Im pretty obessive about indie horror and thats kind of a key factor. Its not so much that I enjoy horror, but I feel like its one of the few genres that hasn't been completely absorbed by big studios. An indie horror film maker can still pull together 5-30 million dollars and have complete control of the film including the look and feel. On a related note there was a big fiasco where the Thing Prequel in 2011 was doesn't completely with puppets and animatronics, but the studio for whatever reason decided audiences only like CGI now so they quite literally paid a team to paint over all the effects with CGI which made it look like a PS3 cutscene. The original crew had a very vocal meltdown about it and theres a bunch of videos online where you can see the before and after. Like anything else big corporations ruin everything.
Thinking on it I can say confidently I would have enjoyed Ready Player One or if they hadnt let Spielberg and his studio do it. I wish some Indie studio had snagged the rights before it blew up and did it with practical effects instead of just shitting out CGI nonsense.
