Summary: Avoid sex, drugs and alcohol, never separate from the group, don't check that noise in the attic and of course... double tap. Sure, there are pretty universally accepted truths to surviving the horror genre cliches but we thought it would be fun to just take a little time and run through some famous (and obscure) survival tips. The horror genre cliches are essentially a large deck of cards which form the variables of the story. Sometimes, the dealer gives you a familiar selection of twists and turns, while other times things come at you from an entirely original approach with combinations that were totally unexpected. We discuss the question of what it means to be a horror fan in a genre so riddled with cliche, while passing out the familiar recommendations on the subject including Scream, Behind the Mask, Cabin in the Woods, Dale and Tucker, etc. We hope you have as much fun as we did running through a quick tour of the horror survival guide. An odd mix of recent watches rounds things out with Anthony's report on The Last Exorcism 2 (still unclear how that title works) and Dark Skies, and Ted shares a pair of recent festival films Room 237 (a dissection of Kubrick's The Shining), and the highly artistic Berberian Sound Studio. As always we welcome your comments: horroretc@gmail.com Voicemail (206) 337-5324 WWW.HORRORETC.COM
