Both have their share of absolute crap that I believe should have never been made and their share of gems that are a god given gift to the horror genre.

Personally I typically gravitate to american horror, simply because I like more movies from that category, but I don't believe that its superior in anyway. The Excorcit (I'm sure thats spelt wrong), is still my all time favorite horror movie and one of my favorite movies period. Werewolf movies still scare the <img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /> out of me and re-enforce my fear of being out in the woods at night, and Jaws is still a classic along with the Alien movies and of course many more, I however don't really care for movies like hostel, nor do I care for teen slasher flicks.

Dispite the fact that I typically like american horror movies more I have to admit that the american horror genre has been in the toilet in the last five to ten years. Whats with all these damn remakes, Dawn of the Dead, Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Hills have Eyes, and now I just found out today that they are remaking Friday the 13th. Obviously theirs a lack of creativity in hollywood right now regarding horror movies.