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By George Robbins

Horror movies, like all movies, have to change over the years in order to keep up with the expectations of the public. It has been a difficult road because of all of the genres out there in the open-market, horror is one of the least appreciated. This is due to the fact that not everyone can handle horror movies and this was made clear during the age of the slasher film. This period of time was around the 70’s and 80’s and it saw people getting upset with the horror genre as a whole because of the violence on screen. Although this is the more talked about period of time, horror movies have always had issues finding a place among the public.

Even back in the earlier part of the 20th century, any kind of horror films that came out were looked down on and this was when they were a lot more tame by comparison. Back then, horror movies were actually monster movies and they were entirely different from what we know today. Horror back then was just deformities and not really any kind of true horror movies as we know them today. Eventually, they became more accepted, but they still have a hard time keeping up because people just grew disinterested over time. Blumhouse has made a strong effort to change that and we are now seeing a pretty strong era for horror films.

They are known for producing low-budget horror movies that have managed to draw in crowds of people that would most definitely want to watch those films. Even their movies that are R-rated have managed to garner plenty of attention over the years and it is starting to become apparent that, although a PG-13 rating makes their films more accessible, they can do more in R-rated films. I think most of the criticism for their PG-13 films comes from this fact and it has hurt them on a couple of the films they have done. Their upcoming horror-comedy ‘Freaky,’ which is a spin-off for ‘Happy Death Day,’ may help prove even more that an R-rating should probably be the standard for their future horror titles.