User blog comment:AGrimAuxiliatrix1/Why Did 2014 Suck for Horror Movies?/@comment-28102494-20150727200951

Here's the thing about horror films. There are three kinds. The first kinds are the money-makers (Ouija, Annabelle, The Gallows, all the Paranormal Activity sequels), which are usually awful movies simply made for box office money.

Then, there are the critically acclaimed films (The Babadook, It Follows) which are usually good movies, but are only marketable to sophisticated people.

Finally, there are the horror films that get good reviews and make huge profits. I'm talking Insidious, The Conjuring, Sinister, etc. These movies usually hit the nail on the head, being marketable to the most sophisticated members of the audience AND the least sophisticated members, appealing to a wide range of people, and in turn being much better films than the other two types. We need more films like that.

I disagree that the horror film industry is in a "rut" because if you look at past decades, the amount of great horror films was outnumbered by bad ones 5 to 1. We just never hear about the bad ones because time has sort of glazed over them.