I honestly don’t remember a book ever traumatizing me. I was reading adult SF around 8-10 supplemented with scholastic books. lol. contrast eh?
I remember books grossing me out. Some earlyish Steven King. Obsidian Butterfly (Anita Blake series). But that’s different than trauma.
This goes alone with me wondering when and why that change happened in society, that things changed such that clowns were scary, not funny (and yes, I know early clowns look somewhat dumb compared to todays makeup and effects), when the object of a work horror of fiction became less the telling of a story and more an act of how gross or scary it can be. Yes, I know many myths and cryptids existed to scare children especially into not doing things they should not, but that is still different.
I’m sure someone, somewhere has at least attempted a doctorate in sociology thesis on something similar. but i have never come across it.
I honestly don’t remember a book ever traumatizing me. I was reading adult SF around 8-10 supplemented with scholastic books. lol. contrast eh?
I remember books grossing me out. Some earlyish Steven King. Obsidian Butterfly (Anita Blake series). But that’s different than trauma.
This goes alone with me wondering when and why that change happened in society, that things changed such that clowns were scary, not funny (and yes, I know early clowns look somewhat dumb compared to todays makeup and effects), when the object of a work horror of fiction became less the telling of a story and more an act of how gross or scary it can be. Yes, I know many myths and cryptids existed to scare children especially into not doing things they should not, but that is still different.
I’m sure someone, somewhere has at least attempted a doctorate in sociology thesis on something similar. but i have never come across it.
PS, my daughters first movie was Alien.