Scary Movies

Seeing as Halloween is approaching, my friends and I decided to watch a scary movie the other day. We chose to watch the movie Amityville Horror on Saturday. While I was the only one to jump during the movie, none of us actually got scared. At some points we even laughed at the scenes that were over-dramatic and just too unrealistic. After the movie was over we talked about other scary movies we've seen. We realized that the old movies seem to be much better. They just have a certain suspense built from the lack of color and the musical build up inevitably found in each one. I remembered watching The Omen and they brought up movies like The Shining and all the Alfred Hitchcock films. They always scared you and lest you a little freaked out for a few days afterwards. Most of the movies nowadays provide a quick thrill, but don't leave me wanting to see more of the story or scared afterwards. Old movies have more dramatics and leave more to the imagination, but I find the newer movies to be a series of bloody scenes, many of which I could have done without. The blood is not what makes me scared. Maybe this is all just my opinion on what form of scary movie I enjoy, but it seems to be harder to find one people have fun watching anymore.