http://www.flamesrising.com/broaddus-religion-horror/ Horror and Dark Fantasy Webzine Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:03:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.flamesrising.com/broaddus-religion-horror/comment-page-1/#comment-687779 Aric Mitchell Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:19:12 +0000 http://www.flamesrising.com/?p=1029#comment-687779 Great read! My upbringing was an interesting one. I was raised by a church of Christ minister, who had a love for horror movies. He was showing me slasher movies with blood and boobies before I was even in grade school. Incidentally, I've never been arrested or broken any laws, and I take care of myself, so I guess I turned out okay. Nevertheless, as a writer myself, I've always struggled with that "how can a Christian write horror" question, and Maurice, you really hit the nail on the head by showing how closely the two go together. Religion really does help one devise a framework for understanding the unknown, and horror is all about the fear of it. How can a Christian NOT write horror!? It's such fertile ground with two elements that complement each other so well: good versus evil, essentially. Still, I've got 830 friends on Facebook, and several of them are/were church mates. How were you able to deal with the obvious disappointment that your fellow churchgoers have when they read some of the required nastiness that goes on in a horror story? What have been some of the reactions you received and how did you deal with them? Great read! My upbringing was an interesting one. I was raised by a church of Christ minister, who had a love for horror movies. He was showing me slasher movies with blood and boobies before I was even in grade school. Incidentally, I’ve never been arrested or broken any laws, and I take care of myself, so I guess I turned out okay. Nevertheless, as a writer myself, I’ve always struggled with that “how can a Christian write horror” question, and Maurice, you really hit the nail on the head by showing how closely the two go together. Religion really does help one devise a framework for understanding the unknown, and horror is all about the fear of it. How can a Christian NOT write horror!? It’s such fertile ground with two elements that complement each other so well: good versus evil, essentially. Still, I’ve got 830 friends on Facebook, and several of them are/were church mates. How were you able to deal with the obvious disappointment that your fellow churchgoers have when they read some of the required nastiness that goes on in a horror story? What have been some of the reactions you received and how did you deal with them?

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