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I haven't been scared by a movie since I was a child. So Clock Tower for the SFC surprised me by actually freaking me out, and it still does, at that. I've never owned a Sony console, so I can't speak for Silent Hill and stuff, but yeah, horror games are scarier.
But it isnt all about being scary, its about the horror.I personally think that The Darkness for ps3 and 360 could have been a very good horror movie, but it is certainly a better horror game! Silent hill again... What was more horrific, the game or the movie? Same goes for resident evil!
The Suffering games creeped me out more than any horror movie recently, but I think on the whole, I prefer horror movies to scare me in general.
It's hard to feel scared when you're packing a mass arsenal of weapons or you can just look up the answer to a problem in GameFAQs. Like someone else said, while watching a movie, you have no control except to turn it off, so it's generally scarier.
As a horror movie fantatic, I am more entertained by movies, and the fear factor is limited. With games like Resident Evil, Condemned, and others, I actually scream outloud, and can get stressed out. Sometimes if I am trading the controller back and forth, I am releived that I dont have to play that "scary" part of the game.
And I may just be a wuss, but no movie has ever made my stomach drop like when you get your F***IN head Sawed off by a Chainsaw lady in Res Evil 5. :eek:
Well, i dont know whats wrong with me these days. Movies just aint working on me :S I really enjoy them but its impossible to get scared, but with games... i have a problem with playing the game "condemned: criminal origin" because i get too scared... so i just play it in small doses ;=) So yes i think games deliver horror much better, as said before its personally. I always say that games are like interactive movies.