I like killers to have a twisted motive, one that you can understand, but since murder is such an extreme action you could never condone it. Making them human is a GOOD thing, it makes it all the more scary that it could realy happen.

i think the scariest movies have a mixture, you get the hairs on end thing, combined with the gross out from the gore, perfect

I love back stories, and mystery. Then later you can say, "Holy Crap! It all makes sense!"

Like Benji, I like killers that are portrayed as humans -- not as total monsters. It is way more scary when it could really happen. And I like it when the motives of a killer is slowly painted so I get to know his mind, bit by bit.

But what I really love is the kind of plots where the killer seems to be an ordinary person and then it turns out there might be dark powers behind it all, like in Twin Peaks where it is never entirely clear weather it Leland or Bob killed Laura Palmer.

What really gets to me is when some really good movie director reveals the ugly, scary underbelly of the nice, clean Plesantville communities.

I don't really like scary films that mess with your mind, I prefer zombies and werewolves kind of things.

I love ANY kind of horror movie, but I love the blood and guts slashers more than anything. They ARE what makes a horror movie!

A combo of the two ..Some movies can over do it with the gore....I mean dont get me wrong i love a good bloody movie..But some are just freaking rediculous and mindless....

pysco+blood= HORROR MOVIE

That is more scary. Blod and stuff isn't even scary.

I JUST LOVE ALL OF HORROR MOVIE'S.

Give me both and I'll be happy.

Freddy's a combination of the two and it might just be me accounta i think to deeply somtimes but i think that halloween has a combination of the two too.going over scenes of those movies in my head a lot of them have Mind-messing thrills and gore. Also jason had both

Both is fine.

I like both, but I really prefer the ones that play mind games with you.

I like movies where you have to think why did he do it... oh.. and I adore psycho-reactive movie( you can get phobia or get mad after watching them), but I also like blood guts and gore... so... both

Scarier. And I can't stand gory films that have no storyline, but a bunch of blood and stuff. I mean Saw is good cos it has a storyline but then there's stuff like The Hills Have Eyes which I thought was baaad.

combination of both. thats what makes them great.

Saw is the best for that.......x

i like to be scared not grossed out

Combo :)

A combo is good, but I picked this because I am SOOOOO tired of horror movies these days. It's all just about being grossed out, and inturn, I'm bored to death.

wat can i say im odd like that i love watchen blood and guts!!! it makes the movie more interesting 2 me

a Balance of the two is needed to keep me intrested .

Slasher movies are great fun but the horror films you remember the most are the creepy ones that get under your skin.

I like a mixture of both. That is why the original Halloween is better, not so much blood but plenty of suspense. Some movies just confuse you & you never work out what happened but other movies know how to do it right...

Weighting on the psychological horror, thank you.

Though Wes Craven's Scream is my all time favorite horror/thriller and it could be questioned on which element it weights. But in my eyes, it weights on the psychological element.

I also love werewolf and vampire movies. But only when their main purpose is not the gore.

i like both mind bending and blood and guts but if i had to choose just one of 'em then i would choose the mind messing one cause i like movies that play with ur mind :D

i mostly like blood and gore because when i watch movies that play tricks with your mind, i cant sleep for days. plus i just prefer that kind of movie. gore doesnt scare me.

I agree with SUNFLOWER , When the psycho is shown to have a human side it is much more disturbing , like Francis Dolarhyde in MANHUNTER or the killer in THE VANISHING.

I'm a fan of it

definatly mind messing movies! i hate it when bloody people pop out every 5 minutes to scare you but dont have a storyline at all!! suspense mystery and a good story line really puts together a horror movie! for example the sixth sense and haunting conncecticut were amazing!!!

these r more scary

If the movie is plain slashing, it isn't that interesting...At least for me.
But if the movie has no blood but only mind-fucking...It's also not good...Again, at least for me.
The best Horror movies is when you combine slashing and mind-fucking xD It makes it scarier :P

I like movies that scare me, not make me want to throw up.

To me the more subtle a horror movie is the more it can mess with your mind. What would be more scary? Hearing someone screaming off camera not knowing what is be done to them. Or seeing the person screaming as they are having their skin peeled off like a banana? Your own mind might even come up with something way more scarier than they can show on film. Blood and guts don't really make a movie scary, most horror movies use blood and guts to be more shocking than anything else. At least that's my opinion.

Let me put it this way. There is a time for BOTH. Sometimes it is "appropriate" to see blood & guts, especially if someone's throat has been cut (morbid, I know!!!XD) But there are other times when the horror should be left to the imagination. The GREATS, like Hitchcock knew that. Hitchcock knew the MIND can create MORE horror than our eyes EVER could. The problem that I have with more recent horror movies...there is NO build-up, NO anticipation. It's all about blood & guts, just for shock value, if you will. NO build-up. What about the fear of NOT knowing...the fear of being followed and ripped a part, NOT just actually seeing it. The MIND is a powerful thing...it needs to be used more in horror films. The BIGGEST fear is that this genre will falter or loss the credibility it's fought long and hard for. Thank God we have the classics to fall back on.

I like it when the producer messes with me and then bam someone died

When the real scary stuff comes.

it's more interesting with mind messing!
we can see something more except blood and blood and blood...

A combination of psychological terror and blood make the perfect horror movie.