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book creature@aenesidemusoz have you ever seen The Witch by Robert Eggers? 95% of the terror in that movie is just being surrounded by the dark woods. It is the 1600s and this family has been exiled.... so they are probably gonna starve or die of disease. But really what's scary is that it's dark, the woods menace from every direction. That sense of hopelessness and constant threat is rare in film but it's the bread and butter of horror fiction.
That's what your post made me think of.
Shar_shar@aenesidemusoz ... this is one of the debates I have with my son in law who prefers film. When you watch a film, you are experiencing the director's, and the editor's vision and interpretation. When you read, it is your vision that colors the experience and gives it texture.
Megan CrittendenI handle horror better in books because it's easier to skim ahead or read at breakneck speed to see where things are going faster, whereas with film, visuals can get stuck in my head for days and the movie dictates the pace. Not to say that books can't scare me but I think movies generally have an easier time of it because I have so little control over the experience.
Tony Stark@aenesidemusoz I have wondered about that for awhile for myself. Probably this.
Clio Dunn@aenesidemusoz
That <sounds> right. I hit the mute button a lot because of that, but in the end I always prefer the book.
That <sounds> right. I hit the mute button a lot because of that, but in the end I always prefer the book.
Allen B. Skye@aenesidemusoz One of my favorite horror books is ‘The Girl Next Door’ by Jack Ketchum (he is one of my favorite writers). Absolutely horrific and disturbing novel. It couldn’t and didn’t translate to a visual medium because it would be really hard to put the content of the novel on film.