Elevated horror is good and all, but sometimes you can also remind yourself that (in no particular order):
You can kill your main character and have them return as a vengeful ghoul, because why the fuck not.
You can end any story by showing close-ups of everyone screaming into the camera against a colorful background.
No character needs to save the cat when you make every character an asshole, an idiot, or an annoying little bitch, so everyone cheers when they die.
Stephen King has a weird face.
Elevated horror is good and all, but sometimes you can also remind yourself that (in no particular order):
You can kill your main character and have them return as a vengeful ghoul, because why the fuck not.
You can end any story by showing close-ups of everyone screaming into the camera against a colorful background.
No character needs to save the cat when you make every character an asshole, an idiot, or an annoying little bitch, so everyone cheers when they die.
Stephen King has a weird face.
