House isn’t scary at all, though it is scary that the director thought Hugh Laurie was more American than most Americans.
You do you. Alien aren’t scary but it’s intense and well made, and i only watched it recently. The Thing too. They both excel without relying on cheap jumpscare.
Counterpoint: cinematography and story is more important to whether a movie is good than if it makes you jump
The shining is not a particularly scary film by modern standards, it’s still rightly regarded as one of the best films of all time despite that
It isn’t scary
But it’s a good movie
You can just say that some horror movie simply isn’t your cup of tea.
It’s not enviable if you can only enjoy horror movies if you’re surprised, but it’s valid to have that kind of taste.
But Psycho and Alien are masterworks of tension in filmmaking (although Psycho is technically speaking a Thriller). And Evil Dead 2 is simply the perfect movie, so, this is my verdict on the meme:
Alien isn’t scary
You’re entitled to your opinion. I can accept you not being able to enjoy a movie that many people can (still) enjoy. Don’t expect me to be happy about it, though.
People conflate being startled with being scared
God I fucking hate jump scares. It’s such a cheap/lame way to do it. A good horror movie has 0 jump scares.
Seven has 1 jump scare, and it is brilliant. But yes, a whole movie of them is just lazy.
They’re cinematic Cup O’ Noodles
no movies are scary, wdym?
Upvote for mentioning House. House and House II deserve better than being forgotten.
House is good, I prefer the sequel though.
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