What defines a good horror? - General

[QUOTE=darcy010;23820698]Realism. Im more scared of a door closing quickly then a big monster thats about to kill someone.[/QUOTE] CAT. FUCK. This is way scarier than the exorcist

the mental ones, where you think "wtf, an arm's not supposed to bend that way"(i.e. "The Thing". scariest movie i've seen.), then slow, painful torture, preferably visible mutilation like the skin slowly being removed with a rusty knife, not the "oh god you're opening up my stomach and stealin' mah guts".

[QUOTE=darcy010;23823296]The Shinning was scary?[/QUOTE] Wasn't exactly scary, but really creepy and unnerving.

Being able to legitly creep out someone (not just jump-around-the-corner shock scares) with or without the aid of gore.

I haven't watched a good horror movie in a while. Cheap pop up stuff do make me jump but it is not truly scary. I think a good horror makes makes feel tense and almost stressed. Like 28 Days Later compared to something like Dawn of the Dead 2004. I found 28 Days scarier because it felt empty and there is nothing left. DotD seemed like a comedy to me.

A storyline that doesn't give it all away at once, but gives you little to no information about what is actually going on, making you have to think.

Something that fucks with you psychologically. Examples would be The Shining, The Exorcist, etc.

mindfuck

Blair Witch Project

A film that leaves you thinking about it long after it's finished. The horrors that don't tie up every loose end, and those that let you're imagination run riot.

Ones where somebody magically teleports into the backseat of a car. That makes me rage.

The Thing and The Evil Dead are some pretty good horror films.

You know what "Series" Really seemed to get the psychological thriller down well? Marblehornets. It really set the atmosphere, even without a soundtrack. It did have some "Jumper" Moments where things "Popped out" But the thing was, most times you didn't see what pops out. Like the one (forgot the entry) Where Alex and Seth are In the basement, and the tapes ends where something jumps out at the cameraman. Also you see Slender Man, But what exactly do you see him do? No blood, no gore, no knives. Just him standing there. And unlike most horror films, it gives you a chance to think about what happened, before throwing the next scene ( or entry in this case) in your face. It gives time for theories to spring up about what is going to happen next. Just look at the MH community. Shits scary at night.

[QUOTE=Marnetmar;23859635]Something that fucks with you psychologically. Examples would be The Shining, The Exorcist, etc.[/QUOTE] I laughed most of the way through The Exorcist, it was one of the most unintentionally comical films I've seen in my life. And The Shining wasn't scary at all, weird or creepy at most.

I nearly shat myself watching the Shining, it was horrifying.

[QUOTE=slinkman;23823777]Scary [img]http://www.lumilon.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/psycho_house-300x207.png[/img] And I will enjoy the top one 100 times more.[/QUOTE] Am I the only one who thought Psycho was funny?? He was dressed as a woman for christ sake!

A good horror film is when you're on the edge of your seat waiting for that thing that you fear most which you have the feeling is just out of view on the movie. Makes you try and guess what will happen only to introduce a new twist that leaves you in chills.

[QUOTE=darcy010;23910898]Am I the only one who thought Psycho was funny??[/QUOTE] No.

[QUOTE=Tools;23859559]A storyline that doesn't give it all away at once, but gives you little to no information about what is actually going on, making you have to think.[/QUOTE] Primer tried this and it was shit. Not telling the story isn't a good way to tell any kind of story.

I like horrors that leave you alone and stranded, where you are the only seemingly sane or normal person left. Includes apocalypse, zombie attack, psycho's and things of that nature.

When the people are smart and they try to fight back and not scream in a corner like a dumb ass. :argh:

When you're scared to do things you normally wouldn't think twice about. After I watched the original Black Christmas I had to sprint up the stairs because I was sure there was a psychopath chasing me.

[QUOTE=RearAdmiral;23832736]I think the worst horror film I ever saw was Wrong Turn 2. My idiot roommate who has the worst taste in films you'll ever see told me it was scary. I laughed my way through it.[/QUOTE] Wrong Turn 3 is even worse. My favourite quote: "(x character) called me a slut, am I a slut?" "Yeah but that's what I love about you" "I thought you loved me for my tits?" *girl gets impaled by arrow through said tits*

it would be scary if they wasted a lot of weed and, it would be the sadist move too

A good horror movie is one that can effectively immerse the viewer into it, and effectively attach them or interest them in the main characters so they'll be actually affected when something horrifying happens to them. A good atmosphere, suspense, and tension all aid this. A bad horror movie just has shit jumping up and screaming to shock you.

Keeping the tension, keeping the evil veiled thus building the psychological pressure .

[QUOTE=RearAdmiral;23832736]I think the worst horror film I ever saw was Wrong Turn 2. My idiot roommate who has the worst taste in films you'll ever see told me it was scary. I laughed my way through it.[/QUOTE] I remember that movie. I laughed for about ten minutes at the part where the Rambo guy shot the mutant kid with a dynamite arrow.

All of you replying saying that "something that doesn't rely on gore and monsters", well, i believe you forgot one of the masterpeice horror movies of the 80's. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk_TEbr7IGU[/media] That scene is immortal in my mind.

Originality and atmosphere.