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10. You have to hate when directors take the basic plot from an older film and tell an otherwise different story, yet list The THING (1982), THE FLY (1986) and/or 1972'S LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (with its basic plot "borrowed" from 1960's THE VIRGIN SPRING) among your favorite horror films. You may even begrudgingly look forward to 2009's FRIDAY THE 13TH, MY BLOODY VALENTINE or THE WOLFMAN. You may also protect yourself from future scorn, ridicule and embarrassment by suggesting that these films "will probably suck."

9. You have to hate American films that rip off older horror movies, yet praise films from other countries that are either "homages" or "responses" to these same films.

8. When a new horror film comes out, you have to point out how "unoriginal" it is, based upon any plot point or camera angle that bears any resemblance to an older film while complaining that you wish new horror films were more like older films (or foreign films). See #9 for exceptions to this rule.

7. You have to complain about how your "all-time favorite director" hasn't put out a decent film in years. When he finally releases a new film, you have to point out all of the ways it's both unlike his previous films and how he has no new ideas.

6. You have to hate when horror films have no character development and when a film spends too much time focusing on the characters before the horror finally starts. Somehow this only applies to new films, not older films.

5. You have to hate "neutered" PG-13 horror films, and gratuitous nudity, violence and/or gore in R-rated films.

4. You have to hate new horror films that either "aren't scary" or "have an inconsistent tone" (often by saying, "it can't decide if it wants to be a horror movie or a <insert genre here>"), while listing BRAINDEAD/DEAD ALIVE, SHAUN OF THE DEAD, and/or RE-ANIMATOR among your favorite films.

3. You have to hate the way that "torture porn" films feature violence and gore in place of character development while at the same time point out that these films don't have nearly as much violence and/or gore as your favorite "gorefest."

2. You have to hate how the CGI looks fake in new films while praising older films with obviously fake-looking blood, latex and make-up effects, monster suits or stop-motion animation.

1. As if all this weren't hard enough, you have to do all of these things while at the same time complaining about how mainstream critics don't respect the genre and the intelligence of its fans.