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One of the things why I like the genre (supernatural) is that it lets you tackle some interesting ideas that otherwise seem taboo or too intense. That's one part of it. The other part of it is just the pure escapism, the visceral instant gratification that this genre gives you.
The idea of the unknown is always (the) one thing that links all the ghosts I have written. The thing about horror is in today's time it is very difficult to scare someone. Everything has become known. That's the main thing that carries through all these movies - the fear of the unknown.
If you look at genre movies, thriller movies or a good horror film, women protagonists are like prototypes because they are vulnerable. You feel more for them. Horror movies are generally very feminist, if I may say so.
Women are stoned to death and harassed. I guess there is an idea of exploitation that happens here. I think we filmmakers are also sometimes perpetrators if we take advantage of it and make characters because of the obvious stereotype.
The thing about fear is, it's instant gratification. It's the play of the visual, the mood, the music and I just feel you really use the medium to the fullest when you are trying to induce fear. You can't rely on dialogues, you can't rely on anything else. All that you have to rely on is the staging and mise-en-scene.
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