Whatever happened to the humble monster movie?

i think that hollywood very rarly takes the horror genre seriously. but when it does like dawn of the dead from 2004,island of dr moreau,anacondas,28 days later,28 weeks later,sixth sense,signs,and even king kong i know i know.they should take there time write a great stroy with everything in it emotion,a little action,character development(etc),then cast great actors for the roles the directors. hollywood just seems to spit them out as quick as they can,and cramm gore,and more gore when the gore needs to be paced and only added for a shock effect. they seem to only focus nowadays on slasher films and ghost were are the monster films and killer animals?also the last house on the right was a great film and after the scene by the lake i couldnt wait for the dad to get his hands on the killers.any way the need to make more horror film and killer animal films but take their time and think them threw.you dont need to add gallon after gallon of gore to make a horror movie great just a great thougfht out story,acting,and cgi combined with practical effects.

I think the last time I was genuinely scared while watching a film (and indeed, after watching a film) was during The Blair Witch Project. Say what you want about it, but it was pretty damn good at turning your own imagination against you. Rewatching it now, you can see just how little they actually show.

Most of the decent horror I've seen over the past decade as been from overseas. That said, I really enjoyed Drag Me To Hell (though it was more cartoony than scary), My Bloody Valentine (totally gimmicky) and The Strangers.

Wrote a piece on the state of modern horror myself a while back. http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/feature/why-i-hate-modern-horror.php

I can already see Rob Zombie's version of "The Blob" populated with grimy rednecks that swear and abuse each other to Lynyrd Skynyrd soundtracks and, mid-rape, will be interrupted by "The Blob" and express horror and dismay with sever curses and slow-mo dirt.
Meh,monster movies are infinitely more preferable to torture-porn movies.
I reviewed Devil's Rejects many moons ago and although appreciating Zombie's dedication to the grindhouse genre, didnt like the fact it was just debasement for the fun of it (same with Hostel).

I'd rather watch monsters/aliens than pyscho-butchers-woman fodder

I think the worst thing about modern horror is the belief that it all has to happen onscreen for it to be effective. Graphic and gory it is, but it's one of those cases in which seeing is not believing - I always found a cut-away, the horror taking place off-screen, and therefore in your own imagination far more horrific.

As for the rebirth of the B-movie, I thought it was on its way a few years back - remember 'Eight Legged Freaks', the movie about the giant spiders? That was great fun, and captured that B-movie feel, but there hasn't really been much else like that since. (well, maybe on Zone Horror...)