I was so pleased to see a genre film win Best Picture at the Oscars this year.  Usually genre films are maligned as being just for profit, without any artistic merit, even though that’s not true.  And that’s particularly true for the horror genre.  In fact, I can’t think of any other horror film that’s even been nominated for any Oscar, let alone Best Picture, Best Director and the whole host of ’em The Hurt Locker got.

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