[downside]

Just to get the rabid dogs after me, I pose the argument that horror movies just are not scary any more, nor have they been for a long time.

It's different from person to person, this I'm not denying. But is there any universal "that movie scared the shit out of me" flick out there? I'm so sick of people bringing up the horrible "Scream" series, or any other "I'm a pissed off teen turned slasher" movies. Teens aren't scary. Humans are rarely scary. I guess what I'm looking for is another unstoppable evil force...not someone that can be taken out with a pocket knife to the eye.

Freddy scared the hell out of me as a kid, and even to this day, his story seems frightening. Here's a demonic creature who, in his past life, murdered children. Now, he has the power to kill you in his dreams, and despite numerous attempts, he just keeps coming back. To top it all off, he loves what he does.

The only problem with Freddy in the later years is his knack for comic relief. I really respect New Nightmare due to it's lack of this. But alas, in Freddy vs. Jason, he was back at his joking and "one of the guys ways". To put it simply, the man that use to make millions of kids wet themselves at the thought of dozing off is now the guy that I could have a beer with.

Is this what happens as we get older? The things that use to scare us no longer do. So I guess I'm really just begging for a good horror flick that appeals to me now. Something that will make me not sleep again. I should never go to a horror flick and hear laughter at what is probably the movies most dramatic scene.

Horror flicks are just not what they use to be.