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Luz has an excellent point..horror is best when you have to use your
imagination to get into it...it is not blood and guts all over the written page or silver screen...
"Alien" was classified sci-fi by most, but to me it was true horror..especially the closing scenes within the spaceship when Ripley is alone...no need for guts and gore at this point....
posted by
Rumor
on August 18, 2008 at 2:54 PM
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Marineair,
I'd love to get your two cents on whether I have accomplished this with HERETICS!
If you have time and inclination to review it, keep in mind I am looking for real feedback, not pats on the back... BWC, and all!
posted by
Ciel
on August 15, 2008 at 8:02 AM
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I wholeheartedly agree. There is a vast difference between a well-constructed thriller (psychological or otherwise) and a bunch of blood and screaming that's easily disbelieved. I freaking HATE the horror genre, because that's generally all I get. What I want is something that makes me want to turn the pages and question myself and the world around me, not scream at the idiocy of the characters or sneer at cheaply used attention gainers like nudity and sexual deviance...
My two cents...
posted by
Marineair
on August 15, 2008 at 12:34 AM
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Luz, Good points!
Drama and imagination: letting the reader find the scary stuff in their own heads!
posted by
Ciel
on August 13, 2008 at 11:07 PM
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horror is a state of being that includes disgust and terror. but those two things can't create horror on their own. as a writer that unintentionally makes things horrific, i've learned that drama and leaving room for the imagination is the ultimate recipe for horror. readers scare themselves when you let them, if you lead them to it!
posted by
Luz_Briar
on August 13, 2008 at 10:08 PM
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