So, why do I like horror movies?

[alexhunter3d]

I've watched so many horrors from the 1930s Dracula/Frankenstein movies to modern day ones such as The Grudge. Some people just like comedies, others are into their Hollywood X-Men popcorn features. Then there's people like me who love horror films (though I like other genres too). So what is it that attracts us to the gory/slasher/killer demon/zombie fests?

I'm not sure myself. Maybe I like seeing evil being overcome, or getting exposed to nasty situations and thrilled in the safety of my own seat. What do others think? :)

[Disease]

I like being scared, it is like a shot of adrenaline, well it was when I was a kid, I don't get the rush or scared often anymore, but i guess it's just my old favorite, horror that is,

[knife_fight]

I'm not a Stephen King fan, but his book on the subject, Danse Macabre, is great and I paraphrase it often, which is what I'm about to do here:

some people like to go to movies to escape. to see the happy ending and see the dude get the girl, etc. to see something that is completely in contrast to their everyday, lame lives.

the horror fan likes to see what they have expected all along: that everything really is going to shit... and fast.

so maybe King is saying that horror fans are just die hard pessimists.

[VampiricClown]

Because there are so many variations of everything in these movies, unlike with chick flicks and stuff.

We are the horror critics....You need no more reason than that.

[massacre man]

I don't need a reason to decide what I like and don't like. How dare you try and put me on trial and question my motivation to watch horror films. I say "Good day" to you sir.

[stubbornforgey]

oh boi..
i don't know why i watch horror movies..
i spend most of my time under the bloody blankie..cos i get shit scared quite easily..but somebody up there put it nicely...
i like to see that not always the good guy wins or the pretty chick getting her face mangulated.
You could say that i like horror cos i like the thrill of the unknown.
Not so much slashers..mainly mystery..oh..exceptional with dracula movies..
em always rooting for him..'sigh'
I love drac :D :o

[slayer666]

I like movies period, although there are genres I can't stand (e.g., romance). I like horror when it evokes strong fear, but I don't generally like it when it tries to be funny. What keeps me coming back to horror is that other genres generally don't do much with fear and focus instead on other emotions.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

Because there are so many variations of everything in these movies, unlike with chick flicks and stuff.


not really.

[Angra]

Because i get to see naked boobs..

[crabapple]

I love then b-cos they are AWESOME!

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

I love then b-cos they are AWESOME!

me too !!!

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[The Flayed One]

Well, there are several reasons.

For me, it started with a love of monsters. Always liked them, always will. Movies like Creature From the Black Lagoon & Clash of the Titans are some of my fondest childhood memories.

Some people want to be shocked and/or scared. Some want to see how far they can push their personal boundaries, or to find out where their limits lay.

It's also always fun to root for the underdog. Horror/Explotation (along with porn) has always been the black sheep of the cinema family.

[alexhunter3d]

Yep. Clash of the Titans and similar film like Jason and the Argonauts plus Sinbad, I loved when I was a kid. I guess that transcended to horror films later on for me, keeping with the fantasy vibe. I guess horror is like a grusome fairy tale for adults. We like to be thrilled and to see people overcome out of this world challenges.

[urgeok]

i like seeing people use their imaginations - and the extreme genres show a pretty extreme imagination (for the good films)

I also like to see my imagination being adapted on film if it happens to coincide with the filmmaker - which it often does.

i like special effects - i like the outrageousness of horror -
i like escaping into a world - for a couple of hours - where the impossible is possible.

probably a good outlet - better than the people walking around with the fantasy lives running 24/7 in their heads.

[the_real_linda]

i dont know im not a psychologist....i feel sad at the end of feel good films and happy at the end of horrors....well not always happy exactly but satisfied or feel soemthign diffrent like the first time i saw final destination 1 2 and 3 at the cinema it gave me a weird perspective when i first cam eout of the cinema and i guess i like that

[crabapple]

i like 'em cuz of all the cutey animals they habve specially the gomputer generated talking dogs and bears and things

wait a minute...thats another genre huh hmm. forget t :( ;)