Horrific moments that should scare us can be very tender and enduring. This is how. An odd feeling occurs when you watch something horrifying that isn’t intended to scare you. Instead of fear, you’re speechless as your brain tries to figure out how you should feel. Very few horror films can make us take a step back from the gore and terror and realize that there is a reason for this moment to exist whether we agree with it or not. Horror isn’t a genre that everybody is comfortable writing in, and that’s okay. But there are a few ways to tie in your preferred character study or coming-of-age romance if you are interested in exploring elements of the genre. There are ways to tie in tenderness into a naturally horrifying subject. Tomas Alfredson’s Let the Right One In tells the story of a young boy intimately befriending a young vampire. When the horror happens, we are more understanding than terrified. Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All does something similar that makes you view the young cannibals as misunderstood souls who are trying to figure out where they fit in this world. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 19 December, 2022