Horror is an emotion.” – Douglas E Winter“That didn’t scare me.” This level of criticism grates my sensibilities. That didn’t scare me. Am I not effectively one among the crowd, professing with a sneer: that didn’t scare me? Lots of people love that one pounding note too, and feel cheated if they don’t get that adrenaline rush; that didn’t scare me. Current nomenclature includes “quiet horror” or “elevated horror”, “horror adjacent”, “new horror”, and the ostensibly respectable “thriller”.

Source: The Irish Times May 13, 2021 05:03 UTC