All horror, all the time. Mostly film, but some books too. And random thoughts about fear, violence, and the art of storytelling. And the pleasure of a pop culture obsession.
Showing posts with label "how to fix horror". Show all posts
Showing posts with label "how to fix horror". Show all posts

Monday, July 11, 2011

new favorite book - Jason Zinoman "Shocked Value"

He also wrote a great series for Slate last week on "How to fix horror". Now I had not noticed horror was broken, but I love his new rules.

1. stop trying to be so respectable
2. kill the backstory
3. embrace the remake
4. gore is good