REUTERS SHARES MY THOUGHTS IN HALLOWEEN HORROR TREND: LESS GORE IS MORE ARTICLE

Brandon LeJeune rehearses for his zombie role at the House of Torment haunted house in Austin, Texas on Oct. 24, 2011. Credit: REUTERS/Charlie L. Harper III

Austin-based Reuters writer Karen Brooks contacted me recently to ask my thoughts about trends in haunted attractions and what, in this day and age, scares people. The article came out today, and I was thrilled to share space with Peter Block, producer of the Saw movies, Gary Handman, director of the University of Calfornia-Berkeley’s Media Resource sCenter, and Tim Deal of Shroud.

You can read the article here:

Halloween Horror Trend: Less Gore Is More

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/27/us-halloween-haunted-idUSTRE79Q4V020111027

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