It's quite important as I'm quite a fan of exploitation cinema and you can't have exploitation without piles of pointless, random nudity. Quite a few sub genres demand it! It goes hand in hand with the eroticism of the vampire myth. A few scenes are needed in a good slasher movie. Linnea Quigley's filmography etc. etc.
I'm obviously not gonna complain about the lack of it in something that's aiming to be suspenseful like Ringu (nude girls coming out of the TV would have made that a completely different movie altogether!).
So it all depends on what type of horror you're talking!
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