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| Nick Kenrick - Horror Show |
Horror is a tricky topic, that cuts across cultural facets from nerds to
non-nerds, geeks to jocks, men to women, and east to west, but it's a
$400 million dollar a year movie industry, and it's absolutely huge when
you add in other media and the seasonal earnings of haunted
attractions. A lot of people enjoy the occasional scare, but when when someone collects Wes Craven films on VHS, she earns herself the horror nerd label.
Like any other facet of society, nerds are divided over horror. Somewhere
around half of all nerds take great pleasure in horror books, movies and games, but the half who don't enjoy
it usually can't stand it, so ask before you queue up a hi-def stream of Dead Snow.
Horror nerds may seem really creepy on the surface, and you may
wonder what sort of sick freak wants to watch the ghost of a Japanese
school girl suck the eyeballs out of drunken teenagers, but the Dario
Argento posters and Jack Skellington figurines decorating the
apartment are not an indicator of an asphalt colored soul lurking
inside your nerd.
Most horror nerds are polite to the point
of meekness, go out of their way to help people, rescue abandoned animals, and have a highly developed sense of morality. So, why would someone so nice enjoy such vile entertainment?
First off, horror offers an amazing adrenaline rush. Maybe your nerd can't ride roller coasters if she gets motion sickness, but a horror movie kicks her fight or flight instinct into gear and gets her heart pounding just as fast as any thrill ride.
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| Andrew Kuznetsov - Horror |
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