Revenant had Oscar buzz, which goes a long way in making even the most violent and un-crowdpleasing film imaginable a hit. My mom thought Shape of Water was the weirdest film in the world whenever she saw trailers and ads. Then she saw all the Oscar nominations, saw it, and loved it. She will always talk about how she hates horror movies every other day, but she saw Get Out because of its Oscar buzz. If Freddy Got Fingered got Oscar noms, she would be all over it.