Horror? I would say movies period but that's a topic for another day.Originally Posted by the AJman
I generally like Asian better, mostly cause I prefer real supernatural horror over monsters, aliens, psycho's with a knife and what not. Though I do make exceptions for good psychological thrillers. American film wise, I like The Shining, In the Mouth of Madness, The Thing (80's remake), Psycho and The Exorcist.
I generally prefer horror that is less "jump out and scare you" and more just haunting and disturbing which is why I do enjoy horror games like Silent Hill and Fatal Frame over nonsense like Resident Evil and The Suffering.
I just prefer horror that is less tangible and unknown. Zombies? Shotgun to the face makes it better and even the thought of being swarmed by them doesn't really unnerve me that much. A spirit on the other hand can't be shot or blown up or at least it won't have the effect you were looking for. Madness is also scary cause there is a real sense of reality in it. Even if you took the ghost element out of The Shining, it was still plausible for Jack's character to go insane. He was written in a way where he could have snapped on his own.
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