'Malice' wasn't about horror to start with but an underground comic driven by the power of rumour. However, as nothing fuels a rumour like fear, I decided that it had to be a frightening comic.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Horror, for me, is not defined by the thing that provokes one's fear, but the human being who has contact with it.
I am just fascinated by this reassurance from a menacing figure. It is rather frightening.
I have always loved horror very much. I used to write stories for DC's House of Mystery. It was one of my first jobs writing for comics, and I loved it.
I think if you looked at the kind of ebb and flow of supernatural fiction and horror fiction, it does seem to be more popular in times when we're hammered over the head daily with threats from all angles, very real threats.
It's the idea that anticipation is as scary as anything in a movie could be. People's imagination is the most effective tool in creating terror or dread.
I didn't even know what a horror film was. I kind of made it up as I went along.
It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude.
Malice is only another name for mediocrity.
There's a clean simplicity to the plotting of 'Sinister,' whether you like it or not. And the scares are deliberate and even heavy-handed in a way. There's not a lot of sophistication or nuance in the plotting and not much restraint in the scares - and that's a part of what makes the movie accessible.
Well, don't tell Steve Niles but I just don't think horror works in comics.