Writer's Block

No horror fiction character really scares me, but I appreciate Johnny from the Shining as a man who has gone totally insane in his retribution against his family.

dracula

Freddy from Nightmare on elm street on a count of the song or pennywise from it (I have a fear of clowns)

It wasn't just one character. The original 13 Ghosts at the end said to take the 3D glasses home with you, look into the dark and see what was there. I shredded the glasses on the spot.

The art of true horror has been lost somewhere in the past 20 years. I yearn for a movie/novel/etc that will bring back that feeling that someone or something is staring at me from my closet, or the desire to sit on my couch with my feet tucked under me so nothing underneath can snatch me up.

Maybe I am jaded, or perhaps just too old. I do not know.

EJC