[Matrixbeast]

Something about horror movies that wears thin on me is the portrayal of endurance for violence's sake.
In real life, getting hit with a pipe will yield a nasty bruise. In an action movie, getting hit with a pipe will yield a bitchin' scar. In a horror movie, getting hit with a pipe will completely obliterate a skull. It quickly reaches laughable levels of violence just for needless and boring gore

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Originally Posted by GoseiWonder

There aren't enough horror movies like "The Thing" that rely on characterization and an atmosphere of dread to convey fear. Instead we get "how many shallow pricks can a masked maniac kill?" or "how many different theologies can we use to make a supernatural villian?" and I hate those. The first because they felt too much on everyone being too stupid to fight back or call the cops and the second for making me want to scream at the characters about why they should call a Catholic Priest.

Heck, I can only think of 2 movies that fit the bill for what I like: The Thing and The Haunting. Both of the original movies, not the prequel or remake that Lewis and Doug hate respectively.

I agree. I think the general populace agrees too, which is why the "Horror" genre soon got split into "Slasher," "Psycho," "Supernatural," and "Thriller/Suspense" genres.
I really hate how characters are portrayed in such movies, and how the movies only seem to care about a body count and jump scares rather than being an actual movie.