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do you guys consider lynch a horror filmmaker? i love all his movies, and most of them certainly have horror elements, but i think inland empire is the only one i consider a horror movie.
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Anonymous 4d

I think they’re a different genre with horror elements. I guess it depends on what someone’s definition of horror is

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Anonymous 3d

He has a couple outright horror films and the rest just have nightmarish elements

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Anonymous 3d

Thriller, which is horror adjacent

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4d

that’s how i think of it too. it’s a common misconception among many psychological filmmakers. i think of most of his films as dramas/thrillers with mystery/horror tendencies.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4d

I agree 100%. I think the university I attended offered a course on David Lynch films. I would’ve loved to hear some of the conversations in that class.

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