Comments on: HorrorCon http://scottstories.com/2008/05/02/horrorcon-3/ a collection of words about worlds Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:34:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: yoyolise http://scottstories.com/2008/05/02/horrorcon-3/#comment-166 yoyolise Fri, 02 May 2008 18:32:23 +0000 http://scottstories.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-166 Having read a bit of this one already, I can assure you that it appeals very much to the cerebral. :-) Having read a bit of this one already, I can assure you that it appeals very much to the cerebral. :-)

]]> By: scottyus http://scottstories.com/2008/05/02/horrorcon-3/#comment-165 scottyus Fri, 02 May 2008 15:11:07 +0000 http://scottstories.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-165 Thanks, Cliff. I am a little disheartened by a lot of what I see. There seems to be an awful lot of derivative genre stuff that doesn't dig very deep, or attempt to address a larger palette of senses. Some of it can be fun, but it's kind of amazing that the "Mental Asylum" movie is beginning to create its own genre. You know the one: group of kids enter an asylum and are picked off one by one by a ghost (usually a girl with long dark hair) with each death more gruesome than the last. If you ask me, they should have ended with <em>Session 9</em>. It all reminds me of the glut of bands that spawned from a single bridge in an Alice in Chains song. Copy of a copy of a copy starts to wear a bit. It would be nice to get some proportion in the industry again where horror can be thoughtful and smart (<em>Rosemary's Baby, Session 9, The Others</em>) as well as vicious and exploitative. Some more colors would be nice. Unfortunately, what makes the screen is usually what can guarantee the most ticket sales. What follows is a formula that caters to a general audience. Appreciate your comments, and good luck to you, as well. Thanks, Cliff.

I am a little disheartened by a lot of what I see. There seems to be an awful lot of derivative genre stuff that doesn’t dig very deep, or attempt to address a larger palette of senses. Some of it can be fun, but it’s kind of amazing that the “Mental Asylum” movie is beginning to create its own genre. You know the one: group of kids enter an asylum and are picked off one by one by a ghost (usually a girl with long dark hair) with each death more gruesome than the last. If you ask me, they should have ended with Session 9.

It all reminds me of the glut of bands that spawned from a single bridge in an Alice in Chains song. Copy of a copy of a copy starts to wear a bit.

It would be nice to get some proportion in the industry again where horror can be thoughtful and smart (Rosemary’s Baby, Session 9, The Others) as well as vicious and exploitative. Some more colors would be nice. Unfortunately, what makes the screen is usually what can guarantee the most ticket sales. What follows is a formula that caters to a general audience.

Appreciate your comments, and good luck to you, as well.

]]> By: Cliff Burns http://scottstories.com/2008/05/02/horrorcon-3/#comment-164 Cliff Burns Fri, 02 May 2008 14:33:41 +0000 http://scottstories.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-164 Well, it would be nice to have some horror that appeals to the cerebral rather than the ridiculous splatter porn and snuff fiction that seems to be proliferating in the genre like ticks. Good luck with your venture and please do help raise the level of the work in the field... Well, it would be nice to have some horror that appeals to the cerebral rather than the ridiculous splatter porn and snuff fiction that seems to be proliferating in the genre like ticks.

Good luck with your venture and please do help raise the level of the work in the field…

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