User blog comment:ChildofSolitude/What do you consider to be 'Scary'?/@comment-5736261-20130108163017

The issue with the horror genre is that there are few things more subjective than fear. One could say that their are universal fears, like death or the unknown, but in reality we are all sensitive and desensitized to different things. When it comes to the horror stories I like, I prefer lots of tension and dread, as well as what I guess is called "body horror." Like, one's body mutating into something inhuman. District 9 got me in that way, as well as Princess Mononoke to an extant. I also like stories about one's reality falling apart, like Paranoia Agent. I've yet to actually read a story here that really got to me. Some I liked as stories, or had potential, but most of the time it's just "OooOOooooh isn't this gore/ghost/monster creepy? It's coming to get you!" And I am uneffected.