Over the years I have given much thought to what makes a good horror film. Analysing what it was that made me jump, made me hold my breath, made me either root for the character or not, what stayed with me long after the film had ended. What is it that gets us? Is it the tension? Is is the pretense of knowing or actually seeing that scares us more? I like the subtleties a film can convey, the small details that seem insignificant at first, not brash and obvious, something to dwell on and to mull over. A darkness that creeps in, slowly and insidiously, not one that leaps from nowhere, tears your face off and retreats never to be seen again. No, no, no. I expect more from Horror, so much more…

(c) K L Wicks