I mean, now I'm a
huge horror guy, but up until then I hadn't seen a lot of horror movies.
As Booklist's
resident Horror Guy (it's not on the masthead but should be), there is one question I get more than any other: What's your favorite horror book?
While he still works frequently in the genre, Young succesfully shook off his typecasting as «
the horror guy» a few years ago (perhaps his Golden Globe nomination for 2001's The Shipping News signalling the final shackle coming off); and this is probably his strongest «serious» score since then.
You may think you know where Midnight Clear, directed by Joe Russo (
the horror guy, not the Captain America guy), is heading — but I guarantee you will not guess the twist.
Knowing John more as a comedian than a thriller /
horror guy, I was very intrigued to see how he handled the genre.
When push comes to shove, I'm more of a suspense guy than
a horror guy, but it's not always clear where one ends and the other begins.
I think that for me, I'm not even
a horror guy.
You can't really brand yourself as «
the horror guy,» because Poe tops that list and Stephen King has a lock on that broad category for the foreseeable future.
You might, however, be able to lock in a brand as the noir -
horror guy or rampant technology horror guy.