Is Horror Dead?

[floppylobster]

You're probably just getting older. Ever seen any geriatrics in the audience of a horror film? It's not because they don't like them, they watched them when they were younger. They just aren't as scared of death or the unknown anymore.

 

[BurningWyvern90]

I think part of it is that I just have watched so much horror that there's not much I haven't seen or that surprises me anymore, but yeah, things don't seem to be nearly as scary as they used to. I didn't even like Paranormal Activity; I found it incredibly boring. I keep watching and hoping, but for the most part horror movies have been extremely disappointing lately. A lot of what they do is either jumpscares or gore-porn, and that's so old at this point. Honestly, any horror I've liked lately is either old horror stories or foreign stuff.

I really think Amnesia and all of the indie games that have started coming in the wake of it can be really creepy, and they're a lot more interesting and potentially scary than other games and movies and things. The bigger titles they've been trying to pass off as horror lately just...aren't.

I don't think it's dead; I just think that, on the major-money-making side of things, it's being handled by the wrong people.

 

[FalloutJack]

No, snuff and shock is dead. They are sub-categories in horror which are sort of dubious in my opinion. Horror comes in many flavors.

 

[someonehairy-ish]

I think there's still potential for some genuinely terrifying games/films. But they'll have to be made by someone who isn't a complete fucking idiot, and they'll have to be made with a niche audience in mind, so getting anything approaching a AAA horror game ever again is a futile hope...