@AmazonTreeBoa: The first two movies that came to mind are Sphere (I know it's Michael Chrighton, but I thought Sphere was his best work). I thought it was a good movie, even though it was panned by critics. Entirely psychological, but there are intense moments. The Abyss, also. I think it may have some similarities to sphere.

Upon further research you might like Anaconda, it's fairly well done. There are some intense moments for sure.

A couple other ones, Open Water/The Reef (here be sharks, but it might be good), Orca, Deep Rising (as someone mentioned), The Host, The Beast, TheCave, Leviathan, Dead Calm, Creepshow 2: The Raft, Triangle, maybe 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Bl, Creature From the Black Lagoon, Black Water.

It's possible that you haven't found the right horror movie. Or you don't allow yourself to get into it because you don't want to show that emotion. I don't need to be scared to enjoy a horror movie. If it's entertaining then it does it's job. Whether its scary, intense, funny or whatever.

Weigh what you've seen with what you find scary. Some people find Eight-Legged Freaks scary. A lot of people think that movie is awful. I think it's a great movie. Sit someone down to watch Halloween and that person may not respond to the scares. But if they have even the slightest anxiety to spiders and you make them watch Arachnophobia...they'll likely be terrified.

I remember watching Stephen King's It at a really young age. That movie may not be terrifying, but it is impressionable. My bed frame is too low for someone to fit under it. And I wouldn't say I'm afraid of clowns, not any more, but I still have anxieties around them.

I don't respond to slasher movies. I tend to cheer for the bad guy. So they are more fun and entertaining than they are scary. The reason I cheer the bad guy may be because of some deep-down religious connotation or something. Or I'm insane.

If you're watching 80s films that rely heavily on special effects well...movies like Hellraiser don't age well and cheesy effects can pull you out of the experience. Still a good movie though.

Everyone is afraid of something. And if you think you aren't afraid of anything, the original Nightmare on Elm St. is pretty good at screwing with you. There are other decent movies in the series, but the original is more psychological and less about campiness. Also, Hitchcock usually does a pretty good job.

Also, someone mentioned Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I never saw the original, but I saw the remake and I always thought some of my teachers in school could have been controlled by aliens. Haha. Unfortunate ending though.

As I said, it all depends. The scariest slasher movie is one with no music. You can't get scared if you already know what's going to happen, unless you're afraid of string orchestra.

Wanda Jackson may be the greatest female vocalist.

I love horror movies, and to me, a horror movie doesn't have to be scary to be good. I thought the Conjuring was pretty great. Anyone that saw Mama wouldn't say The Conjuring was bad. It's incredibly difficult to make a haunted house movie not incredibly cheesy and I thought The Conjuring did a great job.

As for Daniel Radcliffe in The Women in Black - great actor. Sure he will always be Harry Potter, but the guy can act. For a remake it felt true to the original. The CGI wasn't overbearing, the jump scares weren't tacked on and it was fun to watch.

The problem I have with horror movies is budgets are either too low or too high so roles are filled with big name people or random 'actors' that overact it brings me out of the reality the director try to create. But a horror movie can still be great if there is bad acting only if it's fun and creative and not trying to be something it's not and those are movies like the classic slashers; the Nightmare on Elm St, Halloween before H2O including Season of the Witch, Some of the Friday the 13th movies, Evil Dead, Cabin in the Woods, etc. These movies are so far out and so extreme and unrealistic that they're great. But when someone comes along and tries to put their own stamp on it and loses sight of what these movies are to fans it usually flops (All the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Hills Have Eyes remakes/spinoffs). And basically that is fun and entertainment. Is it wrong that I actually cheer for the killer in slasher films?

One slasher movie I think is incredible is Behind the Mask: The Rise and Fall of Leslie Vernon.

Zombie movies are the most difficult movies to create (including all undead; zombies, vampires, werewolves). I thought the original Resident Evil did a great job building up tension, but ruined it with CGI. A good, recent zombie movie is 28 Days Later - lots of tension and desperation, and it worked because the actors acted scared and desperate. Dawn of the Dead remake didn't quite work out like this and it kinda felt flat. It was more about the characters and collapse of their society as a microcosm then about the fear of zombies eating them. Which is fine, but when you try to create too many messages in a horror movie it can fall apart. Ginger Snaps was a pretty good werewolf movie even though the acting isn't very good. I'll have to sit and think awhile on a good modern vampire/Dracula movie though. The problem with vampires and Dracula is they are more romanticized and beautified zombies. Very vain.

I'm not a big fan of ghost/supernatural. I have trouble being afraid of something I can't see. My house makes noises all the time and they aren't scary. You can't make these movies cheesy. They have to be acted very seriously. I liked Sinister and I liked The Conjuring, but I didn't like any of the Exocist movies very much. Poltergeist and The Shining are fine, but the supernatural aspects doesn't come out until near the end. And even though there are supernatural aspects I'd still consider The Shining and Sinister more psychological.

I can't think of a 'haunted house' movie that I liked other than The Conjuring.

If you like Asian horror try to find a copy of Three Extremes. Its 3 short horror films by three different directors representing Japan, Korea and possibly China; Takashi Miike, Chan-wook Park, Fruit Chan. And they are incredible. Not really scary, but true horror because you don't wanna find out what's going to happen, but you're compelled to and it's terrifying because you think the worst is going to happen, and yet what happens is worse. Really well done.

My favourite is the one directed by Takashi Miike because I'm familiar with his work, and I'm used to his shock and gore horror and his short films paints a new picture for me.

Takashi Miike directed Ichi the Killer, Audition, 13 Assassins, Dead of Alive: Final. He directed a lot more but those are the other movies I've seen. Not all horror obviously. Audition is amazing...watch it.

Obviously if you don't like subtitles don't bother. But sometimes it's worth it.

Videodrome

Sinister is hit and miss. I really liked it a lot though.

Vaguely horror, but Brian de Palma made a couple really good suspense/thrillers worth checking out Blow Out/Dressed To Kill/Body Double.

I'm more of a fan of psychological horror so my tastes may not fit yours. You can always stick to the basics like The Haunting, The Exorcist, House on Haunted Hill, Poltergeist, Amityville Horror, The Shining. And more recently Stir of Echoes, Drag Me To Hell, The Ring/Ringu, The 6th Sense, 1408 and The Woman in Black.

Divinity Original Sin

Darksiders 1/2

I think you're looking into it too much. As long as gaming doesn't consume your life you should be fine. And if you're worried about what a girl thinks about your gaming collection...well she's likely not going to see it the first night anyway. Which is great because she'll learn to know you based on how you interact with her and other people in the real world. And if you do bring a girl home the first night she probably isn't a girl that you'll keep around long anyway, so who cares?

If you worry about what a girl thinks you've already lost. It shows lack of confidence. Just be yourself. If you ask a girl on a date, well, that's the most difficult step. And if she agrees it shows she has at least the smallest inkling in getting to know you. At that point playing video games shouldn't be a deal-breaker unless you put gaming ahead of life.

Beyerdynamic headphones are pretty amazing. If affordability is an issue Koss headphones have extremely good sound quality and are quite inexpensive (as good as anything in the $100+ range for significantly less). They don't look pretty though.

Have you tried any of the Darksiders games? Since you've played Diablo have you tried Path of Exile? If you have some friends to play with you, the Borderlands games are pretty fun...kinda boring to solo though. The Far Cry series has RPG elements. Are you interested in any of the building RPGs like Minecraft, Terraria, Starbound?

I'll assume you've played through the Mass Effect series.

If you haven't tried Magicka it is pretty fun, again, especially with friends.