To think horror films are horrible

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I have never understood why people enjoy horror films.
By that I mean the genuine films of that genre not crime/action whatever which have violence in them.
I watched part of a horror film at a freind's place when I was much younger (late teens) and was completely freaked out and left my friend’s house. The film was so shockingly nasty that it took me years to block out the images.
If you enjoy horror, why do you like them? Is it a thrill akin to a rollercoaster for you?
I honestly don’t understand why people like watching torture etc.
YABU = Horror films are great fun and I can’t get enough
YANBU = Horror films are horrible and I avoid them

I love the terrifier films with art the clown in, i assure you i don't lack empathy.

I absolutely love the ‘Saw’ films. The music, the story, the games. I do work in a funeral home so the blood and gore is not a problem, and I enjoy the suspense also. I did go to the cinema back in 2015 to watch ‘The Exorcist’ on halloween night. When we went to Washington, we made sure we visited the steps from the film.

My young adult kids love a horror movie which is a genre I avoid if it’s an 18 (prefer to stick to a 12 in scariness ) . I happily watch true crime and fictional crime stuff which they find horrible compared to their fictional horror. They say that true crime stuff has their brains lingering on the details long after watching where as horror is just on the moment.

I thought the Grudge was terrifying too (only seen the Hollywood remake and not the original). That bit in the corridor in her workplace when looking though the CCTV cameras and also the elevator bit TERRIFIED me. But I loved it!

REC is probably my favourite horror movie. I love The Exorcist and Rosemary’s Baby too. And Alien, Predator, The Thing, the original Halloween and Fright Night. So many good ones out there!

The psychology behind horror films and rollercoasters is that you get to experience fear/adrenaline rush in a safe environment. You can freak yourself out but ultimately know you aren’t in danger.

I find it a little odd that you are focusing on horror and specifically mention that you aren’t meaning crime etc. Horror is exaggerated, unrealistic fantasy. Crime, whether true crime or dramatised focuses on the worst things that happen to humans. Actually happen to real humans.

I think it makes sense to enjoy horror in the same way people might “enjoy” a documentary about Jim Jones or the holocaust. Even cotton candy family Saturday night TVcontains perl of some sort. Britain’s Got Talent has the needless sob stories etc.

No one really only ever watches sunshine and rainbows TV. So whether you enjoy the Saw movies or 24 hours in A&E it’s really all the same.

I like horror but scary not gory. Have you re watched jaws as an adult?. We had a jaws marathon recently
I wouldn't class it as a horror. Very entertaining and funny but definitely not scary.

Could be The Shuttered Room. Depends how old you are

Happiestsleeping was the film you were thinking of called the "Shuttered Room"? " About an old mill where a nasty thing lived ? (1967 Oliver Reed) DH is a horror buff Im the opposite!

I do like ‘gory stuff’ and I cope extremely well with real life injuries - my own and other people’s. I’m not squeamish at all and I’m very calm and pragmatic.

I wouldn’t personally wouldn’t say I was a risk-taker. I have no interest in participating in extreme sports, I’ve never had any wish to do drugs or anything, always wear a seatbelt etc! However, I have been told by other people that they think I take risks - but in my opinion, those people are irrational about the actual level of risk involved. For instance, I happily walk home alone through lonely spots late at night, go running at dusk in deserted parks/woods etc - some people tell me that’s risk-taking but I personally don’t think it is, given how low the statistical likelihood is of being harmed by a stranger. I have also been known to step into violent situations.

The Night of the Hunter? Still scary!

Ds is a horror movie fan and I really feel for him because none of us who are in the age group to watch them like them. He’s always asking can we watch them with him as it’s more fun to watch with someone but within minutes my heart is thudding and I have to leave. If I do watch on I have nightmares and flashes of the bad parts for days at least!

My sister watched loads when I was a little kid and traumatised me too... I've never got over it and still am such a wuss... it's kind of ruined my adulthood a bit. I still can't watch them, even slightly jumpy and im mulling them over in my head for years 😅

I love the early Saw films. It’s a shame there’s been so many churned out and they all get a bit silly and mindless, I think people forget the first one was fairly groundbreaking and really clever! The music was fantastically done as well.

Anyway I do like horror films but I have an “ideal zone” of scary enough to be thrilling but not traumatisingly scary. Like Scream, Halloween, Final Destination, Saw, etc. Bizarrely one of the ones that scared me the most was The Others and I think that’s a 12!

I love horror films. I like spooky, scary things in general tbh - books, history, so on and so forth, though I don't believe in ghosts at all. I just enjoy being scared (which lots of horror films don't manage to do for me that often, but I still enjoy the ride), but I also find folklore and that kind of thing fascinating too. Old creepy tales and weird creatures, etc. As an author, I also enjoy writing horror!

Psychological horror is interesting, too. I like anything that has me wondering how I'd cope in specific scenarios. The human brain is a fascinating place! I think torture porn is boring as hell, but I don't mind a bit of gore as long as it's not gratuitous. I don't find that scary, just dull when it's excessive. I'm just not particularly squeamish. Spooky is my favourite though, I want to be freaked out by shadows and small things that are off kilter slowly building up into something horrific.

I love horror. Saw films are great.

I don’t mind a gory horror. Quite enjoyed the Terrifier films.

I hit my limit at August Underground and Tater city. Didn’t make it through either. Think they miss stepped horror and were just horrible.

A colleague once described (graphically) the plot of The Human Centipede to me. I was genuinely disturbed. I'm not a fragile type of person. I have never watched horror films. The closest I ever got was Sixth Sense (I realise this isn't really horror) and I spent weeks unable to be alone in my student house and sleeping on my friends' floors. Very inconvenient! I think I have a very willing imagination, and when I was young it was unrestrained so anything could trigger it. I am more sensible now but if an ad for a horror film comes on I switch channel.

It was Night Of The Hunter, which has a particularly stunning underwater shot. I really like the film Magic, starring Antony Hopkins. He was superb in it, and of course, the impressive Burgess Meredith.

I hate them. Saw enough real life horror as a child and don't consider it entertainment.

I love a good horror. I was weaned on Hammer House of Horror when I was 9/10. Can’t believe my parents let me watch that now as a treat a couple of times at least. A vivid memory of a couple, who got caught in their secluded house with death level electrocution booby traps so they couldn’t escape. The dog made it out. It was a bit scary and stayed with me, nothing major. My same aged friend also watched it.

So well written! And agree with every word

Ooh, that could well be it. The synopsis sounds about right. Thank you, I'll see if I can find it somewhere.

'The Night of the Demon' is REALLY good!, based on M.R James ''Casting the Runes''

Possibly on Vimeo.

The Shuttered Room was really good.

{They burned down a real old mill building to make that..}

I love them, love being frightened, love the suspense, the frights, the jumpy bits, None of my friends like them so I go to the cinema on my own which makes it even scarier. There are some that are simply disturbing however. Not all horror films are the same.

Robert Mitchum was amazing. And that voice! ❤️

There's a movie that I think is technically technically considered horror but I don't think it's all that scary that's so underrated - Frailty. It doesn't have anything to do with Robert Mitchum, I just thought I'd it. It actually stars Matthew McConaughey and Bill Paxton. It's a supernatural thriller, and so good.