The Survival of R-rated Horror
It was quite a busy weekend at the box-office and the R-rated The Strangers (starring Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman) managed to keep its head afloat against such titans as an aged adventurer and four over-sexed ladies. Making the difficult decision, I chose to see Sex and the City this weekend (with a crowd of fake blondes in revealing outfits...needless to say, I think I made the right choice haha) and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It made around $55 million, far above expert predictions, and is already a stable success (its budget was only $65 million so it will be making money very soon). Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull came in second with $46 million (I saw it last week and really enjoyed it). However, what is possibly the biggest success story of the weekend is The Strangers, which made around $20 million on a $9 million budget. I have yet to see it, but I probably will be doing so sometime this week after hearing almost universally positive buzz. This is a great sign for R-rated horror and, though it did not top the box-office, it certainly is a step in the right direction. I may have enjoyed Prom Night (2008) on a very basic level, but there really is nothing like good old-fashioned, R-rated terror and, from what I hear, that is what The Strangers is.
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