Clive Barker Says Were Living Through A Time Of Horror – Den of Geek

Watching the horror show last night on television, watching two grown men in their 70s brawling I should say one man brawling, the other man doing his best to bring sanity to the situation was worrying, he says. Very worrying. Thats horror. The idea that that man with the orange hair and the orange face should be in charge of the nuclear button is horrifying. I dont care who knows it. Its just a distressing. Were in the middle of a pandemic, people are being lost nearly hourlythis is grim stuff.

Barker adds:

I think sometimes horror fiction has a significance which we forget, which is if you fear something in fiction, you have the chance of a resolution. You have a chance that the story will finish itself. In our present situation, we wont well know until November 4th or 5th or 6th which man is going to be in charge of our destinies. Thats worrying. At least I find it worrying.

So should all decent people, especially after watching 90 torturous minutes of the feces-flinging idiot disguised as a president that slouched onstage Tuesday night. For many of us, it may feel like were living through a dark, dystopian horror movie in real time. Thats where people like Clive Barker come in: they take the terrors of today and turn them into fiction, giving us an outlet to deal with what often feels overwhelming in real life.

The only thing is, Clive Barkers stories dont often have a happy ending. You can help change that by making sure youre ready to vote on or before November 3rd.

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