tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397925288377094378.post1668071048197451407..comments2023-09-17T05:09:42.093-07:00Comments on Starkly Inconceivable: Alan Wake not enough to keep me A.Wake. Get it?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13363174213866492800noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397925288377094378.post-31710999345193226002010-12-13T16:20:44.445-08:002010-12-13T16:20:44.445-08:00Yeah, you've got to basically understand the c...Yeah, you've got to basically understand the character. Sometimes a writer will try a psychological horror about a character who is deeply abnormal, like Hannibal Lecter, but what's horrible about Hannibal is people's reactions to his madness -- because we see ourselves reflected there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13363174213866492800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397925288377094378.post-30640930731830430212010-12-13T08:23:25.344-08:002010-12-13T08:23:25.344-08:00Huh. That's a really interesting point, about...Huh. That's a really interesting point, about why psychological horror works (when it does). It's hard to be horrified when you don't agree with anything the character is doing, or at least it's a different kind of horror (possibly the "why did I agree to watch this movie" kind).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com