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Originally Posted by TheWickerFan
That's a pretty weak argument. We're not going to start judging authors by their actions in life are we? If it's decided that the book isn't a work of horror that's fine, but you can't exclude someone because of your personal feelings towards him.
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That's absolutely fair comment but it's really a combination of the two factors that would make me inclined to omit his work.
It is an interesting point about his prose in the context of modern cinema in that, during his own lifetime he sought to distance his work from the horror label (Gothic in particular), yet with the recent trend of torture movies, if his books were made into movies, they'd certainly be classified as such.
I'm just saying that, as books, they aren't horror.
Also, Wicker, I'd be interested to hear your view of Salo. I won't dispute that it falls into horror but is it, as numerous polls and renowned directors alike suggest, an important and historic piece of movie making?