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Everyone hail to the pumpkin song!
All year round!
“Horror” is way too broad a category to say that you don’t like it. Personally, I’ve found that I’m not a fan of slasher films, or excessive gore (but with good writing, those things aren’t necessarily dealbreakers). I’m all in for a tense, scary supernatural movie. Those are very different films, but they can all be put under the general heading of “horror”.
I think I can say I don’t like horror, even though I recognize that it’s a broad category. I’m pretty sensitive. Any kind of violence and tension are just not what I want to spend my time watching.
Until they make a feel-good comedy horror with no gore or violence or tension, I think I can safely say I don’t like the genre of horror.
That sounds reasonable to me. If you watch movies to relax and be entertained in a positive way, then yeah, this isn’t the genre for you!
I like horror but unfortunately most horror movies are trash.
I watched so many that now most just don't hit the same as they used to, so they're not something I really get excited about as much anymore. They're not scary, and often aren't even campy enough to be funny. Every once in a while, tho, a good one comes along. The last good I remember seeing was Studio 666. It was damn near perfect.
Horror was one of those things that scared me as a little kid that I wanted to watch it so I got over my fear then watched so much I became desensitized. Had a period when I was watching one a day before going to bed.
But, then horror games brought it back with me being the reason for consequences, but now I'm desensitized to that too. Next phase will be VR if I ever get around to it to get back the fear. That looks terrifying as hell.
Check out The Quarry!
It's more of an interactive movie, but it is actually a really good horror movie, with all sorts of branching paths. You don't even have to actually play the game part; you can set up "movie mode" and see the best outcomes, the worst outcomes, or set variables that control the characters and explore various outcomes. I don't normally like these kinds of games (since I prefer agency over story telling), but this is one I can never not recommend.
That's the recommendation I needed to decide to get this months humble bundle.
You just went and said the wrong thing,
you get to feel the Horror they'll bring!
They did not like what they heard one bit,
the cold look in their eyes feels like a hit!
They furiously get up their seats, moaning,
pointing angry fingers for your undoing!
One even smashes their guitar in the floor,
to demonstrate their dismay at your door!
You turn around, in an attempt to run out,
the door suddenly missing being one clout!
The only seemable escape route now gone,
you gasp in the air - 'What have I done?'
They are closing in now, surrounding you.
Panic sinks in, stripping off all you could do.
In desperation you soil yourself before them,
and accept the fate that they make your end.
Actually scary horror games robbed movies of their scariness
The movie can't kill me like the VR horror game enemies can
Try Creepshow (1982) or Splinter (2008). Neither are actively trying to kill you, but the horror is better than the weaponless hiding and lame jump scares games rely on.
A good horror movie makes you care about the characters, at least a little. The characters can (and do) die, and they can’t revive themselves from a save file.