WILL SOMEONE PLEASE TELL THE IRISH FILM BOARD ...

that GOOD HORROR FILMS ARE USUALLY MADE BY HORROR DIRECTORS! Not by jobbing directors who move from genre to genre and fail in everything they do. Most recent (and rubbish) Irish horror movies (Shrooms, Daisy chain, Dorothy, Wake Wood, Boy eats girl) were directed by people WITH NO REAL INTEREST IN THE GENRE! Ever wonder why Dawn of the dead, Shivers, Texas chainsaw massacre, Suspiria, and Hills have eyes are such classics? Will Shoot the Cabbage reveal the 'secret'? It's because the directors of these famous titles work mainly in this genre. They don't switch from romantic comedy, or heritage film to horror that's why! They are fans of the horror genre and understand the 'rules' and how to change these. But of course in Ireland where the jobbing director reigns supreme, every new Irish horror film MUST be directed by a hack with no previous experience in this genre. That's why they are so rubbish and drerivative! That why there are stupid sound effects to 'scare us'. That's why the cameraman need to visit Specsavers as the image keeps going out of focus. That's why these films try too hard to be scary in postproduction instead of doing this on set. It's just sh*t and sad!