Wikipedia:Peer review/Horror film/archive1

Horror film

Has gone through major revisions in the past few months, now should be close to FA status, but apart from the obvious lack of references whats the opinion on this article? detailed comments and specifics welcome. Niz 17:58, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

It's a good article. I think I'd like to see some discussion about the relationship between religion and horror. I.e. a lot of horror films draw upon the religious mythos, most notably catholicism, to justify their story line and the elements of horror and evil. &c. Also the article is very euro/hollywood-centric. Is there anything to tell about horror films from Asia, for example? — RJH 15:53, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Hmmmm. Short paragraphs are a problem here. Other then that I can't help but thinking there is something big missing here... perhaps on seperate section on how phsycology influences these? I don't know its just an idea. Feels like its missing something.... Ryan Norton ^{T | @ | C} 21:30, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

which paragraphs do you consider too short? what do you mean by "how psychology influences these?" influences what? Niz 23:07, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

It is quite good but definitely not a Feature yet. Sentences like this one: "The Canadian film Cube (1997) was perhaps one of the few interesting horror films of the 1990s" just reek of POV. Yes it is qualified with "perhaps" but I think its just an unnecessary opinion. In re: the discussion of psychology, there is a lot that needs to be added here, just one example is 70's American horror directors who brought their experiences of Vietnam and that tumultuous period of history into their work. The lack of Asian or extremely low-budget third-world cinema is also of note. I would say it needs a lot more work and expansion. Many of these expansions could be made in other articles specific to national cinemas and genres, but those need to be created and linked at the bottom. I also read some of the Talk re: use of the term mysogyny and I think this needs to be clarified, expanded, or removed to make it a meaningful reference. I would love to see this article get feature status as well but it feels like there are huge pieces of history, information, and theory missing yet. Powers of i 20:12, 22 October 2005 (UTC)