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Originally Posted by LuvablePsycho
Personally I think it's because it's very hard to come up with stories to scare people. Most people really aren't afraid of things like the undead or monsters because deep down we all know that they don't exist, and for every GOOD horror movie that manages to succeed in scaring people there's like 10 or 50 bad ones that are all either copycats of a good one or just really bad movies with no effort put into them (many border on being softcore pornos).
So yeah, I think it's just hard to scare people. Especially nowadays with people being as cynical and jaded about violence as they are. Also I feel like the people who actually are fans of the horror genre aren't really afraid of it either but they enjoy it for some other reason like myself for example.
And honestly things that go on in the real world like war, violent crime, and natural disasters are a helluvalot more scary than what you see on TV or read in books.
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I agree. Horror uses the same ideas. But that's the same with any genre. They say people seek out horror during times of real horror. Like during one of the world wars(I forget) horror films started being really popular. Maybe when Trump and Putin go at each other we will see an upsurge. Fingers crossed. ;)