The Horror Blog - Moral Watchdog
I have had what appears to be my first strong reaction to a post by the people involved in the topic, namely the film The Killer Inside You. In the comments section of a post from a few weeks back, director Brooks Cantrell questioned why I didn’t set up an interview to get his side of the story. The main reason I didn’t contact Mr. Cantrell is because I didn’t see any need for it. I can’t even imagine what it would be like to track down people for every post I make. To illustrate, Mr. Cantrell didn’t send me a message requesting more information before he wrote a post on his blog about The Horror Blog, and why would he?
I felt the post itself was fairly innocuous and stuck mainly to the facts, with a few smart-ass comments thrown in. From what I gather, because the two parties involved parted ways without a legal tussle, it is unlikely we will ever find out the full truth about the incident, particularly what kind of permission, if any, the Cantrells had to shoot in the school. Any opinion I might have on the matter would be uninformed and useless. Furthermore, I would have been happy to interview Mr. Cantrell or post a statement by him if he had only asked. In the end, I wish the best for the Cantrells and their film, as I would anyone taking such a risk to follow their dream.
Also leaving a comment, actress Tiffany Apan (pictured above) has taken the time to set me straight as to the nature of the photo shoot conducted for Morbid Curiosity Shop and the lack of nudity in The Killer Inside You. I certainly appreciate that Ms. Apan took advantage of the comments section to give her side of the story rather than sit on her hands waiting for me to contact her. However, I think she may have misunderstood my comments in the post. In no way was I offended by the underwear photo shoot, nor did I believe that it was some kind of irresponsible act. In fact, I would like to issue a statement to the press.
Let it be known from this day forward that The Horror Blog is fully in favour of displays of naked flesh, be it full or partial, in good taste or bad. Preferably bad. Nudity is the engine that drives The Horror Blog, and the very suggestion that the proprieter of The Horror Blog may feel otherwise is both insulting and painful. Male or female, young or old, large or small, please continue to show off your goodies.
Unfortuntately, a school board or the mainstream media may feel differently, and their pull is far greater than mine.
The emphasis in my comment about the underwear wasn’t that women involved in the film were displaying it, but that up to the point in which I wrote my post the mainstream media hadn’t cottoned to the fact that the underwear in question had a real-life serial killer’s logo emblazoned on it and in that case it may not be a good idea to provide them with a link to the underwear in question. It seems to me that, with the mainstream media’s propensity for latching onto lurid subject matter and scapegoating it into the asphalt, this would be adding fuel to the fire. Again, emphasis on serial killer, not on underwear.
In conclusion, I could have left all this in the comments but I really wanted to post what may be The Horror Blog Manifesto, as seen in bold above.