Soo, anyone who knows me knows that I want to direct movies, and I'm starting to think that I want to direct scary movies, because in my opinion its a misdefined genre, with the best movies being overshadowed by the formulaic, bad ones, the slasher flicks.

Now I'm not saying that the good ones get no attention, The Ring is a good example of a really well known one, I'm just saying that when people thing Scary movies, they think Jason (or Scary Movie x3) and those aren't the best of the genre, far, far from it!

So right here, I'm going to list what I've learned through various movies and reviews about how to make a good horror movie, and yes, I know these are extremely obvious, shut up!

1.Personify the horror as little as possible.
This ones simple, the more you personify a horror, the more you limit it. The horror, if possible, should be shown as little as possible, and if shown fully, it should look inhuman enough to look supernatural, but human enough to draw feelings of discomfort from the general public.

2.Make the main charecters as likeable as possible.
Again, simple enough, if the main charecters are likeable, when they're in danger, the general reaaction will be horror and suspense, if they're dickheads, then the general reaction will be the audience wants them to die... this isn't good o3o.

3.Make SURE, that the charecters can't leave or run away from the horror.
Trap them in, barricade them, make the horror semi-omnipentent if oyu have to, but if they're staying out of they're own stupidity, they become unlikeable, and then the audience likes it when they die.

4.Gore, used well, can draw feelings of horror and disgust.

5.Gore, done over the top, makes people laugh

Yeaah... I got nothin' else really, but really that's all thats needed. Theres alot that can be said about specific sub-genres, but I'm lazy, soo...
bai~