How can people like horror movies?

I remember when scary movies were not believable and a little silly. Nowadays the graphics and technology are so advanced that I too, do not understand what the fascination is with today's youth making these production companies millions of dollars a week at the box office. A guy I was dating last summer rented some horror movies. I literally got up from the couch and left the room after 45 minutes of the 1st one. Too graphic, too realistic, and senseless. I cannot describe the horrible feeling I had.

I'm sorry. I love horror movies. I'm a big fan! But I prefer the more pyscological scares. I hate gore and extreme violence.

Why man....wat's the problem in that . I also like horror movies and a lot of ppl like to watch horror movies bcz it shows the fear that resides within us we touch the extreme of our emotions and our senses while watching such movies. It reveals that part of a human life that we simply like to ignore or we don't care abt that but the the fact is that it does exsist and sometimes effects us too.

I too am not a fan of Horror movies, though my partner is. I think the thing is, we, as humans, have a morbid fascination with things such as missing body parts and so on. It's the same with anything. Like when you drive by an accident, you always see everyone else rubbernecking to see if they can see anything. If they do, then they go home and excitedly report it to their spouses, their parents and anyone else who'll listen. It's not that they enjoyed actually seeing that sort of thing. It's more that their morbid curiosity kicks in and they feel compelled to look at and watch things like that.

People have different interest and its really normal for people to like something which others dont like. May be Scary movies are not of interest to you, but there are people who just love to watch them. Tv and other medias have content that are of interest to many kinds of people and they just cant cater to the needs of a specific kind of people. If your interest doesnt match with the content, then just switch to another one which matters to you. Thats all.. Keep your life as simple as that. Let everyone enjoy what they wish..

I like scary movies. It's not real it's just a movie. It is fun to watch scary movies. To each his own.

Well, that is an interesting opinion, and that's all it is. I myself love a good horror movie. They are fun to watch and see if I can figure out what's going on. The blood and guts stuff I just laught at because I know it's all make beleive. The only movie so far that I was glued to the screen was "Saw". That movie was really good. the other two weren't as good and I heard they are making a fourth one. People like getting scared as long as they know they won't get hurt. I also like going to haunted houses and things like that during Halloween. It's just for fun and I rarely get scared because I know they are just actors in costumes. As for you thinking it is sick, that is your opinion. If something on the TV is real though then it is sad that it is on, and that is a different story all together.

You know I'm a huge fan of horror films. I always have and there's nothing at all wrong with liking them as they are just films. I like zombie movies which I like the idea of the world being over ran by a form that just want to eat us, doesn't mean I'd enjoy if it was to happen. Seriously though some people take it too serious. People like to "scared" without going through it, our bodies enjoy being shocked and having happen to us. The horror you see on the screen is the same fear you feel when someones trying to kill you.

Okay, I'm glad I read all the comments, because now I know which movies you mean and I have to wholeheartedly agree with you. I think movies like Hostel and Saw are absolutely disgusting and I simply don't understand how people can watch them - and enjoy them! My boyfriend would happily watch them (mostly because they're not 'real', but I know for a fact that horrible things happen to people all the time so it would still be too realistic and upsetting for me), but I just can't.

I don't know. I've always enjoyed horror films. I don't think there's anything wrong with me for it. I'm a kind person, and not agressive. I just enjoy it. obviously, if it was real I wouldn't. so I suppose it must be that unsatisfactory answer that it's not real again. I didn't like the film Wolf Creek, as it was really clinical, really cold and really brutal. it was too real, and it didn't have whatever it was that makes me enjoy a horror film rather than being scared by it. I wasn't scared by Wolf Creek. I just felt really bad for having sat and watched it. it's too bleak. there's something very tongue in cheek about most horror films. I've never really been scared by them, and usually I find them sort of funny. they're usually very cheesy, very cliched, and something like a pantomime really. there's bad acting, bad effects, bad dialogue. I find it funny. I don't think anyone that doesn't like horror films would understand it. I don't enjoy the sorts of films about presidents or court cases or bruce willis running about in a grubby vest. so there you go. no more satisfactory than other answers, but I enjoy it, and some people don't. other people enjoy sorts of films I don't enjoy.

