Why THE VILLAGE (2004) is M Night Shyamalan’s Only True Horror Movie
The rest of them are thrillers
THRILLER VS HORROR
“Sometimes we don’t do things we want to do so that others won’t know we want to do them.” — Ivy Walker
For a 90s girl, part of the wonder of watching any movie after SE7EN is in never knowing until the end whether I’m watching a horror movie or a thriller.
In a thriller, no matter how hopeless the situation seems, the good guys always win.
In horror, no matter how hopeful the situation seems, the good guys always lose.
The Sixth Sense, for all its tense moments, isn’t a horror movie. That happy ending isn’t possible in a horror movie. It’s a thriller.
The Visit, though it delivers a welcome return to genuine fright from Shyamalan, is also a thriller. That diaper scene is awful, but the story has a happy ending.
Unbreakable, Signs, Lady in the Water, The Happening (lol), The Last Airbender, After Earth, Split, Glass, and Old…I think that covers it.
