Horror movies collectively make up a multi-billion dollar industry. Over the course of the last twenty years, the genre has been the seventh most popular in cinema (behind comedy, adventure, action, drama, thriller and romantic comedy, incidentally), so it's fairly obvious that there are a lot of horror movie fans out there scattered amongst the general public. You will know, therefore, that it takes a unique breed of individual to be a true horror fan. If you're one of these people who winces at the sight of fake blood, jumps at the slightest noise or glimpse of a horror villain, or hides behind the sofa when there's even a hint of something "scary" happening, you'll probably think that people who love horror movies are crazy. If you are one of those "crazy" fans, you'll know how unique you are. You're probably the only person in your social circle who loves a scare. You're probably filled with morbid curiosity. You may own certain paraphernalia that would disturb the average person and some people probably find you and/or your tastes to be a little macabre. It's also you that this article is going to be aimed at. You're a real horror fan. You know the genre inside out and you've seen everything from one-off low-budget atrocities to the entire catalogue of movies in the multiple movie blockbuster horror franchises. You'll also know that there are certain inconveniences in your life that only you and your fellow horror fans can relate to. On that note, here are twenty-five problems only horror movie fans will understand...
