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>>> HI
>>> HI THERE ONCE AGAIN. 2017 BECAME THE BIGGEST BOX
OFFICE YEAR EVER FOR HORROR
MOVIES THANKS TO MOVIES LIKE IT
AND GET OUT.
IT APPEAR IT IS THE GENRE WILL
BE HAUNTING US FOR A WHILE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING ON
THAT WE'RE LIKING THE HORROR
GENRE SO MUCH.
>> I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT
WE'RE LIKING IT AS MUCH BUT
IT'S MORE ACCEPTED.
YOU CAN SAY YOU LIKE HORROR AND
YOU WILL NOT SOUND LIKE YOU
LIVE IN YOUR BASEMENT.
>> IT'S NOT SO NERDY.
>> NOT SO NERDY OR MAN
ORIENTED.
ORIENTED.
ORIENTED. >> I'M NOT SO MUCH WITH THE
SLASHER MOVIE BUT I LIKE THE
PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR.
PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR. I THOUGHT GET OUT WAS A
BRILLIANT MOVIE.
BRILLIANT MOVIE. FRIGHTENING BUT CERTAINLY
BLOODY IN SOME PLACES.
BUT ALSO JUST KIND OF A
HORRIFYING NOTION.
HORRIFYING NOTION. ARE WE SEEING A BROADER RANGE
OF WHAT QUALIFIES.
>> I THINK IT'S MORE AND MORE
HORROR MAKES MORE AND MORE
MONEY PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO
TAKE RISKS.
TAKE RISKS. SO WE'LL SEE LET'S TRY GET OUT.
LET'S TRY HEREDITARY.
A FEW LESS JUMP SCARES AND POKE
A NEW SPOTS HARDER.
>> WHY DO WE LIKE TO BE SCARED.
>> I DON'T KNOW BUT I'M GLAD WE
DO OR ELSE WE'D BE WORKING AT
McDONALDS.
McDONALDS. >> TELL ME ABOUT YOUR BOOK.
>> I WROTE THE BOOK ABOUT A
METAL BAND FROM THE 90s THAT
NEVER MADE IT AND THEY ALL HAVE
JOBS SELLING REAL ESTATE EXCEPT
FOR THE LEAD SINGER THAT IT'S
FOUND OUT THAT HE DID NOT SELL
HIS SOUL BUT SOLD THE REST OF
THE BANDS SOULS.
>> OH MY GOODNESS.
>> THE LEAD CHARACTER IS THEIR
GUITARIST WHO'S A WOMAN NAMED
KHRIS WHO HAS HAD A ROUGH LIFE.
THIS WAS GOING TO BE MY DUDE
BOOK ABOUT GUYS AND GUYS AND
BANDS.
BANDS.
BANDS. YOU SEE ALL THOSE DAD BANDS AND
EVERYTHING AND THEY KEEP
PLAYING FOR YEARS.
THEN I WENT TO AN ELECTION
NIGHT PARTY AT THE LAST
ELECTION.
ELECTION.
ELECTION. I THOUGHT IF I'M GOING TO WRITE
A BOOK ABOUT SOMEONE WHO'S
GETTING THE SHORT END OF THE
STICK IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW IT
HAS TO BE A WOMAN.
>> VERY TIMELY.
>> AND IT WAS ACCIDENTAL AND
SHE REALLY SAVED ME THAT
CHARACTER.
CHARACTER. THIS WAS A REALLY TOUGH BOOK TO
WRITE.
WRITE.
WRITE. THE RESEARCH WAS A LITTLE
DIFFICULT.
DIFFICULT. THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF ABOUT
CONSPIRACIES IN IT AND STUFF
LIKE THIS.
LIKE THIS. I DESCRIBE IT AS THIS IS SPINAL
PAT MEET CANADA.
>> THAT'S A BRAND NEW IDEA.
I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER HEARD
THAT BEFORE.
THAT BEFORE. DID YOU HAVE TO DO A LOT OF
RESEARCH ABOUT METAL, WERE YOU
ALREADY A FAN?
WHAT MADE YOU PICK THAT
SETTING?
SETTING?
SETTING? >> I CHOSE METAL BECAUSE IF
THERE'S ONE GENRE OF MUSIC
BECAUSE IF YOU SAY YOU LIKE IT
PEOPLE MOVE AWAY FROM YOU AT A
CHRISTMAS PARTY.
CHRISTMAS PARTY. >> ISN'T THAT THE WEIRDEST
THING.
THING.
THING. >>
THING. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. AND EVERYONE RAP IS HIP BUT
HEAVY METAL IS ALWAYS SEEN LIKE
WEIRD.
WEIRD.
WEIRD. BUT THEY'RE THE NICEST PEOPLE.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR BOOKS IS
CALLED MY BEST FRIEND'S
EXORCISM.
EXORCISM.
EXORCISM. YOU'RE JUST A LAUGH A MINUTE
WITH THESE THINGS.
YOU HAVE TO GET INTO A DARK
PLACE TO IMAGINE THESE THINGS
OR AM I MISUNDERSTANDING THESE
THINGS.
THINGS.
THINGS. >> WHO WOULD BE AN EXORCIST.
IN THE BOOK IT'S BASED ON WHEN
I GREW UP IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN
THE 80s AND THERE WAS A GROUP
OF BODYBUILDERS FOR JESUS WHO
WOULD GO AROUND AND PERFORM
FEATS OF STRENGTH AND TALK
ABOUT GOD.
ABOUT GOD. AND I THOUGHT THESE PEOPLE
WOULD BE PERFECT FOR EXORCISMS.
AND I THINK ABOUT IT AND I'M
LIKE BODY BUILDING EXORCISTS,
THAT A FUNNY THING?
>> DO YOU UNDERSTAND NOW?
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> YOU HAVE TO TRUST A LOT OF
THINGS IN YOUR LIFE WITHOUT
THINKING ABOUT HOW FRAGILE LIFE
IS AND HOW MANY CHANCES WE TAKE
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT HORROR I
ENJOY IT BECAUSE IT BRING THAT
IS TO THE SURFACE AND YOU GET
THE EXPERIENCE HEIGHTENED STATE
OF REALITY EVEN THOUGH THE
STORY MAY SOUND KIND OF CRAZY
IN THE TELLING.
>> OR WORSE CASE SCENARIO.
IT'S ALL SORT OF REHEARSING ALL
THE HORRIBLE THINGS THAT CAN
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED
WITH MY BOOK AS I WRITE THEM, I
CAN'T STOP AT AN UNHAPPY
ENDING.
ENDING.
ENDING. I
ENDING. I FEEL YOU HAVE AN UNHAPPY
ENDING YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED
YOUR STORY.
YOUR STORY. FOR ME IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO
WRITE THESE BOOKS BECAUSE I GO
TO THESE DARK PLACES AND THEN
ME AND MY CHARACTER ARE LIKE IN
A MARATHON AND COME OUT ON THE
OTHER SIDE AND I'M LIKE I HOPE
PEOPLE READ THEM.
>> AND THEY DO.
AND SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO
BE ON TV.
BE ON TV.
BE ON TV. >> HORROR STORE WHICH IS ABOUT
A HAUNTED IKEA.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE GONE INTO
AN IKEA AND NEVER COME OUT.
>> I AM CONVINCED THAT'S
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. IT'S ALMOST HAPPENED TO ME.
YOU CAN TELL THESE BOOKS ARE
GREAT JUST BY TALKING TO HIM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> IT'S A PLEASURE.
>> WHEN WE COME