Do you like horror movies or crime shows?

[debm55]

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I put my tablet on an the majority of shows on Netflex was either horror movies or crime shows. Don't you get frightened? I can handle crime shows if they are not too graphic, but not horror movies.

[Backseat Driver]

1. It's been a long time since I was scared during a horror

show, series, movie, but the crime genre just keeps getting more and more violent causing me to jump right back to the 'puter for more DU news or catch up on posts by friends and family on social media.

[Ocelot II]

2. I do like crime shows - murder mysteries, police procedurals unless they are very violent.

Not horror movies so much, unless they're the spooky kind and not the gory kind. They don't scare me any more - the last few that did were The Night of the Hunter, Carrie, and Prince of Darkness. Those gave me nightmares but I guess I don't scare as easily these days.

[chillfactor]

3. HATE horror movies

but LOVE crime shows!

[MLAA]

7. Me too!

[BOSSHOG]

4. Chicago PD is both

And that’s not a criticism. Well Produced, excellent acting, lots of crime, lots of horror. And the never ending soundtrack is effective.

I started watching Chicago PD because of the violence. I stopped watching for awhile because of the violence.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. I watch crime shows about 70% of my TV time. I read

crime non-fiction. I'm fascinated by what motivates people to vicious cruelty.

[NanceGreggs]

9. Same here.

I've been a fan of true crime books for decades - now equally addicted to true crime shows.

I'm always intrigued by the machinations murderers will put themselves through in order to maintain their innocence.

[debm55]

19. Yes, crime shows are okay. I like how they use science to find the killer. Horror films-no

[elleng]

6. No Horror, for me. Crime/Law, yes.

[debm55]

8. thank you and good luck to you.

[debm55]

18. Crime /law yes for me too, No horror films

[Ziggysmom]

10. No horror for me 😱. I like crime shows, except those featuring rape and sexual assault.

Those trigger my anxiety badly.

[debm55]

17. Me too

[msongs]

11. currently watching all 20 seasons of midsomer murders. surprised anyone's still alive there nt

[debm55]

16. Are they frightening

[Ocelot II]

24. Not really. The series features murders occurring in small towns in England,

and the victims are always murdered in strange ways (not a lot of gore is shown), often at a county fair or some other community gathering. The body is typically found by a woman who screams a lot. DCI Barnaby is brought in to solve the murder, and while he's investigating there's one or two more murders that are somehow related to the first one. Often the motivation is an inheritance and/or an affair, or an unknown child. Sometimes there's incest, kinky sex and mad vicars. The murder rate in this part of England is worse than Mogadishu.

[Chainfire]

20. That was my take as well, it was more violent than Dodge City.

[TexasDem69]

12. Horror movies are among my favorites

And some of the best shows in the past few years have been horror-centric. The Haunting of Hill House on Netflix is outstanding. And The Conjuring movies (I and II) are well worth the watch.

[debm55]

15. They frighten me. Are the gory?

[Mad_Dem_X]

13. I enjoy watching true-crime shows

I like seeing how they catch the perpetrator. I find it fascinating. OTOH, I've never liked horror movies - most of them are just too gross for me.

[debm55]

14. Same here

[malthaussen]

21. Horror, no. Crime, okay if there's either a plot or a good ensemble cast.

Mindless gore or action is unimpressive to me.

-- Mal

[Niagara]

22. I like most horror movies.

There are a few that are way over the top for me and I won't watch them.

[wnylib]

23. Hybrid horror crime movies.

Psycho, for example.

[Upthevibe]

25. debm55............

No on the horror movies but I'm addicted to True Crime!

In fact, I'm watching past episodes of Dateline (on Peacock) now. I also am intrigued by what in the world causes people to do what they do. And, some of these murderers are SOOOOOOOOOOOO stupid.

[Skittles]

27. what kills me (hey, is that a pun?)

is these people who have friends who help them bury bodies - WTF, I don't have friends like that, nor would I BE that friend

[Skittles]

26. yes, but it's not the gore

it's the chase, it's the chill

[mnhtnbb]

28. In the event

that some of the folks answering this question in the affirmative might have an interest in a history podcast about the connection between true crime and the arts, I am going to shamelessly provide the link to my youngest son's podcast discussing just that: https://www.artofcrimepodcast.com/

The first season of his podcast was devoted to artists who had been suspected of being the notorious and never caught Jack the Ripper. The second, and current season, is focused on artists connected in some way to being assassins. The episode that just dropped last week concerns a German artist who was implicated in an assassination attempt on Hitler. That episode is one of his favorites that he's produced so far this season, and is fascinating.

My son has always been intrigued with both horror and true crime, to the extent that his dissertation at Yale was focused on the staging of horror from 1794-1931 in London theatre.

[Luciferous]

29. I love British mystery shows. I also like

movies that are creepy, but not graphic.