Horror movies?

[Jinix]

Any list of horror films needs to mention John Carpenter's The Thing. He understands that nothing is scarier.

If I recall correctly, this is one of the reasons why Frictional made Penumbra in a frozen climate and why there are dogs.

Well I read this and remembered I had the movie The Thing, so I put it in and just finished watching it.

It's okay but I can't see any scary parts. Just gory, but nothing frightening.
Special effects are good, something like Alien , but like nothing made me jump out of my skin or feel terror or fear.

Having lots of people in a show just so they can be bumped off to show blood and gore prevents me from getting to feel anything for any one of them. Maybe the book would do it but not that movie.
If there were only one or two characters and the movie got me to the point of liking or even relating to them in some way, I might feel some of their terror or fear during it. But there are no characters that I cared whether they got eaten or not. The ending of the movie made me think right away that it was a pilot for a tv series.
I'm sure millions will disagree with me.

If the suspense is notched right up to a good level then then a movie can be scary. Like watching a girl you want to bed, creeping down long dark corridors in a hunted house. And talking about girls, I wonder why they didn't put a couple of gals in that movie?