# Are you a fan of horror movies/ **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [July 19, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-fan-of-horror-movies/1004477 "2024-07-19T22:05:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![f.coli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@f.coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/f.coli)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-fan-of-horror-movies/1004477/1 "2024-07-19T22:05:41Z")
YouTube has been flooded (seemingly) with videos discussing the recent release of “Longlegs”, and I am wondering, if you enjoy horror movies, do you have regrets when the movie is over? Does every innocuous sound, that any other night would be disregarded, startle you? Does every closed door look ominous? Do you have trouble sleeping that night? Finally, do you ask yourself “Why did I watch that movie”? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-fan-of-horror-movies/1004477/2 "2024-07-19T22:26:20Z")
I love horror movies, though not much the slasher-type movies, but more the psychological or monster type films. And depending on the film, I do occasionally still make sure the doors are locked before bed, and get a shiver when I walk my dog out in the night air. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-fan-of-horror-movies/1004477/3 "2024-07-19T22:31:16Z")
I’m not a big fan. I was recently encouraged to watch the Exorcist. First, it was not my favorite movie, by far. Second, I didn’t realize the back story, at all. Third, I found it more gross than scary. It was worth watching. And, I’m glad I jumped that hurdle. I’m ok with Hitchcock. Those campy Vincent Price things. Not apt to be watching Freddy Krueger or the Halloween franchise. Or Zombie type things. Not even that old one, _Night if the Living Dead_…Romero or no. Gimme the ScoobyDoo mysteries anyday. I do watch _Svengoolie_ every week. His humor helps. The Longlegs thing just doesn’t appeal to me. Have no trouble separating reality from fictional movies. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-fan-of-horror-movies/1004477/4 "2024-07-20T03:28:36Z")
I love horror movies, they are probably my favorite genre. **Longlegs** was great! That’s very much in the **Silence of the Lambs** / **Se7en** / **Zodiac** serial killer thriller vein, which are some of my top films of all time. I also love the super gory disturbing body horror type. I have no problem separating reality from fiction, seeing a disturbing horror film does not make me scared of real things. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-fan-of-horror-movies/1004477/5 "2024-07-20T03:39:39Z")
I enjoy horror movies quite a bit, but I don’t watch very many new ones these days. As a wee lad, my parents were fairly lax when it came to what I watched. I was 5 or 6 when I saw Poltergeist, about 10 when I saw Silver Bullet, and who knows how I old I was when I first watched the various Friday the 13th movies? The only horror movies I can remember seeing in the theater these days few years was Alien: Covenant and the remake of Fright Night. Fright Night was okay. I should really go back and revisit some classics like An American Werewolf in London. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-fan-of-horror-movies/1004477/6 "2024-07-20T03:54:09Z")
Horror movies are great! There is a place for dumb slasher flicks, but I do prefer the more involved stories. Gore does not bother me in the slightest. When I was very young my father very thoroughly explained special effects to me, and ever since then I basically only see the effects, but I still appreciate them on their own merit. And heck, I work in a medical library. Thumbing through any number of random books off the shelf I can see innumerous, detailed images of actual human gore, e.g. a whole book of high resolution photos of 1/4 inch slices of entire human bodies from head to sole and shoulder to shoulder, male, female, and _baby_. 😬 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-fan-of-horror-movies/1004477/7 "2024-07-20T13:22:01Z")
I prefer horror books, because they’re scarier, but I’m always open to horror movies as well. That said, I don’t see many movies, so I’m way behind in these discussions. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-fan-of-horror-movies/1004477/8 "2024-07-20T18:20:49Z")
Psychological horror, yes. Gore? No, not at all. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-fan-of-horror-movies/1004477/9 "2024-07-21T01:19:52Z")
Yes. And slasher movies are so _boring._ Anything with torture I refuse to watch. Too much of that going on IRL to find it “entertaining.” ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-fan-of-horror-movies/1004477/10 "2024-07-21T02:45:27Z")
Always hated them. Before I was a christian they scared me. Afterwards, they depress me. I only like comedies. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-fan-of-horror-movies/1004477/11 "2024-07-21T03:33:56Z")
One of my favorites from when I was a kid is on right now. _ **Dracula** _ (1931) > **[Dracula (1931 English-language film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula_(1931_English-language_film))** > > Dracula is a 1931 American pre-Code supernatural horror film directed and co-produced by Tod Browning from a screenplay written by Garrett Fort and starring Bela Lugosi in the title role. It is based on the 1924 stage play Dracula by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston, which in turn is adapted from the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Lugosi portrays Count Dracula, a vampire who emigrates from Transylvania to England and preys upon the blood of living victims, including a young man's fian... ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-fan-of-horror-movies/1004477/12 "2024-07-21T03:38:30Z")
And you’ve got to love those armadillos in the castle ruins. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-fan-of-horror-movies/1004477/13 "2024-07-21T03:55:17Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Psychological horror, yes. Gore? No, not at all. Same here! I love horror films, but can’t watch gore. I also can’t watch “torture porn”. In answer to the OP, it only rarely stays with me - for example, one scene in Hereditary really stuck with me because it was both horrific and very realistic. ---
**Author:** ![Cee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cee/32/18345_2.png) [@Cee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cee)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-fan-of-horror-movies/1004477/14 "2024-12-06T19:41:05Z")
I like psychological horror like Yellowjackets and thriller movies. I thought I liked slasher movies but find them to be mostly all the same. I am planning on watching the Halloween movies from the original timeline though since the slow-burn of the first one seemed perfect for s slasher. Longlegs wasn’t the best to me. The first 40 minutes was good but the 3rd act ruined it. I am reading some horror books and find the one I’m currently reading to be good. I thought the movie MaXXXine were pretty good and I liked The Babadook a lot. 30 Days of Night is a pretty good vampire horror movie if you hate how they’re portrayed noawadays. Horror crime and Horror thriller seem to be my favourite so far. Also Comedy Horror seems great like Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Other than that, I’m pretty overwhelmed by anything digital media related, so I won’t be watching a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Cee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cee/32/18345_2.png) [@Cee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cee)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-fan-of-horror-movies/1004477/15 "2024-12-06T19:44:15Z")
I can definately understand why they depress ppl. Some horror even depresses me sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-fan-of-horror-movies/1004477/16 "2024-12-06T22:23:14Z")
1930s Universal movies, yes. Anything from today no. I can watch the evening news anytime if I want horror. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-fan-of-horror-movies/1004477/17 "2024-12-06T22:49:29Z")
I like horror movies like _Carrie_, _The Shining_, _The Changeling_, _The Exorcist_, _Interview with a Vampire_, etc. You know, the big budget, mainstream Hollywood stuff. The slasher flicks, even the bigger ones with Michael, Freddy, and Jason were ruined for me during their seventies and eighties heyday by my friends who dragged me to see practically all of them. They really got boring after awhile. Fake scare, real scare, fake scare, real scare, etc. In general, I don’t love gore for the sake of gore. I know it’s all fake, so that’s dull for me too. I do love a good riffing on these films in MST3K style formats. Ever check out MST3K treatments of _The Giant Spider Invasion_ or _Manos, the Hands of Fate_? Hi-larious. YouTube also features these review channels like _Fanboy Flicks_ and _Space Ice_ which are reliably funny. Although _Space Ice_ mostly does action movies. And no, even with straight horror movies, I don’t suffer any “What was that?!!!” type disturbances afterwards. I know it’s all a show, and that can be a curse on the total experience of getting the chills.