How the Horror Genre Works
Otherppl with Brad Listi
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The Power of Fear in Horror Stories
There's also a story beat in horror, in horror stories about crossing the barrier to the forbidden. And that can come in lots of different forms, but that would be like maybe just an easy example. The horror comes when the inhuman enters the human community and so where it is most powerful is when the hero opens the gate themselves. Yeah. I think too. Like it seems like anyway, I mean, assuming I have this correct that this I haven't seen get out in a minute, but I feel like that character, that friend character is kind of there for comic relief too. It can be a fun, it can be like a fun pressure release for the audience to have that person
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