Why are horror movies so popular with collectors?

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I'm been thinking about this. It seems like most collectors are into horror more than any other genre, especially on older formats like VHS, Laserdisc, but even DVD and Blu-ray, and I'm not entirely sure why horror above all else.

It's not my favorite genre. Even though I do like some of it and I've made one horror feature myself. I think horror is a fun genre to make. Especially as a shoestring budget filmmaker. You don't need a lot to do it and you can often cross over into various other genres with it like comedy, action, sci-fi, drama, even period pieces. Audiences are usually pretty forgiving when it's bad, though not always. But at least compared to a lot of other genres. With the exception of maybe low budget sci-fi, which is my favorite genre (sci-fi in general) but I never made one. Even then it feels like people are more critical of low budget sci-fi than horror.

My biggest turn off to horror is gore. I'm not into it. I don't want to see people's insides. Which is probably why I prefer horror movies that are more scary (jump scare/supernatural) or fun than gory. Movies like the Friday the 13th series are fun and not super gory, and I love the other aspects of movies like that. The more campy aspects. The character interactions. Comedy. Sex and nudity. Stuff like that.

I know horror by itself is a pretty wide genre. Encompassing a lot of different kinds of movies. So I get how that could be part of the draw.

What is your perspective on why horror movies are so popular with collectors?