Does anybody find Horror movies scary any more?

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The Thing was probably the best Horror film of recent times, closely followed by The Fly. Japan now has the better releases for scares than the US/UK.

Have a look at some of the 70's Hammer films for vampires, blood, and supernatural spooks, and of course the Dr Phibes pair of classics , for some great methoRAB of getting shot of people.
 
i think to be scared at all when watchin these movies you have to be on your own( IN THE HOUSE or when everyones in bed HAHA) and watch when its very into the night around 12-1 in the dark.

now see i would never watch halloween or hills have eyes or nightmare elm st in those conditions but if someone ws with me i would but then ya wouldt be scared
so..?
 
I think there are many factors that decide whether or not I find a film scary.

For example, the first time I saw Jeepers Creepers, the whole not knowing what it was scared me a lot, but as soon as I seen the monster thing, it ruined the film for me as it wasn't scary in the slightest and any time I rewatch it, it doesn't scare me at all, like someone said about the Haunting and the re-make, not knowing is now a lost art, but one that should return.

Also tension building is scary aswell. Dark water for example I found quite scary compared to other recent films, even though there was no jumpy bits or anything but waiting for something to happen I found quite scary. Apparantly the Japanese version is scarier but I haven;t seen it.

Also the conditions you watch in as someone also said, watching alone in the dark at night, makes a film 10x scarier, watching during the day or with other people loses the scariness I find.

Also if the character who is being chased, stalked etc has been shown well and the film has allowed their character to come through can make a difference as to whether or not I find a scene scary. For example the first few kills in a horror movie don't scare me as much as later scenes with main characters do. Making the viewers care about the characters make it scarier imo as I don't want someone who has been shown well to have wrong done to them, It is harder in these new films since they go all out for shock and gore rather than character development, also films seem to be getting a lot shorter generally which also makes this harder. I watched The Skeleton key just this week and found the closing scene quite scary since Kate HuRABons character had been a nice and caring person and was under threat I felt scared for her.

I think I may get more scared of modern films than most on here do but I love to watch them anyway lol
 
99% of horror movies now adays are complete tosh, although I would recommend Alexandre Aja's movies hes a great horror movie maker and was hand picked by Wes Craven to make the recent Hills Have Eyes remake and made a fantastic french film called High Tension too.
 
you still get good psychological horrors, (especially from Japan lately), but in en vogue thing is bringing back the 70's ish slasher films (Hills have eyes, rest stop, etc...)...

And with slasher films comes gore, and gore is back in: Saw films, Hostel, etc....

I think Stephen King said it best (to paraphrase) I like to spook them, make them feel uneasy, give them the cchills and hopefully, frighten them....if that doesn't work, I try and sicken them with gore.
 
Black and white horror films seem to have much more atmosphere to them, take 'The Haunting' (1963) or 'Night of the Living Dead' (1968), both are pretty scary imo, especially the former, 'The Haunting' is the only film that truly scared me as a child.

I'd have to say that the last truly great horror film was 'The Shining', everything after that is just a gore-fest. To me, 'The Descent' was more of a shocker, it never really had me scared, i'd say i was more "tense".

All these "kiddy-horrors" like the American remakes of 'The Ring' and 'The Grudge' are absolutely terrible films, and are squarely aimed at pre-pubescent girls who will scream at anything.
 
As has been mentioned, this the not seeing what's under the bed that's far scarier than seeing it, often older horror films hid the monsters because they didn't have the budget or skill to make them scary and that let our imaginations do the detail and unlock our own fears to fill in the blanks. Modern films put it all on the screen in full technicolour gory glory and that's just not scary.

I do find some ideas and premises scary (SAW, Final Destination, Dawn of the Dead Remake) but the execution on the screen generally isn't. I think films like Scream (comedy), SAW (thriller) and Blade/Underworld (action) deleted the genre from being pure horror.
 
ThinBoy said:
Thank you !
It is a coincidence - I don't have a TV and I've no idea what's coming on - Did you enjoy it?
Have you seen Eye Infinity (the third part?) I've only seen the first one.


I have'vnt seen the 3rd Eye yet but will look out for it.

I also enjoyed, They when it came on the other night, I'd never even heard of it before.
Good recommendations there. :)
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