Dean Harrison has contributed a horror-related editorial to The Vanguard, The University of South Alabama newspaper. In the editor, Harrison states:
“In horror, a character is put in a situation where they must confront their worst fear or else suffer a terrible fate, such as – but not limited to – death. Those kinds of stories reflect the good and the bad of human nature. They expose what a human being is capable of doing when put under extreme situations, and the heroic acts one performs when pushed to the brink.”
You can read the editorial here: The Appeal of Horror