I'm back to this site after a writing/producing hiatus and signing with an agent. I'm a horror and sci fi writer (write separate genres and in combo). What are people's experiences with working in both the Horror and Sci Fi genres? What's your idea of successful Sci Fi/Horror? I love working in both...
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C.H.U.D was a good cheesy film. We all have guilty pleasures we enjoy watching.
Sci-fi and horror definitely work together because there are people who can't wrap their head around magical elements in a story. They'd rather be afraid of some kind of radioactive mutant because science and all.
I think any 2 genres can work together. It's just the story you want to tell and how it's shot. You can do horror in any setting. Like Midsommar does it all in the daylight at a pagan summer festival....
Expand commentI think any 2 genres can work together. It's just the story you want to tell and how it's shot. You can do horror in any setting. Like Midsommar does it all in the daylight at a pagan summer festival. And sci-fi is even easier to apply to anything than horror is. Mixing the two together isn't particularly special or revolutionary. It's just a design choice of the writer. Even Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is categorized as sci-fi horror.