We are living in The Golden Age of Terror and it’s time to unleash the freshest, most exciting talent to showcase what’s possible in the realm of comics.
What, then, is the role of the horror genre when it increasingly feels like malevolent forces no longer bother to hide or even disguise themselves?Įnter writer Joe Hill, visionary and curator of DC’s pop-up horror imprint, Hill House Comics. Even a modicum of critical insight reveals the unspeakable nightmares that provoke feelings of panic and dread.įaced with a 24/7 onslaught of Breaking News, however, there’s enough devastation, suffering, ruin, and wreckage to scare the hell out of anyone. Want to know what a generation, country or culture fears most? Take a look at its horror stories. When El and Octavia wake up in a movie theater with no memory of the last few hours of their lives, the two teenage dirtbags begin a surreal and terrifying journey to discover the truth about the strange town that they call home.Ĭonventional wisdom notes that the most powerful, bone-chilling horror stories function as an allegory for shared anxiety. And the people in Shudder-to-Think? Well, they’re not doing so well either. The woods are full of rabbits with human eyes, a deer woman who stalks hungry girls, and swaths of skinless men. The coal mines beneath it are long since abandoned. Shudder-To-Think, PA, has been on fire for years.
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