To think horror films are horrible

I love horror and I'll admit to liking a bit of torture porn too. The Hostel films are among my favourite. Mainly as it wouldn't surprise me if something similar happens in real life. For that reason I also love Eden Lake, the people are so ordinary but it's so dark. I can enjoy fantasy horror but the closer to "this could actually happen" the more I like it.

I think these things just affect some people more deeply than others. I'm never "scared" (would love to find a film that could do that!). But I enjoy feeling "disturbed" in a safe way. Its an emotion I guess some people enjoy and some don't.

Me and

Me dh love horrors the more shocking the better.Dont like slashers with no proper storyline though.

I love horror films and have worked in the industry. It's a great community with very passionate fans who are often big cineastes. It's one of the purest genres of cinema, being primarily visual and sound FX, not so much about dialogue, and a great horror can work in all cultures across the world, tapping into deep primal human experiences. Many horrors deal better with social and personal issues much better than trad dramas which are more on the nose e.g. the first Night of the Living Dead is a seminal film about race - and other issues - that has lasted much better than many films of the time, and there's myriad erudite studies on everything from The Exorcist to J-horror you could delve into.

Horrors use metaphor and myth to help us explore our fears and face them in the same way children do through fairytales, and with extra power when watched together in a cinema. It's a valuable and healthy way to deal with things and oddly conservative in many ways, focusing on how to manage a disruption to the norm and then restore an equilibrium, even if it's then left open for sequels.

Of course there are plenty of horrors that don't aim so high and just go for gore and scares, but they have their purpose too, giving people a catharsis through an unreal experience so they can return to their real life with that adrenaline released. I like it when films push the envelope in whatever way and find originality exciting wherever I find it, even finding some political meaning in The Human Centipede. There's a whole chunk of people who will never like horror, just as there's a chunk who'll never like opera or golf or whatever, and that's fine, it's not for everyone, but that just means it's very much for some people with different tastes to you who don't find it horrible or at least don't find that a bad thing.

Love Tucker and Dale!
I like a real scary film, too many rely on gore and torture.
My favourite is a black and white 1950s "In The Dead Of Night. The final story with the ventriloquist dummy gives me chills every time!

I hate horror too. Don’t mind really creepy dystopian stuff - love Severance on Apple TV right now- but a proper horror movie is too much for me!

Watching one now 😆

Im a wimp i dont like horrors.
Tucker and dale is as far i will go.

I can do without gore and splatter, but I do love a good psychological horror and I enjoy a well done gothic. Really enjoyed Nosferatu, so beautifully filmed and paced.

Out of interest op, what was the film called that disturbed you? I remember being really disturbed by 'IT' when I was a child, and have had a fear of clowns since!

I like 'some' horror films; it isn't so black and white for me. I tend to enjoy mystery paranormal activity type things, dislike anything too gory. I like survival kind of horrors too, like The Decent.

Different strokes for different folks.

I like more psychological, borderline horror films like The Wicker Man and Don’t Look Now. Can’t be doing with too much gore. Also like The Silence of the Lambs, The Shining, that type of thing. I love a ghost story too- I think that my enjoyment of those is a way of taking back control over something which terrified me as a child.

I love horror movies. Some people don't. We all have different tastes. 🤷‍♀️

I love a horror film! Mostly psychological or supernatural horror. I like a jumpscare. Also that creaped out feeling.
Don't like too much gore and can't watch anyone being tortured.
I kinda find a good horror comforting in a weird way, you know you're gonna be a bit scared/ creaped out but it will be ok at the end. It's rare that I feel properly scared after a horror.
But when I was a teenager I absolutely hated them! The Omen scared me badly when I was 11!

I adore the horror genre. I've watched so many. Not much spooks me or grosses me out though

I like paranormal stuff that's scary, but I can't stand gore/torture porn.

I am not a fan of slasher films but have become more open to other types of horror films in later years as I think there are some really inventive and interesting things being done. I would not watch Hostel or Saw for example, but I loved Get Out, Get Away and The Ring.

I don't like horror films (or rollercoasters). I'm not a thrill-seeking kind of person and I have no interest in being scared. It's not necessarily that I'd actually be that scared of most horror movies, it's just that the whole concept doesn't remotely appeal to me! Fwiw I find chick flicks and cosy rom coms just as unappealing. I'm more of a sci fi, action and fantasy fan!

Same, especially supernatural / monster / alien type stuff. Not scary at all to me.

I do hate gore though, it doesn’t scare me it just disgusts me and makes me feel sick.

“The Night of the Hunter”?

I’m very scared of horror films and actively avoid them. The last one I watched was The Ring, I saw both the original and the American remake.
I have vivid imagination and can’t sleep or stay alone in the house for weeks after watching something like that.

Big risk taker in real life, including risky investments, participation in risky sports and lots of hold-my-beer moments.

Completely agree.
I never watch Horror films, there's enough horror irl I think!

I’m not into the ones that are all about killers butchering people, but I love movies about ghosts and creepy little kids. (“The Sixth Sense” was a masterpiece - too bad M. Night Shyamalan’s never come close to replicating that quality since.) I know “The Exorcist” scared a lot of people, but I liked it because I thought the priest was an intriguing character. “The Silence of the Lambs” is bloodier than I usually go for, but it’s got fantastic writing and performances. I like horror movies that focus on the psychology of the characters.

I love horror. It's like riding a roller coaster. I do prefer films that build suspense well, rather that than stuff that relies on shock and gore. The Ring is a good example. I like the adrenaline rush and that way your physiological anxiety is activated, the thr logical part of your brain knows you're safe.

I love Hereditary, which actually does have a few scenes of gore, but they're well used, which is rare, and the rest of the movie is so great with how it builds up dread.

I think torture porn like Saw is horrible. And personally I think graphic depictions of sexual assault are horrible and unnecessary to show even if it is fiction. There is a grim one in Hills Have Eyes that genuinely made me feel a bit ill.

I love horror and anything dark, spooky, disturbing. To me it's partly about the fun of the safe thrill, like a rollercoaster (which I also love), but also about exploring and looking at the dark side of human psyche. I couldn't go along through life only looking at happy things - I'd feel unbalanced!

Definitely. What you don't see is the most scary. I don't know what movie that is but there was a black and white one with Robert Mitchum that absolutely terrified me. The old ones are the best.