Scared Today, Stronger Tomorrow: The Power Of Horror
SCARED TODAY, STRONGER TOMORROW: THE POWER OF HORROR
Horror fans everywhere have likely run into this at least once: “You must be a terrible, warped person if you enjoy horror.” There’s an even a Tiktok video currently making the rounds that warns us there’s something “very wrong” with consumers of horror films and books. It has prompted responses from lovers of the spooky, but no one yet has countered with one very important bit of evidence to the contrary.
Namely, we—horror fans—are going to outlast everyone else out of sheer grit and resilience. We’re built, dare I say, different.