User blog comment:AGrimAuxiliatrix1/Why Did 2014 Suck for Horror Movies?/@comment-24463401-20150724212434

I've been having trouble finding good horror movies as time goes on. It seems like they're just written off by executives as cheap thrills and not worth investing time and money into. Not too many big actors, writers, or directors seem interested in horror these days. I'd probably be able to find decent horror movies if I spent enough time and looked deep enough, but I'd still have to wade though a ton of bad ones to get there.

But then there's movies like the Babadook that can at least be appreciated for what it tried to do. The movie doesn't have much jump scares, something that's been infesting the genre for a while now. Though some people may not have enjoyed it, it seemed like it was genuinely trying to stray away from current genre cliches.

Hopefully a horror movie renaissance comes along soon that gets new talent contributing to the genre. At the moment we could really use one.