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Tough question. I think in many ways we tend to prefer the horror movies of our youth. Why? As children and teens (of a latter, more innocent generation) we're more susceptible to the scares. In your case, Greg B, you probably love the classics like Psycho, The Birds, The Thing, It Came From Outer Space, and so on. In my case, Freddy Kruger gave me the scares, along with Michael Myers, Jason Vorhees, the Evil Dead, and all manner of other 70s monsters, psychos, and aliens.
So I think a lot of it depends on which movies we watched as children.
Another reason that we may tend to prefer movies of our generation is due to cultural relevancy. Throughout the history of horror movies, we notice that they delve into cultural fears at the time of filming. This is why we see atomic monsters of the 50s (fear of atomic bombs) and serial killers in the 70s (fear of charlie manson and other notables).
So the average person will tend to prefer films associated with his own generation.
Me, personally, I love horror movies of every era, the good, the bad, and the bizarre.
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