Why create original films when you can plunder expired copyright works, eh?

  • bramkaandorp@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Because low effort horror producers are the first to need a “new” idea, and expired or public domain properties are the easiest way to get them.

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      3 days ago

      The key phrase here is “low effort.” These movies generally take a semi-decent premise and then run it into the ground faster than a nepobaby’s inherited business. That’s why they all end up as schlock and give the genre a bad name.