I was just about to agree like that. You beat me to it. Damn you. Damn you to hell.

Calm down Freddy....calm down, itz only a dream....

I think Eli Roth said it best thriller is a word used on a succesfull horror movie that way it can get nominatted for an award

What scares us as people is connected to want scared us as kids and made an impact then and we never really get past it. Like I had a friend who was afraid of clowns and hates them now.

imo true horror needs to contain something that could possibly happen in real life. so that when you leave the theatre or turn off the tv your saying, man thats messed up, what if that happened to me. dont get me wrong, space aliens and killer dolls etc... can be frightening, but whats the chance of meeting one. thats why movies like texas chainsaw massacre (original), jaws, and psycho were so successful. stuff like that could possibly happen.

i've already posted my definition of horror.. but i also need to say that i kinda hate the fact that not much scares me anymore... the last thing that disturbed me a little was actually a film by john carpenter with donald plesance called Prince of Darkness... the chick that turns into Satan... fuck me.. it was really late when i watched it and it just got to me for some reason.. maybe because of what it was.. but if you watch that movie with an open mind and really allow what it is within the movie to sink in... you'll enjoy it... i was very surprised by it.. before that, the ring scared me... darkness falls had some decent jump scenes in it... but i think that had to do large in part to sound

being that i have surround sound, it increases scare value by far :)