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<blockquote data-quote="pickin_grinnin" data-source="post: 6463922" data-attributes="member: 6697674">In both of those, the gist of the horror element was the corruption of innocence.&nbsp; The flipside of that would be the innocence of evil.&nbsp; For examples of that, look to &quot;It's a GOOD Life&quot; from the original Twilight Zone series or the devil sequence in &quot;The Adventures of Mark Twain&quot; (check YouTube for that).A lot of horror relies on an immediate sense of danger or impending doom, just like action entertainment in general.&nbsp; Slasher films tend to fall into that category.&nbsp; There are other approaches that are a little less common, though:- Evil that absolutely can't be stopped, no matter what.&nbsp; There is NO solution at all.- Pain or suffering from which there will never be an escape (ex. the story &quot;I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream&quot; by Harlan Ellison).- Catch-22 situations where something horrible happens no matter what choice the character makes, even if (s)he refuses to make a choice (ex. &quot;Sophie's Choice&quot;).- The character's realization that (s)he is the true evil or monster in a given situation, and never realized it.- Body horror of some sort, where the character is slowly becoming something undesirable, rotting away, melting, etc.&nbsp; Note the emphasis on &quot;slowly&quot; - it has to be something that draws out the despair.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pickin_grinnin, post: 6463922, member: 6697674"] In both of those, the gist of the horror element was the corruption of innocence. The flipside of that would be the innocence of evil. For examples of that, look to "It's a GOOD Life" from the original Twilight Zone series or the devil sequence in "The Adventures of Mark Twain" (check YouTube for that). A lot of horror relies on an immediate sense of danger or impending doom, just like action entertainment in general. Slasher films tend to fall into that category. There are other approaches that are a little less common, though: - Evil that absolutely can't be stopped, no matter what. There is NO solution at all. - Pain or suffering from which there will never be an escape (ex. the story "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison). - Catch-22 situations where something horrible happens no matter what choice the character makes, even if (s)he refuses to make a choice (ex. "Sophie's Choice"). - The character's realization that (s)he is the true evil or monster in a given situation, and never realized it. - Body horror of some sort, where the character is slowly becoming something undesirable, rotting away, melting, etc. Note the emphasis on "slowly" - it has to be something that draws out the despair. [/QUOTE]

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