I have graduated from college with a history degree. I received a writing award from my university for my paper on zombies in the modern day pop culture perception in comparison to the Christian Tradition of resurrection. Lengthy, I know, and that's just a paraphrase of the title. So as you can see, I have not lost my horror spirit.
I just feel like horror is on another downturn. This happened in the early 1990s after the film industry had over-saturated its media with formulaic slasher films, and newer ideas were becoming less prominent. Fortunately for horror fans, even though we weren't seeing a whole lot of good, scary movies in the theater, we had shows like Tales of the Crypt and Tales from the Darkside on television to give us good, scary fun. But those shows could only do so much for horror.
I feel like horror has taken another downturn. I have not lost interest in horror or its impact on the lives of its captive audience, but I feel that no new avenues are being explored. Nothing is being said that can bring new perspectives to those who baptize themselves in horror fiction. That isn't to say that there aren't still movies and books being created by passionate, horror loving people that aren't doing these things. They are just very, VERY hard to find. Especially for someone with my tastes.
Even beloved horror sites are failing to share good movies with their followers. I concur with the assessment by blogger Dorian Dawes that horror media is rapidly decaying, (indeed, reading their article is really what inspired me to write this one.)
But when I have something to say to you, you damn well better believe I am going to come on here and speak my mind. I am still a believer in good horror fiction. It's still out there, and I still appreciate it.
