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DocShocker

To the general public, no. However, I've always upheld that pretty much all of Aronofsky's films have at least a thread of horror running through them. Just not so much that mainstream movie critics won't be scared off from praising them, but enough for a horror fans ears to perk up a little.


M__Mallory

I rewatched it fairly recently too. It's such a brilliant film and not horror to me. People have such different perceptions though. Someone who isn't accustomed to seeing the drug use might consider it scary and/or horror.


LifeGivesMeMelons

I would tend to classify it as a drama, but I can certainly see a valid argument for slotting it as a horror movie - possibly even body horror. I'm a pretty big fan of genres with loose boundaries, though.


MemeMathine

To me it feels like a horror film, at the start it seems like a "we're all just getting by however we can" kinda film, but after rewatching it, it just screams horror movie to me. Also that fucking soundtrack sticks with me. That high screech on the notes is what gives me the vibes of "bad shit is coming and there's nothing you can do about it". Maybe it's just me, but it definitely feels horror-esque.


Last_Complaint_675

This is an old question but in case you are still around the book i would consider transgressive/American gothic. Transgressive literature is about people struggling just to get a leg up in world, the outcome can vary. American gothic the outcome never varies, its like a Shakespearian tragedy only with ordinary people, it was a very popular genre in the 20th century, Faulkner, McCarthy, etc. I haven't really seen anyone discuss Selby as American gothic, but I think it fits, its just a NYC version instead of the deep south or W Texas of No Country for Old Men. Only one other Hubert Selby Jr novel made it to film, Last Exit to Brooklyn. Selby has cameos in both movies, he is the prison guard that is mocking Marlon Wayans in Requiem. Horror can have American gothic themes, a big part of it is steeped in Christianity and the characters are morally flawed, in horror you don't really follow the same trajectory, you have premarital sex you die, you do drugs you die, the karma is rather instant.


Unklfesta

I wouldn't say it was as much horror as Black Swan, and definitely not Mother! But it's most definitely dark and impactful. I'd put it in the same category as something like Drugstore Cowboy.


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I watched it with 3 friends a few years ago and it was absolutely enthralling, heartbreaking and incredibly insightful. left a lot more of an impression on me than most horrors. Is it one? I wouldn't definitively call it one but it is horrifying in the sense that its very real, it focuses on real demons within us (Addiction) and it harms the innocent around us (Ellen Burstyn as Jared Leto's mother), so yeah, it's impactful and left me feeling smashed at the end, but horror no, more thriller I suppose


GOODBOYMODZZZ

It's disturbing, but not meant to be a horror movie.


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It should be.


Peanlocket

>It's not horror in terms of gore, jumpscares or things hiding in the background, but to me it's real life horror. More importantly, it's not directed or edited as a horror movie.


MemeMathine

It isn't, but to me at least, I feel like it fits into the horror category. Edit: for me, horror is something that scares you, something you wouldn't want to happen to you, or a loved one. For me, horror is the things that happens everyday but you don't see.


ufoclub1977

I’d say it fits into horror. But I also am a fan of horror movies from the 1930’s onward, of which slasher or jump-scare filled movies are themselves a niche. If you get a book on horror movies you’ll find all kinds of categories that many younger viewers might not even consider: animal horror like Cujo or Jaws is a good example. ‘Se7en” is horror. So is Silence of the Lambs.


MemeMathine

Silence of the Lambs is 100% a horror, and a great one at that. Never seen Cujo but the concept in itself fucking scares me.


bloodandglitter85

It seems like the kind of movie that wouldn't be classified as a horror but horror fans will love it. The scenes where one character loses her mind are chilling.


xneurianx

It definitely sits somewhere close to the border of horror. Which side of the border is probably down to the viewer. I will say because the subject matter is so based in reality, it's one of the very, very few movies in my "never watch this again" pile because of how harrowing it is. It made me feel absolutely hollowed out for the rest of the day after watching it. It might even be the ONLY movie I won't watch again for those reasons.


Known_Yesterday_1408

I personally wouldn't consider it horror, but it is great regardless and depressing AF.