By William Pattison, aka Eric Morse
For Horror Bob's Blog
A lot of my denouncers keep posting about what I mean by the
term horror socials. Some of them actually ramble on about how they are not
horror socials and how horror socials don’t really exist. Just today one of the
horror socials on her blog asked “What the fuck is a horror social anyway?” So,
I felt it is time to educate people on exactly who the horror socials are and
why I say they are one of the major causes of horror, both the genre and the
community, going down the tubes. Hey the question was asked after all.
One of the main characteristics of horror socials is that
they are unbelievable ego cases. These people think that they are so far above
the common horror fan, filmmaker, journalist,…you name it that they are a class
all their own and are allowed to do the most horrendous things to others while
maintaining their false PR image. You see these people on Facebook,
conventions, and film festivals. They are the ones (I’m not talking Kan Hodder,
Robert Englund, or any of the other real stars of horror…) that think they are
“fucking fabulous” and that everyone must love and worship them. They are the
ones that post up to eight hundred pictures of themselves at San Diego ComiCon.
That is right. They took over eight hundred pictures, and everyone one of them
with them as the center piece. Also they are the people who always take
pictures of themselves at “The Wall”. You know about the wall. Every scummy
convention or film festival puts this up to make it look like The Cannes Film Festival
or some huge high profile star studded event. This is the wall with all the
sponsor names all over it and has the fake ten foot piece of red carpet in from
of them. Horror Socials stand in front of this and act like they’re at the
Oscars. But this is because they delusionally think they are “fucking fabulous.”
and so above all those other little people in the horror community. If they are
female they fill their Facebook profiles, yes they always have more than one,
with their “modeling” pictures. Most of these are skanky pics of them just to
draw in horny male and lesbian horror fans. I recall one horror social who
offered horny horror fans an autographed picture of her in a wet T-shirt just
to get people to get VIP tickets for a convention she was a part of. I recall
some other supposed “genius” filmmakers that on the extras section of their DVD
that they did a walk through of the sets of their film naked. Finally, I recall
that a horror social (a director/actor) told a friend of mine that he found if
funny that after he got “famous” that those people (meaning horror fans and
people outside his clique) think they have the right to criticize his films. He
told my friend that the only people whose opinions count are other filmmakers
he knows and his friends (meaning his clique).
Another characteristic of a horror social is they lack the
class of a real star. The thing is when someone comments in a negative way
against them or their work, which is usually lack luster; they gather their
forces and attack in mass. You see a real star wouldn’t do this. They would
handle it mono-e-mono, without calling in their minions or cult-like fans or
drinking buddies. Horror Socials can’t do this. They have to have a show of
force to show how superior they are and play up to the friends. Another thing
they do in these attacks is perpetrate ad hominem attacks. They will make
statements like the person who does not agree with them and the other horror
socials superiority somehow has a mental disorder or that they are creepy, or
even a stalker (I think Adrienne King or Heather Langencamp would take issue
with this). Also these people make disgusting or questionable posts. I recently
saw a post where a known thug and horror social posted the very classless post
that she and two other horror socials were going throw tampons at people at
Texas Frightmare. Also, a group of these ego cases posted that they were part
of the Arian sisterhood. They considered this sarcastic humor, because
supposedly this along with posting swastikas and pictures of Hitler were
against an actress who posted concentration camp pictures on one of their
walls. Well, two wrongs don’t make a right and posting Nazi images is not funny
in the least. I think a few thousand murdered German Jewish people would take
issue with that kind of belly laugh. But, for ego case horror socials good
taste and class are beneath them because they are so above the rest of us and
have the right to do whatever they want, no matter how disgusting and fucked up
to the rest of us.
Another characteristic is that these people believe that
they run horror, and the horror community, and only they and their friends
deserve to be able to finance their projects, promote themselves, do
interviews, have articles done on them, and be part of conventions. Don’t you
love the fact that the decision as to if or if not you get donations for your
Indie GoGo campaign depends of who hung out and got drunk with who at ComiCon
or the RIP Film Festival? This is the
part that royally hits me personally. The thing is in the world of the horror
social it isn’t what you’ve done for horror or your body of work, or even who
you are. In their world the only thing that matters is who you know, who you
associate with, who are your drinking buddies, or whose butt you are kissing at
the moment? This is a sad truth of the horror community. In their world this is
what determines if you get articles or interviews in Fangoria or the other
horror mags, or even most horror websites. I learned this the hard way when I
emailed Rebekah McKendry at Fangoria (she gave me her card at Days of the Dead
Indianapolis 2011 and said for me to contact her if I wanted an interview) and
asked if I could get an interview to talk about my Camp Crystal Lake Novels and
what I’ve been doing the last few years. She gave me the following reply, “I’ll
give your bio to my editors and see if they give a shit about your work.”
