Did anyone really hear the premise of Men in Black or The Ring and feel confident they had a winner on their hands? Probably not. But sometimes risks pay off.
…Why it worked: Where most horror films reveal the monster right off the bat, Alien built extra suspense by unconventionally keeping the, er, alien antagonist under wraps until the end of the film. The whole film was a total mind-bender. And in an ingenious act of casting symmetry, Sigourney Weaver kinda looks like an alien.2. Ghostbusters (1984)
So there are these nerdy psychic scientists right? And they want to fight ghosts with proton backpacks. They re kind of dressed like a SWAT team
Why it worked: Dan Akroyd, Bill Murray and Slimer. This impeccable cast of comedians transformed an inherently silly movie into a cult classic with lines we will continue to quote for decades into the future….
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