things you love most in horror

[neverending]

Originally Posted by Damn Heathen

So true. For most, it all boils down to the science of the mind. Extroverts and e-dominant ambiverts have a slow empathetic response to impersonal media. They need to hang out with or get to know a person, character, etc before they can commit to an authentic empathetic response.

This is exactly the argument for why we need a strong plot with well motivated characters revealed through expository situations. The rush to the "meat" doesn't allow time to get to know and accept the characters.

[Damn Heathen]

Originally Posted by neverending

This is exactly the argument for why we need a strong plot with well motivated characters revealed through expository situations. The rush to the "meat" doesn't allow time to get to know and accept the characters.

Some call this gawker syndrome. The driver passes by the victim on the side of the road because they can't relate. Lol You're not wrong. You're normal.

[DrFrankensteinsGirl]

Hey everyone who remembers me. Im back again hopefully for a while. Any way I love a film with time to build an atmosphere. I hate it when a film maker thinks I need to have something pop out at me 5 minutes in or he'll lose me. Yea well having something jump out every 5 to 10 minutes will only get you so far and it's easy to see the set up. Its like watching prank videos on YouTube except for with ya know...murder. Anyway I love the time taken to weave an atmosphere. I love plot and sympathetic characters. I will worship a director that that makes horror into art like Daario Argento or Clive Barker.

[Baron Von Marlon]

Weird characters
Weirdos, psychos and misfits are usually more interesting than the average Joe.
I think this is why prison movies are often good because you got a whole bunch of "abnormal" people together.

Monsters/creatures
Just because.
And as a kid I was big time into dinosaurs, the ninja turtles and animals in generals. Might have something to do with it.
I still like (and collect) a lof of nature documentaries.

The supernatural/extraterrestrial/unknown
Lost worlds, mythical creatures, ancient evil,... You know.

Unusual and over-the-top stuff
There's more chance you'll get to see this in horror movies than in the let's say "more serious" movies.
An ass demon, a guy with a chainsaw where his hand used to be, a near dead woman getting mouth raped by a baby monster, a spaceblob eating people,...

Dark humour
The devil in me likes to laugh. I find certain acts of evil just hilarious.
Along with the unusual situations.

[Anthropophagus]

I would love to see more `real` people.by that i mean adults or everyday folk,not sexy teens or pre-pubescent kids,but characters i can relate to.

Settings to also be `normal`,by that i mean normal houses or buildings,not the millionaire mansions or over the top hide away with acres of land and stunning sceney but real places that we live in and know well.

Creepy music,no pop or rap or even heavy metal (which i love but does not belong),but atmospheric music,Goblin are one such notable musicians i love and Carpenters own scores.

Non CGI but `live` FX,the likes of Rob Bottin,Winston,Baker and the other creative artists from days past,where gore and blood looked real and not something concocted by a computer.

[ShankS]

Sound effects and a good sound track is first what I like.. the music especially during the titles and first few opening scenes seam to get me more interested in a film. Berberian Sound Studio was recently on C4 frightfest season ..."A sound engineer's work for an Italian horror studio becomes a terrifying case of life imitating art." that i'm looking forward to watching.

[Geordie9]

Ilike seeing the gore, thats what makes a horror for me.

[horcrux2007]

I like horror movies that have both jump scares and good suspense.

[MichaelMyers]

This always pumps me up.

[Damn Heathen]

Melty skin makes me hungry.