Excuse me? I’m a six time published
author who has written screenplays for four films that have been distributed,
yet I’m treated like a beggar with a bowl while The Twisted Twins and their
buddies have only to ask and they instantly get the red carpet treatment. This
because Jen and Sylvia are part of the horror socials clique. I also recall
contacting The Horror Society podcast (the supposed voice of the independent
scene) and asking them about doing an interview about Psychotic State,
both the film and the book I’m writing. This was months ago and they never even
gave me the consideration of a fuck you, just silence as an answer. And,
something even more telling was recently when my co-host Derek Young was
invited to do a podcast. The host of the podcast told him that her “sponsors”,
an organization made up of the horror social clique, informed her that they
didn’t want her to interview Derek and she couldn’t have on Eric Morse at all
either. Well, this host showed some strength and went against the horror
socials and not only had Derek on her
podcast but also yours truly. But this is the rarity. I’ve heard over and over
from podcasts that they aren’t allowed to have me on because their “sponsors”
don’t like me. Also, smaller podcasts that have had me on or planned to have
been barraged with threats and hate mail from horror socials and their friends.
And, now we come to conventions. I will mention the recent incident of me being
kicked out of the convention Twisted Terror Convention because three horror
socials on their guest list (two independent actors/filmmakers and actually an
author/publisher who was added to the guest list after I was kicked out) said
they wanted me out because they didn’t personally like me and my participation
conflicted with them. The fact is I also heard from a convention organizer a
year earlier that because I wanted to be a part of her convention she was
barraged with hate mail from horror socials and their buddies telling her not
to have me. Also, last year my podcast put up a Indie Go Go to help finance our
season so we could afford to do two hour shows. Well, a number of my friends in
the horror community informed me that they were actually threatened by members
of the horror socials clique not to donate. So these actions make it clear that
the hallmark of horror socials is that they use gangster style intimidation
tactics to manipulate decisions in the horror community. How do you like them
so far folks?
The final characteristic of the horror socials is they are
just plain fakes and liars. These people try to push on the horror community
that they love all of them, that they care so much for the horror genre, and
that all they do is give back to the horror community. This is all PR bullshit
with not a lick of truth to it. The truth is all they see the fans as are meal
tickets and a way to stroke their own bloated egos. They will go to conventions
and spout at the fans their love yet behind their backs they’ll talk shit about
some of them and use them. I recall a letter I got from a horror social actress
a couple years ago. She stated, which was uncommonly honest for a horror social,
that she had no respect for her fans or the people on her Facebook page; that
they were only for her to use to make money and promote herself. Also, if that wasn’t amusing enough, I had a
friend who said he was at a few conventions
and saw horror socials talking shit about fans. He even told me they got
blatantly insulting once the fan was outside hearing range. Also, these people
say they care so much about the genre yet they don’t even know enough about the
genre to be able to make competent films. The truth is most horror socials only
know the popular films from the 80’s to present. According to them the old
films that are not slasher films, body modification, splatter porn, or other
new genre favorites are not important
because all they need to cater to is these limited subgenres to make money in
horror. And of course finally there is that whole giving back the horror
community. Most of the time what these charitable acts are are chances for
photo opportunities and to get to say how “fucking fabulous” they are. If you see
a horror social promoting anything it is usually for another horror social and
only if there is something in doing it that if for their advantage. I have
never seen or been given a break or help from any of the horror socials (this
stated because the podcaster who let me on her show I’ve never considered a
horror social, she is a victim of circmstances…). As I’ve said none of these
assholes would ever lift a finger to help me, because I’m not in their “social
circle” (clique). I’ve mentioned till I’m blue in the face about the two horror
social filmmakers I asked to be on my birthday show (and no R it was not that
they were supposed to call me on my birthday. You get that wrong just to be a
fucking bitch asshole. A typical horror social trick.) for my podcast. These
horror socials even went so far as to be total asshats and not only not be on
my show, but went on three other podcasts to rub salt into my wounds (in
typical horror social fashion). And to add a cherry to the wound said, “We did
these podcasts because they are our friends and we’ll do anything for our
friends.” (Yeah, you even do their podcasts and say this crap when you told me
the studio dictated what podcasts you could do and you had no choice on the
ones you could do….Another example of a horror social bullshit lie…) The truth is these people would
never think of helping someone unless it could benefit them and make them look
good in the public eye (unlike me to the thousandth place).
So there you have it. Here is the answer to the question.
The above is a description in detail of who and what the horror socials are.
Not a very pretty picture, but the truth. That is something you can rely on
from me I will never lie to you, on the other hand all you can expect from a
horror social is lies, fakery, and manipulation. And of course you will see
them making post about this blog denouncing it as lies and slander and that I’m
slamming hard working artists, because I’m such a sad loser. Say it to someone
who believes you bullshit. Sorry, this is the truth and it is burning you
assholes because you are all nothing but vampires sucking the life out of
horror. So, you have a good night and remember to look deeply in that mirror in
the morning. Do you like what you see?
