Thread: Why Horror?
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Old 22nd July 2009, 09:40 PM
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I was destined to like horror,my parents first date was the 1958 Hammer "Dracula".Like Trench,I was into horror from a young age and growing up in the '70s,horror was everywhere.Loads of books as mentioned in my last post could be found in WH Smiths,BBC2 had the horror double bills and newsagents stocked "Dracula Lives" and "Hammer's House of Horror"

I even had horror toys,Dracula,Frankenstein and Wolf Man dolls.The first two had glow in the dark eyes and hands

Then video came along and changed my concept of what a horror film could be.I was blown away by all the sex and violence and felt like I'd come home.

As to why I like horror,I don't really know.Sure there is the transgressive element to watching extreme films and I kinda like the outsider status of being a fan of horror but mainly the films are pure fantasy and escapism.
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