Hier ist der zweite Teil des Interviews mit Brian Pulido, in dem er interessante Einzelheiten über seine Kindheit in New Jersey erzählt, Kindheitsängste und frühe Berührung mit Horrorfilmen. Hier einige Auszüge:
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CREATING HORROR ICONS WITH BRIAN PULIDO, PART II
I grew up in a town called Long Branch, New Jersey. To this day, I still have dreams and nightmares set in Long Branch, so it's easy and appropriate for me to set "Mischief Night" there. It is a real place.
As a kid, there were so many creepy places in Long Branch and the run down mansion that the "creation event" you mentioned was a real place down the street from where I lived. We were sure it was haunted and were convinced vagrants squatted there.
For this story, I am using Long Branch as I remembered it, down to the details of the High School. The fall in Long Branch was especially creepy. The autumn leaves were falling. It got dark out right after school let out and there was a whole "Lord of The Flies" mentality among the kids. Our parents never knew it, but we played out wars and conflicts throughout the streets. Cedar Avenue was not just a street. It was where the local bully Tiger Turkinton lived. You knew to avoid it if you didn't want your ass kicked.
You know, I enjoy all sorts of genres and could probably kick ass writing them. I love action and crime stories for instance, but early on my mother introduced me to horror. I must have been about five. It was a way that she and I could hang out and communicate. I saw some really strong stuff at that age (at least I thought it was strong. The Hideous Sun Demon has lost its punch on recent viewings) and as the years rolled on, I saw movies like "Night of The Living Dead" within the first few weeks after it came out. Those times shaped my response to the genre. I like dark things.
Horror films scared me, but excited me too and I think that's true to this day. It is a very honest, moral genre. It's deals very head on with death, and I won't lie to you, I fear death. Writing this stuff helps me deal with the inevitable.
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