7 Horror Actors Who Secretly Hate Horror Movies

Christopher Lee's career is synonymous with the horror genre. From the 1950s to the 1970s, he acted in a number of Hammer horror films, such as Horror of Dracula and The Curse of Frankenstein. Although these works were created in simpler times without the aid of today's technology, they by far outshine modern horror films in the opinion of the late actor.

In a 2009 interview with CNN, Lee criticised the excessive violence and gore present in more recent horror films. "I find it quite nauseating what they do," he said. "The blood is all over the screen like an avalanche - the mutilation - dreadful things, and I just don't enjoy that."

For the British actor, horror reveals too much nowadays to be truly impactful. Citing Rosemary's Baby as an example of a genuinely frightening piece of cinema, he always maintained that what you don't see is scarier than what you do see, and the fact that modern filmmakers frequently fail to take this into account greatly frustrated him.