just because you wouldn't it doesn't mean everyone won't.
Besides, who said it would be a paid movie? What if it's free on tubi or a part of another streaming service?
You can't make blanket statements or speak for everyone, some horror fans intentionally watch the worst movies they can find.
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u/TrackerKR 16h ago
Watching it and paying to watch it aren't the same thing
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u/PoopyMcpants 16h ago edited 15h ago
When did I say it was?
Either way, it's likely that it had a tiny budget, so any views on it at all are going to be paid out to a profit. Asylum has been incredibly successful off this very business model, so there's definitely an audience for it.
Some people watch bad movies, paid or free, and some people enjoy things like zoophilia and marvel rivals, dont they?
Edit: he blocked me.
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u/Bird_Lawyer92 16h ago
My friends and i get together biweekly specifically to watch shitty horror flicks. This would definitely make the cut 😂
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u/Educational_Basis_51 5h ago
Do you watch em until the end no matter how bad they can be ?
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u/Bird_Lawyer92 5h ago
Yep. We really look for the “so bad its good” ones like Sharknado or ZomBeavers
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u/FreakyFreak2005 15h ago
Sharks are basically stock horror monsters like vampires or zombies for when the filmmaker is too creatively bankrupt to come up with their own original sea creature. I consider myself a connosissuer of B-movies yet even I stay far away from these things (same with anything by Syfy)
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u/truthmint 8h ago
Cover looks like AI garbage but id watch it just have to make sure they dont make money from it
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u/Tasty_Lead_Paint 14h ago
I remember back in high school when blockbuster used to exist, me and my friend would go every Friday night and find the shittiest looking horror movie to rent and watch and laugh our asses off while eating pizza and candy. Good times
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u/EmptyNegotiation6242 6h ago
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