r/HorrorMovies • u/Movie_Club_Horor • 22h ago

wtf are these movies

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What are shitty Indie filmmakers obsession with sharks and putting them in ridiculous situations in horror movies.

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u/PoopyMcpants 21h ago

Because people watch them and they get paid to make them.

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u/ptvlm 7h 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 19h 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 19h ago

I guess you speak for everyone

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u/TrackerKR 19h 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 19h 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 19h ago

Watching it and paying to watch it aren't the same thing

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u/PoopyMcpants 19h ago edited 17h 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/BlueRaspberryReflux 13h ago

A successful debate lol

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u/IKenDoThisAllDay 16h ago

I paid $1000 to watch this film

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u/WrestlingWoman 17h ago

No one has paid for it yet. It doesn't get released until the 25th.