The way humor's usually used in horror, it's as a pressure-release valve; without it, the drama would escalate out of all control almost immediately. Stephen Graham Jones controldramaescalate Change image and share on social
Making people laugh is so much more difficult than making them sad. Too much fiction defaults to the somber, the tragic. This is because sad endings are easy in comparison - happy endings aren't at all simple to earn, especially when writing to an audience jaded by them. Stephen Graham Jones audiencecomparisondefault share on social
Horror, of all the genres, is the only one that can provoke an involuntary visceral reaction. Stephen Graham Jones genrehorrorinvoluntary Change image and share on social
Where 'Paranormal Activity' really comes into its own is its rhetoric of legitimacy - how it uses itself to authenticate itself, and thus furthers the pretence of being real. Stephen Graham Jones activityauthenticatefurther Change image and share on social
You can't negotiate with a zombie. They have only one impulse - that's to eat us or our brains. Stephen Graham Jones braineatimpulse Change image and share on social
I would highly, highly recommend seeing 'Paranormal Activity' with a friend or, better yet, a group. Stephen Graham Jones activityfriendgroup Change image and share on social
With slow-moving zombies, what always comes at stake is our humanity. Stephen Graham Jones humanitymoveslow Change image and share on social
In the fast zombie stories, it's not our humanity that is at stake anymore. It's our survival. Stephen Graham Jones anymorefasthumanity Change image and share on social
Hannibal Lecter stole Leatherface's mask and ported the slasher conventions into the thriller for the early '90s. Stephen Graham Jones 90sconventionearly Change image and share on social
In 1990, I was an undergraduate freshman archeology major sneaking over to the English building and unearthing an amazing repository of books I'd never even suspected. By 1998, I'd have my Ph.D. Stephen Graham Jones amazearcheologybook Change image and share on social