I love horror, and although I'm let down by most films, I still watch them all. Which a lot of horror fans do and that's why even rubbishy horror films can do well on dvd sales and rental, so I can't see why its ignored - I sometimes think Irish film board doesn't want to make money back on anything because that's too crass.
When I was in college in DIT doing film and tv, horror was not encouraged and only one aspect discussed (the unusually high % of strong/surviving women compared to other genres).
The main focus on creating films in our college was to be as arty, obscure and moody as possible so everyone could sit around and stroke their chins and contemplate the Freudian symbolism of it all. Films weren't for entertainment. (Can you feel my love for the course??
)
So good luck Derek and you'd better entertain - that's the whole point!
