Why do (almost) all horror movies suck?

[DeathMetalJedi]

There's like 10 good horror movies that I can watch over and over again, but other than that it's just an over surplus of ♥♥♥♥. It pisses me off because it's one of my favorite genres...

[Hayter]

Hollywood ran out of ideas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW8tkrFg14A

[trousers]

Because I really have to move into this old abandoned house that's way too big for me

[GetToTheTop]

Because horror is the most difficult to pull off, an action or comedy movie is bound to be entertaining because it's meant to make people feel good but horror is the opposite, it's really hard to make someone feel uneasy without relying on cheap jump scares and ridiculous plots.

[Doc J]

A lot of horror movies rely on cheap jumpscares or gore in an attempt to convey actual fear.

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

depends on your point of view.
if you have high expectations and then the movie came short, you are hugely disappointed.

i usually just enjoy the scene.

i enjoyed watching hell night (linda blair) in a cinema when i was still young. no strict implementation of parental guidance back then, at least in our small city in southern philippines.

[WhispersOfTheWind]

How big do you think the world is? We are not infinite ea. inspiration (and/or fantasy) has its limitations.

[TehSpoopyKitteh]

Originally posted by Superfluous:

Hollywood ran out of ideas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW8tkrFg14A

I second this actually. There have been a lot of reboots of old franchises lately. Almost none of which were a sequel.

Watch the classics.

[Xero_Daxter]

I wanna be the next star horror movie killer.

I’ll be an ice cream man and every death is by ice cream.

[[FFK3] Trovaa]

Hollywood is just bad.
Plus it depends on how you define horror, many people might have a much lower scare tolerance than you.
I can probably name at least 16 good horror movies that i genuinely enjoy. Almost all of them suck because too many sequels are made for good movies that ruin the entire series, just for cash grabs. Horror has been overplayed and remade in the exact same formula so many times that at this point it's better to look at other mediums for horror (books, manga, TV shows, games) while keeping an eye out for the gems.

Try watching Poughkeepsie Tapes (which I first heard from Venom Snake here)
It's probably one of the best horror found footage movies I've seen to this day.

[Baosas]

Abuse of the same tired tropes, excessive use of jumpscares, inability to form a coherent script that doesn't involve irritating teens and young adults. Sequels can also be guilty of rehashing one winning formula until that too becomes stale.

[Jelly Donut]

I don't watch horror movies, but I personally feel its more of the jumpscares that get too much of a cliche in these type of movies.

[(N☆G) Jackal ★JJ★]

Originally posted by DeathMetalJedi:

There's like 10 good horror movies that I can watch over and over again, but other than that it's just an over surplus of ♥♥♥♥. It pisses me off because it's one of my favorite genres...

I can relate.

The horror films I tend to watch over and over again are Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th series and even those have a big mix of terrible ones.

The Thing I can watch over and over again.
Halloween 1
The new IT (1 and 2) weren't bad I liked them.
Get Out
The Shining
Scream 1
Trick or Treat was really good too.
Alien and Aliens
Saw 1 and 2
Killer Clowns from Outerspace
Screamers 1
Dawn of the Dead original and remake
Night of the Living Dead original
Bird Box
Evil Dead


ugh yea I went throw a list of horror films and out of like 200 those are the only ones I liked....
I might add Texas Chainsaw Massacre in there too I suppose... but yeah when you look at it there really isn't much good ones worth rewatching.

And I've seen A LOT of horror films.
At this point I think I prefer to just watch Kill Count on Youtube for horror movies so I get the whole picture of whats happening without wasting the full hour and a half on most of them...

[s w e k]

Usually foreign indie horror films are better than big budget ones, from what I've seen.

[DeathMetalJedi]

Originally posted by (N☆G) Jackal ★JJ★:

Originally posted by DeathMetalJedi:

There's like 10 good horror movies that I can watch over and over again, but other than that it's just an over surplus of ♥♥♥♥. It pisses me off because it's one of my favorite genres...

I can relate.

The horror films I tend to watch over and over again are Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th series and even those have a big mix of terrible ones.

The Thing I can watch over and over again.
Halloween 1
The new IT (1 and 2) weren't bad I liked them.
Get Out
The Shining
Scream 1
Trick or Treat was really good too.
Alien and Aliens
Saw 1 and 2
Killer Clowns from Outerspace
Screamers 1
Dawn of the Dead original and remake
Night of the Living Dead original
Bird Box
Evil Dead


ugh yea I went throw a list of horror films and out of like 200 those are the only ones I liked....
I might add Texas Chainsaw Massacre in there too I suppose... but yeah when you look at it there really isn't much good ones worth rewatching.

And I've seen A LOT of horror films.
At this point I think I prefer to just watch Kill Count on Youtube for horror movies so I get the whole picture of whats happening without wasting the full hour and a half on most of them...

Yeah, I'd definitely agree with most of those. Some I'd add are:

The Conjuring 1/2 (they have their problems but James Wan does atmosphere like no one else)
Insidious (first half is incredible, then it's like Usain Bolt handed the baton to the special olympics kid)
The Babadook (actual ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ masterpiece)
The Witch (less actual scares, but a feeling of dread that sticks with you)
It Fallows

[Qlone]

The real horror is outhere...