BobT wrote:
"Laymon is more hardboiled, but there's a strong streak of
romantic sentimentality in his work. Maybe all the blood in
your eyes is blinding you to those elements. Ketchum is . . .
romantic . . . Garton, . . . pretty romantic, and . . . Poppy
Z. Brite's EXQUISITE CORPSE is highly romantic, sentimental
and emotional at its core."
I read very little horror (although a few of the descriptions
in this debate have me intrigued), so I can't comment on the
specific examples, but the gist seems to be that horror is
romantic, hardboiled is not.
Then I guess we should stop discussing Chandler. What could
possibly be more romantic than the image of the tarnished
knight walking down those mean streets?
Mark
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