“Over the last decade, people went for the ‘gore-is-more’ approach,” said Peter Block, president and general manager of the FEARnet horror network and producer of the “Saw” movies, in an interview with Reuters. “It’s the fear of the unknown, what’s around the corner, what’s waiting in the dark,” she said.Īudiences and the industry that targets them said movies and haunted houses are trending toward mental thrills, realism and suspense to scare the bejeezus out of a society not necessarily frightened anymore by Frankenstein or a bowl of peeled grapes. Psychological torment is “really starting to come back,” said New Hampshire-based horror fiction writer Kristi Peterson Schoonover, citing one of the fathers of science fiction, Edgar Allan Poe, whose writings included “The Raven” and “The Black Cat.” “The less bells and whistles you have around your scare, oftentimes the more effective it is,” said Jason Blum, one of the producers of the “Paranormal Activity” movies, the most recent of which, “Paranormal Activity 3” led the box offices when it opened last weekend.Īs gluttons for terror flock to theaters and spooky attractions throughout the Halloween season, industry experts said that these days less gore is more. It is a simple puff of air, but the mind imagines all kinds of creeps. The invisible whoosh-bang effect in Austin’s House of Torment haunted house, recently named one of the most innovative in the country, is one example of the rekindled love affair between modern audiences and psychological horror. Creepy clowns and their crazy minions get ready to scare at the House of Torment haunted house in Austin, Texas on Oct.
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