I enjoy posting on messageboards. It's fun sharing information, memories and opinions with people all over the world. But it has to be the right place. Unfortunately, a lot of horror boards are just not fun places to be. Some are filled with comments that don't go much deeper than "Rob Zombie is awesome!" or "Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood sucks way more than Leprechaun in the Hood!" Other times, I get that sinking feeling that the posters are not so much horror movie fans as fans of the content of horror movies. To illustrate, whenever I come across threads like "Who is the coolest serial killer of all time?" or "What would be the best way to torture someone?", I usually head for greener pastures.
The CHFB has become a favorite of mine, and it's one of the places I post to regularly, along with Bloody-Disgusting and the Rue Morgue forums. I guess what I enjoy most about it is that it's filled with fans who never forget that this stuff is supposed to be fun. The kind of fans who grew up watching B-movies on late night TV; or aren't ashamed to say they've built a model or two; or can recall the days of "horror hosts". These are real horror fans--not petulant emo-types whose mommy and daddy don't understand them and who are about two wedgies away from going Columbine.
So if you truly love this stuff and have wide-ranging tastes that can go anywhere from Dr. Caligari to Dr. Satan, then the Classic Horror Film Board will be a breath of fresh air. It's a place for the intelligent exchange of ideas, for shameless mass reminiscing, and real community-building for scary movie enthusiasts in the age of information. See you there!