They get no respect at the Oscar level. IMDB users clearly have a ton of respect for them.

A score of 6 and 7 is actually pretty good

There's a pretty wide flavor profile to horror, from the thriller/gross-out/sexplotation end of the spectrum to the dramady/mockumentary/parody end. And some movies are really a product of their era. Movies like Scream and A Cabin in the Woods are fine on their own. But they're written like love letters to horror movie fans from the generation prior. Meanwhile, movies like Friday the 13th and Hellraiser and Alien start out as these very heavy social commentaries on class and gender, packed into a lasagna-like dish of special effects gore. But then their sequels just get strung out into action-movie slop.

A horror movie 6 can be a lot of different things to a lot of people. Is it an uncut gem or a fading star? Did they get too cheesy or too gory or too cliche? Or is this just a movie for someone with rarified tastes?

Horror is a fine genre, and it’s terrific to see well-made films of that kind. But wow, there is a LOT of bad horror out there.

I edit the Trailers community. Go look at the horror films on display there. Yikes.