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  • IMO, there are two types of horror films: Terror and Slashers.
    Terror depends on building tension through a story, cinematography & acting- few jump scares and focus on the creature (if there is one) but enough to keep the story moving. Jaws, Aliens, Hereditary, Weapons.

    Slashers are just teenagers in a camp being chased by the bad guy, tripping over everything along the way. They depend on blood, gore and bad decisions. Nightmare on elm street, Halloween, Jason & Scream.

    There are outliers that cross both lines, of course, The Evil Dead was a great, campy slasher. The Crazies was a good zombie slasher with an interesting story. Event Horizon if you account for the Warhammer 40k theory. Momma was a nightmare fueled fever dream of a movie and also deserves a mention.

    I guess, to answer your original question is that I like these movies mainly for the reason I like other movies: an interesting story that isn’t something close to reality, but is feasible…the suspension of reality for a time.