Tribute to Kim Manners at X-Files Lexicon
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fangirl_saysExcerpts from interviews with Kim Manners by writer Matt Hurwitz here
On How to Scare an Audience
When you're doing a horror show, you've got to hold the buoy. You've got to know when to scare them. You can't scare them when they expect to be scared. When they expect to be scared, you’ve got to not scare them, so you're keeping them on the edge of their seats, and then you've got to hit them when they least expect it so that they don't see it coming. Audiences are a lot smarter than we might give them credit for, and they kind of know. They get a rhythm of a film they're watching and they say, "Okay, it's going to happen now," and it does. Well, the trick is don't let it happen when they think it's going to happen. That's what keeps it scary or makes it scary.
On How to Scare an Audience
When you're doing a horror show, you've got to hold the buoy. You've got to know when to scare them. You can't scare them when they expect to be scared. When they expect to be scared, you’ve got to not scare them, so you're keeping them on the edge of their seats, and then you've got to hit them when they least expect it so that they don't see it coming. Audiences are a lot smarter than we might give them credit for, and they kind of know. They get a rhythm of a film they're watching and they say, "Okay, it's going to happen now," and it does. Well, the trick is don't let it happen when they think it's going to happen. That's what keeps it scary or makes it scary.
