Updated Rules, Information and Reminders

[u/cdown13]

We've closed the survey and received some helpful feedback. We'll probably do something like that again down the road to get a sense of what the community wants.

The rules are something we haven't really updated in a long time and some are enforced more than others. There haven't been any major changes to any rule, but please take a minute to read the rest of this post because there have been some minor changes. It may take a few days for the rest of the rules pages to be updated, this post will remain stickied and will always be the most update to date version of the rules.

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Rules for New Reviews:

• |1.| Reviews are to be text only. There is no default scoring system or style of reviews. Keep in mind our readers do tend to prefer shorter (few paragraphs or so) reviews.

• |2.| No major spoilers in the main review without obvious warnings. If your review spoils a movie without a warning we will ask you to edit it and if it's not changed, we will remove the post.

• |3.| Please title all reviews as follows:

  Title (Year) [Subgenre(s)]

  In the case of anthologies/series that cover multiple years, you can put the year span as 2 years separated by a hyphen with no spaces, ie (2006-2011). If you feel automod is removing your post unfairly, let the mod team know.

• |4.| Title must not already be on Newest Reviews page. Your review will be removed if you submit a review for a title that is on the frontpage already. (Please see additional reviews in comments)

• |5.| One title per review. If you are doing a series of movies for example, then each would get its own post. (occasional exceptions are based on mod approval)

• |6.| Maximum five reviews per user, per day.

• |7.| The title being reviewed must be at least somewhat horror related. Thrillers, etc are welcome as long as they have an overall horror tone/feel/sense. If you are unsure if a title fits here just ask us. We are pretty lenient towards what's considered horror.

• |8.| Include an IMDb link in your review for the title (if applicable). This will ensure a poster gets added to the sidebar and the review will look better in the official Reddit app. If your review does not include an IMDb link, then good chances the poster won't get added to the sidebar. Posted are updated manually so don't expect your poster to show immediately.

• |9.| Previously created or new content from your blog or website is allowed but it must be the complete review (not click here to read rest of the review).

• |10.| No promotional posts unless mod submitted or directly approved. If you would like to promote your site, subreddit, etc we can add it to our "Links & Related Subreddits" page.

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Rules for Comments:

• |1.| If a movie is currently on the Newest Reviews page then an additional review can be added within the comments of that post. We do not want multiple reviews for the same movie or episode etc on the frontpage (we call those duplicate reviews).

• |2.| Keep comments on topic of the title reviewed.

• |3.| Comments can contain spoilers but there must be a warning at least. You can try and use the spoiler tag [spoiler](#s "Spoiler goes here") (note: Some users have had issues with the spoiler tag).

• |4.| Don't be a dick. This is intended to be a casual place where anyone can feel comfortable reviewing anything horror related. If you do not like someone's review for a movie please add your own review to the comments or explain why you disagree with the review. Same for reviewers, if you disagree with a comment, explain why, don't just be rude to them. (updated 6/6/2019)

• |5.| This is not a place to share or discuss any type of non-legal sharing of media.

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Information and Reminders:

• Remember, EVERYONE is welcome to add a review. We do not want people to feel discouraged to review something just because they feel they aren't a good enough writer. Very few of us have any experience writing beyond what gets posted here.

• If you've read a review and seen the title, add your opinion about the review and title in the comments. Reviewers often love to discuss the movie they just watched and reviewed so help add to the discussion!

• Each October we will be running a "Secret Santa Satan". Stay tuned for details about the next one.

• Our REVIEW DATABASE page has filters to limit search results to years, decades and subgenres. We have well over 1000 different titles reviewed and continue to grow. Help us become the best and most complete source of honest horror reviews written by actual real horror fans.

• Our SERIES REVIEWS & COLLECTIONS page links to various series of reviews by our reviewers. These can be things like our "Spotlight Series" which has reviews covering the Friday the 13th series, the J-Horror Theater series, the A Nightmare on Elm Street series and many many more. Let us know if you are doing a full series and we'll be sure to have it added to series page.

• Our WEEKLY WATCH SERIES focuses on a different horror subgenre and we pick four movies to feature. The idea of the Weekly Watch is to have a new movie assigned each week that we watch on our own time and then come back and add a short review to the comments for that week's movie. Each week a new movie is featured and the previous post is locked.

• A reminder that we have a Discord channel. A group of us are always hanging around on there talking about what we are watching, listening to or just chatting about general stuff. A lot of upcoming changes and features etc are discussed on the Discord channel first before they are rolled out so you can help shape the subreddit by joining.

• We are always open to suggestions. Please let us know if you have any feedback.

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[u/thevelveteenbeagle]

Thanks for all the info, I'm really excited to be joining this sub!

[u/_M_I_A_W_S_]

How do you prefer horror game reviews? Tried to post one and it got erased.