“I was 9 years old, I had nightmares about it for several weeks”

• On the occasion of the theatrical release of a new part of the

  Scream

  saga ,

  20 Minutes

  asked its Internet users for their "best" memories of horror films.

• If some of you mainly liked this genre to entertain yourself, others have developed a taste and a strong film culture.

• But recent horror films seem to have a hard time appealing to the most demanding of you.

"What's your favorite horror movie?" This is the question the assassin asks his victim before killing her in

. While a new part of the cult saga was released in theaters,

asked the question to its Internet users. If many of you - the youngest in particular - are fond of recent horror film franchises, "to go wild at the cinema with friends" according to Sam or "because it sends a good dose of pure adrenaline" according to Margaux , there are also many comments that prove that you take the horror genre very seriously.

In general, everything starts with a first significant experience. And if we are to believe your testimonies, your parents were slightly lacking in the supervision of their children… “The horror film that marked me the most remains

by Tim Burton, remembers Marianne. Just perfect in the noir and gothic fantasy horror movie genre. I saw it very early, I must have been 5 or 6 years old and it terrified me, but I asked for it constantly as it fascinated me. Max was a little older for his first time: "The film that struck me the most was

(the 1976 version with Gregory Peck), my big sister had borrowed the video cassette from a friend in 1982 but hadn't dared to watch it alone... I was 9 years old, I had nightmares of it with wet awakenings for several weeks to the point that my mother was very worried at the time and I had never spilled the beans…”

"My partner once found me watching

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

over breakfast"

After these traumatic and exciting early experiences, you told us how you built a horrific taste and culture. Max continues: “As a teenager then a young adult, I saw a lot of horror films, the most interesting were

in 2002 and its original Japanese version which I saw a little later. ” Clémence, “fan of horror films since I was 10, when I came across the VHS of

 “She built a real cinephilia:” It's an ultra coded genre, in which the directors take pleasure in marking their source of inspiration by multiplying the references. So that each horror film is always part of a current. I love to see if the creators have been able to bring their personal touch to make the work original. So I don't really watch these films anymore to get the willies (for twenty-five years I've been almost immune) but to build my little personal encyclopedia of the genre. My husband once found me watching

over breakfast, he's no longer surprised. »

Another fan of the genre, Elodie does not consider herself a “specialist” but explains that she likes “all the sub-genres: horror, SF horror, horror comedy, slashers, zombies… I find that this style particularly allows total immersion in the story, more than with any other type of film.

Not only do I tremble with the characters, but I also wonder what I will do in such and such a situation.

»

“I don't really like horror movies today.

»

Last point in common between most of your testimonies: recent horror films leave you unmoved.

Is it you who have aged or is it the current genre cinema that is less interesting?

We can't say, but you have a hard tooth with our times...

"In recent years, the films that have marked me are quite rare, because of an overly systematic tendency to jump-scare to the detriment of the atmosphere", explains Steeve.

“I don't really like horror movies today.

I find the classics of the

type boring”, slice Marianne who still finds some interesting horror creators: “I really like the work of Ari Aster –

,

… – as well as that of Robert Eggers,

,

and its upcoming

which looks amazing.

Phew, we were scared.

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