Or are you somewhere in between? Like movies that are a little suspenseful, and even a little frightening. Old vampire movies, zombie movies, japanese godzilla, the first jaws and the first alien movie.
Yet I find the true horror movies not so much frightening as manipulative. Where they continually keep you in a state of fright, and then give you a few minutes of peace and then return to startle or shock you. It seems sometimes like a cheap device.
My reaction as someone with autism is to be anxious for days afterward, jumpy and even shaky for hours after the movie is over. Likely why I don't watch them. How do you feel about horror movies?
I do not like them.
I do not like slasher flicks at all or anything violent
I used to watch a few when i was younger but do get a bit scared at even the slightest amount of violence.
I am not someone who enjoys violence but it is not to say I have not watched a few lower key ones in the 90s, some I did not like eg Scream and I know what you did movies like slasher flicks.
But things like final destination, others like sixth sense, signs the village i could tolerate.
I do get a bit scared but I am was usually ok.
But some I would never watch like really scary ones eg silence of the lambs, candyman, Friday the 13th etc too terrifying for me.
I saw the craft a few times but I did not enjoy that because it was a bit twisted and scary.
I did not mind some like what lies beneath and secret window, the butterfly effect but something I get really a bit scared and it can stay with me
But it depends in the movie and how quickly I could get over the scary themes.
I sometimes got a bit curious because mild horror can be a bit of an interesting plot like final destination I find interesting how they escaped death and it came after them but also very scary parts at times when I almost had a heart attack like a power tool after him and nearly been hit by a train. Still fairly scary.
I do get scared by scary parts.
