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I wanted to explore this idea that the bogey man in the closet is scary, but being a mother is scarier.

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Terror is the desire to save your own ass, but horror is rooted in sympathy.

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He got up and ran on, pitching himself down the hill, flying through the branches of the firs, leaping roots and rocks without seeing them. As he went...more

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Carroll was eleven years old when he saw The Haunting in The Oregon Theater. He had gone with his cousins, but when the lights went down, his companio...more

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The dead pull the living down.

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Horror was rooted in sympathy . . . in understanding what it would be like to suffer the worst.

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I mean, when the world comes for your children, with the knives out, it's your job to stand in the way.

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Why am I not good at anything?""You're a good dad.""It ain't rocket science."No, Vic thought. It was harder.

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He believed in his own decency with all his heart. So it was with every true monster, Vic supposed.

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I mean, when the world comes for your children, with the knives out, it's your job to stand in the way.

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Terror is the desire to save your own ass, but horror is rooted in sympathy.

"

He got up and ran on, pitching himself down the hill, flying through the branches of the firs, leaping roots and rocks without seeing them. As he went...more

"

Carroll was eleven years old when he saw The Haunting in The Oregon Theater. He had gone with his cousins, but when the lights went down, his companio...more

"

The dead pull the living down.

"

Horror was rooted in sympathy . . . in understanding what it would be like to suffer the worst.