Now this is interesting. Some of horror’s most noted indie filmmakers are getting together for their own television series, entitled Fearmongers.

When the Masters of Horror was announced, I was happy to see them place a few of the less historically notable directors on the roster, a decision that was met with some criticism. Looking at what passes for masters of the genre, the majority of directors placed on that pedastal are best-known for movies they made twenty to thirty years ago when they were upstarts themselves. Sometimes the horror community seems to be caught in the kind of nostalgic malaise that comics has found itself in. New works of horror aren’t measured up to the average, or even the best, but to an ideal that has been cultivated over years of worship and probably doesn’t come close to reality.

I’m looking forward to seeing what these young punks can do.

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