{"id":66027,"date":"2014-10-29T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=66027"},"modified":"2014-11-06T07:01:16","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T15:01:16","slug":"poll-are-horror-movies-scary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/poll-are-horror-movies-scary\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Are Horror Movies Actually Scary?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The month of October is the perfect time to watch a bunch of horror movies in the lead-up to Halloween. With that in mind, we have a question for all you horror fans out there: Do you actually find horror movies <em>scary<\/em>? When was the last time you found yourself genuinely scared watching a movie?<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Honestly, I haven&#8217;t been truly scared by a movie since I was a young kid, and back then I was scared by lots of odd things. As I mentioned in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/roundtable-movies-from-10-years-old\/\">our last Roundtable<\/a>, the Stay Puft Mashmallow Man scared the hell out of me when I was 10. A couple years after that, the little furball monsters in &#8216;Critters&#8217; put a big knot in my stomach. Looking back on the latter years later, it&#8217;s of course an embarrassingly schlocky and cheesy horror flick, but when I was 12, it shook me pretty badly. I was convince that those little beasties would slip in under my bedroom door and eat me alive.<\/p>\n<p>In my teenage years, however, my fear of movies dissipated pretty quickly, and I can&#8217;t think of a time I&#8217;ve been scared by a movie since. Sure, I can appreciate the entertainment value (or the artistry, in the best examples) of a good horror movie. I might get startled by a stinger shock effect or grossed out by gruesome gore. But really scared by the content of a movie? Nah, I&#8217;m far too jaded for that anymore. <\/p>\n<p>Where do you fall on this? What movies have scared you?<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-600\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_600\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/blog\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_600_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"0e42425417\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Do You Really Find Horror Movies Scary?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-600-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-8223\" name=\"poll_600\" value=\"8223\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-8223\">Yes, absolutely! I'm a scaredy-cat and am often scared by horror movies.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-8224\" name=\"poll_600\" value=\"8224\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-8224\">Depends on the movie. I've found some horror movies scarier than others.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-8225\" name=\"poll_600\" value=\"8225\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-8225\">Very rarely. It takes a really disturbing movie to scare me.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-8226\" name=\"poll_600\" value=\"8226\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-8226\">No way. They're just movies. I'm never scared by movies.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-8227\" name=\"poll_600\" value=\"8227\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-8227\">I don't like horror movies regardless.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(600);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(600); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-600-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The month of October is the perfect time to watch a bunch of horror movies in the lead-up to Halloween. 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