If you like horror, whether in literature, movies, video games, etc., what do you prefer? Bloodbaths and gore, or subtlety and nothing explicit?
My Take
I like subtle horror the most, but I can appreciate a good bloodbath if it’s well used.
If you like horror, whether in literature, movies, video games, etc., what do you prefer? Bloodbaths and gore, or subtlety and nothing explicit?
I like subtle horror the most, but I can appreciate a good bloodbath if it’s well used.
Horror = a supernatural element that is probably evil by nature. Blood or gore don’t do shit.
Thinking of stuff like “[REC]” (not the murican remake but the original), “night of the living dead”, “evil dead” or even the classic “Blair witch”. Horror is (or should be?) more of the things you don’t see that might scare. Gore is fine, but it should not the be core (like in slashers).
Sadly I’m totally immune to scares of all kinds in books, movies or games that the whole genre is useless to me.