plymayer at 8:35PM, Oct. 5, 2024

Peter Cushing was nyctophobic. Yep, one of the kings of horror was afraid of the dark.

marcorossi at 5:47AM, Oct. 5, 2024

Supernatural horror often has some psychological/philosophical undertones: for example Dracula can be seen as something about repressed sexuality, whereas Lovecraft had strong implications about the loss of the idea that man was at the center of the universe (and loss of religious beliefs).