Horror Movies Getting Less... Horrifying?

[Giga Guess]

I'm looking forward to seeing what they're going to do with the Silent Hill film. The games scared the bajesus out of me, and I can really think of nothing like it that's been done in a horror movie.

Agreed. All's I know is they can't pull any punches with it, or it'll be pure crap.

[fire_of_avalon]

I fell asleep during The Ring xD. But you know what movie just freaked me out? House of 1000 Corpses. Serious. Gross movie.

[Mo-Nercy]

Japanese horror and Western horror are very different.

Films like The Ring and Dark Water, they aim to capture the mysterious and make the viewer think and slowly freak out from there. It's not really scary by our western standards but it's freaky and spooky. When you watch these films you tend to be thinking, "what the hell's going on?" and if you do find yourself getting scared, it's because the film is SHOWING rather than TELLING. Films like these barely explain anything and let the emotions of the characters establish the fear.

If you compare this to something like Texas Chainsaw Massacre. You'll see that one features much more copious amounts of blood and running and sweating and dying and screaming. When you watch this, you're thinking, "that must really really really really hurt. *shudder*"

So it really depends on social and cultural context. Personally, I like both kinds although I'm not really a major fan of the horror film industry.