Why Do People Like Horror Movies?

I've often wondered this myself

I've always liked horror movies ever since I saw Halloween as a kid. It's like going through those haunted houses on Halloween, it's fun.

b/c this shite is awesome

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Most of them I've seen suffer from: (1) predictability; (2) implausibility; (3) lack of character depth; (4) bad acting; (5) bad directing; and/or (6) bad premises

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That pretty much covers the reasons I don't watch them.

Because your scared date will cuddle closer to you.

There are plenty of great horror movies with good acting and directing. Most are foreign made though. Some people just like seeing blood and guts.

First off, 90% of everything is crap. Your list of problems is problems with, well, bad movies. The genre is unimportant.

But I think horror movie directors, or good ones at least, are really good directors because they are the only ones who actively have to work against their audience. People walk into a comedy ready to laugh, a drama ready to cry, or whatever. Horror movie patrons walk in determined to NOT be scared. A good director has to overcome that roadblock.

One of the best things about the genre is that it is the virtual ghetto of filmmaking. Studios will churn out a film without regard to content because they know it will make a small budget back from teenagers. Which allows a good, young director a chance to break into the business and do what he wants without much studio interference. Some wildly inventive films were made just because it came in on time and under budget. I think it is the best genre for a young director to break into movies. Worked for John Carpenter.

I do not watch horror because it seems too over the top, but yet I love a good thriller.

For bloods and gore I would rather enjoy a foreign thriller, like a Korean movie.

It's fun when you're a kid. Most love is for the nostalgia.

I always find that the trailers are scarier than the movies. They always seem to come on TV commercials when you least expect it. It's like they know to play them when you are about to fall asleep while watching TV in bed.

I rarely watch horror movies. When I do I get a nervous feeling during the first few minutes. Most of the jumpy scary scenes are inevitably predictable, the implausibility often makes me laugh at supposedly tense moments, and they always ends with me feeling depressed...