Everyone has a story...

[novakru]

Originally posted by Doc Faustus
I'm Garrett (hate the name), I'm 23, engaged without the jewelry and I was raised by a single baptist ex-marine and a bipolar grandfather in a very haunted house a couple towns away from Salem, MA. I was pretty much raised on horror films, having seen Creepshow on my mother's lap in the theater when I was about three months old. I just left college due to a clash in personal politics and a lack of resources in my area of interest, which is how afterlife beliefs and horror have shaped our moral and cultural consciousness. I'm right now with my stepfamily and my girl in Central PA, working on my novel and trying to market my writing so we can start a better life. I came to HDC to find how horror effects people and what horror fans think about death and morality. I ended staying because I like the place.

I like your name.
Did you ever really find an answer to your question about how horror effects people?

Did you ever notice how most horror lovers(not all!)
have had tramatic things happen to them?
I think it's because we know the bad guy on screen and we know they will eventually get what they deserve...it's pure justice-something that never seems to occur in RL.

[Doc Faustus]

Not quite yet. I'm still kind of thinking over what I want to ask and seeing if anyone would be comfortable with the interview. And, to answer your question, poetic justice has always really been a big part of horror since horror stories spring from pretty similar ideological roots as medieval morality plays if you trace it back far enough in mythology.

[MoonLit Meadow]

Originally posted by novakru
I like your name.
Did you ever really find an answer to your question about how horror effects people?

Did you ever notice how most horror lovers(not all!)
have had tramatic things happen to them?
I think it's because we know the bad guy on screen and we know they will eventually get what they deserve...it's pure justice-something that never seems to occur in RL.

That makes a lot of sense, now that you mention it...I guess I never gave it too much thought...but yeah...if you read about people's stories on here...seems like everyone had their fair share of trauma. Good observation Nova. You get an A++++ and a sticker.:D

[jenna26]

Originally posted by MoonLit Meadow
That makes a lot of sense, now that you mention it...I guess I never gave it too much thought...but yeah...if you read about people's stories on here...seems like everyone had their fair share of trauma. Good observation Nova. You get an A++++ and a sticker.:D

It really does make sense. I do believe that is partly why I am a horror fan; horror films are therapeutic in their own way. A safe way of exorcising your demons, so to speak.

Anyway, my name is Jennifer, I am 27 years old. I have dreams of someday being a published writer, but I can't swear that I have any genuine talent. I did have one traumatic event in my past that certainly helped shape who I am today; sexual abuse at the hands of a neighbor when I was very young. I have been a horror fan since I was child. I am more than a little morbid....but I am also genuinely "nice" person. I happened upon HDC while searching for information for a short story I was writing at the time. And I immediately joined up.

[dewaholic]

I too have noticed that some people here had traumatic things happen. I however haven't. I just love horror. I like finding 1 that makes me crinkle my nose in disgust or say something like " oh gross", or jump. Which it takes a lot for me to do those things. ( the jumping thing is very rare) Most horror movies, I laugh or say " hell yea" ( like the way someone was killed)

[pinkfloyd45769]

I havent had any thing happen in my life to point me in the direction of horror, quite the opposite actually!!

[dewaholic]

Opposite? As in you were the cause of someone else's traumatic experience that led them to horror? J/k I know what ya mean.

[pinkfloyd45769]

Originally posted by dewaholic
Opposite? As in you were the cause of someone else's traumatic experience that led them to horror? J/k I know what ya mean.

LOL!!! I do have a friend on this forum, we are members of another forum as well, she told a story on the other forum that would blow everyone away!

[dewaholic]

Originally posted by pinkfloyd45769
LOL!!! I do have a friend on this forum, we are members of another forum as well, she told a story on the other forum that would blow everyone away!

link me up!

[dewaholic]

Cool. I'll take a look around there later. I hope I don't become addicted to that place to. I was instantly addicted when I came here. It would be cool if this place had a chat. Or does it?