I usually don't like zombie films, I prefer slashers. But I really liked "Rec". I love the whole "Blair Witch"/"Cloverfield" type of filming. Makes it feel more realistic. I just bought it on Blu-ray and I'm gonna watch part 2 tomorrow. :) Can't wait!
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To answer your question...I love all types of horrors. I love gory horrors and psychological horrors and horrors with great atmosphere. I do not discriminate with horrors. I loved REC and in fact it would probably be in my top 5 for horror movies. Another one in my top 5 would be 'Session 9' which has almost no blood in it whatsoever. It is all about the atmosphere.
But I do enjoy a good slasher. I'm not sure why, I just find it to be really cool to see a lot of blood and gore in a movie if it's done right (yea I know now I sound like a psycho killer). For example the movie 'Hatchet' was very gory but I loved it. People's limbs being hacked off and their heads being twisted off...I don't know, just something about it that I like. They usually don't scare me...I just like to see the blood and guts. Although the original 'Halloween' would be considered a slasher and that still creeps me out. That probably doesn't help to answer your question much but oh well.
You mentioned that you like a "few" slashers. Care to say which ones?
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I've never seen Maniac or Suspiria. I've heard lots of things about Suspiria, about how good it is. But I've watched the trailer for it online and it really looks like a movie I would not enjoy so I have held off on watching it. The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a classic and very awesome. I own that on DVD.
I also own Audition. I gave it a 5/10. It was different, and I sort of liked it...but it was kind of slow to me. I think I just might not enjoy asian horror. I've tried Ju-On and hated it and Audition also wasn't that appealing to me. A good asian film is 'Old Boy' although that is not horror.
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