"I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with certain writers turning out stuff as slick and cliched as Hollywood movies"
- Poppy Z. Brite
About this Quote
This quote by Poppy Z. Brite suggests that the impact of movie on scary fiction in the 1980s was mostly negative. Brite suggests that the influence of movie caused specific writers to produce work that was excessively polished and formulaic, doing not have the originality and creativity of true scary fiction. This could be seen as a criticism of the way in which film had a homogenizing impact on horror fiction, resulting in a lack of diversity and a reliance on tropes and cliches. Brite's quote suggests that the influence of film on horror fiction in the 1980s was destructive to the category, causing an absence of creativity and imagination.
This quote is written / told by Poppy Z. Brite somewhere between May 25, 1967 and today. He/she was a famous Author from USA.
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