Could you give an example of which type you find disgusting? I think there are as many reasons for liking horror movies as there are people who do. Personally I love Clive Barker books & movies (the Hellraiser series is the one most are likely to recognize) which are pretty gory, and graphic. The earlier ones are B-grade movies that have a certain artistic appeal to me. I enjoy watching the behind the scenes type features & seeing how with minimal or no special effects the scenes are created after watching the movie. I like most of the Nightmare on Elm Street series. The premise of the movies (bringing a 'monster' out of your dream & into the real world) is like an adult version of a good campfire story.

I like Horror Movies. I read down a bit to the first few answers and you mentioned not talking about things like Stephen King. So may I ask, what kind are you talking about? Stephen King, for instance, has movies based on books that he wrote. Such as It, about a being that typically manifests itself as a clown to draw in children and kill it. Or there was Cat's eye. Three stories revolving around a cat and a girl. A cat gets tortured so people will stop smoking. A guy is tortured and almost killed for being an adulterer. A little girl is attacked by a troll who is trying to steal her breath. Or even the Children of the Corn series, about kids who murder adults. So you don't mean those types? Do you mean the kind like The Hills have Eyes about bushmen type people who kill others and eat them. Or Wrong Turn another movie about Bushmen type people? Are you talking about the Halloween Series or Jason Series or even Nightmare on Elm Street Series? A lot of horror movies are based on stories or based off of something that happened in real life. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre character Leatherface, he's based off of Ed Gein. A serial killer who used to kill people and wear their skin. A character in the Silence of the Lamb movie was also based off of Ed Gein. You think a certain type of Horror movie is sick. That's understandable. The truth is people do some of these sick things in real life. At least with a movie you know it's not really happening. It really is a form of entertainment, Horror. It's like Haunted houses, They're scary and they're sick and yet...every Halloween people Flock to them. If you really think about it... Watching a War movie is almost worse than watching a Horror movie. Why were people getting blown up and shot in Saving Private Ryan? Because during World War II a lot of people were blown up and shot because a War was going on. This REALLY happened. Watching a movie where a girl is killed in her dreams by a man with knives for fingers... well hey at least that didn't really happen. People like what they like. As long as people watching these horror movies don't go out and do the things they see in the movies, what harm is it doing?

I love horror films. Not just the psychological ones, I like the gory ones too. All the different types. You know what? Yes it IS fun to be scared every now and then. But horror movies don't often scare me, because I know that it's make believe. The Cenobytes don't exist, Freddy Kreuger will never come into my dreams and kill me. The stories behind the gore and (for some) terror is what appeals to me. The idea of a video tape that kills you 7 days after you watch it? That's a pretty intriquing idea, and I wanted to see how they spun that particular tale. Wanna know what movies scare me? Resident Evil, Warning Sign, 28 Days Later... movies like that. Movies that center around the government creating biological weapons that make people forget all but 2 things -- to kill and to eat. Because let's face it, who really knows what their government is up to?

I love horror movies, i always see them since i was a kid. But now they really don't make movies like they used to, its hard to find newer movies that are really scary. The movies that are more realistic are more interesting. It is funny that almost all the people seeing the movie are screaming, but is exciting that you can be scared. That's why i think the persons like horror movies, to be scared for a while, and it depends on the type of person, because perhaps you are a delicate person and you don't support that movies. But there is people can support that.

I don't like the blood and guts and gore type movies. I do like a good scary movie though. Like The Shining or Poltergiest scared the beejeebers out of me, and I loved every minute of it.

maybe you are right,maybe you are not.i like horror movies and i definitely like saw.yes it was gruesome and bloody and disgusting but i sure did like it.it was diferrent from all the boring old movies.come on this is just entertainment and nothing else and there is no one who is going to follow whatever they see religiously.so just chill buddy.it is after all a 2 hour show and thats all there is to it.we got more important tthings in life to worry about than horror movies.

I don't like tosee horror movies.I faithfuly to say I am afraiding of horror.When other people saw that they be trouble in the day.They feel sick.

well i love them, you get to watch something illegal and never get arrested. killing or torture are ruff in real life but fun in movies, because it is untrue. so, i love it!!

so on that what the hell is wrong with people that watch comedy, your life to boring to find your own fun? or how about action cant make your own action in your life. this question is silly we watch what we are in the mood for.Mabye you just cant handle the fact that everyone is not you. or love movies are you saying we should not watch them if we dont have love in our lifes? really i feel it comes down to what the hell is wrong with us having are own opinon and not yours!!!!!!!