Thursday, October 7th 2010
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Wes Craven & Corey Taylor Talk Horror, Music
Much like peanut butter and jelly or useless Hollywood starlets and sex tapes, horror films and heavy metal music form a perfect union. Earlier this month, ArtistDirect paired up Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor and renowned filmmaker Wes Craven for a fascinating & revealing bit of conversation.
Craven and Taylor discussed the importance of self-reflection in their ongoing careers, showcasing some interesting perspectives. According to Taylor, “Whereas Slipknot was the scream therapy, Stone Sour is the meditation or reflection afterwards. With Stone Sour, I’ve been able to be on the more somber end of things and put things in a better perspective—rather than just the rabid violent side of things. If I didn’t have Stone Sour to do that, I might not be as level-headed as I am. [laughs]”
Craven identified with this. “I’ve certainly been very grateful for the times that I’ve been able to step out of the genre… if you’re very successful in one thing, you can get caught in that trap.”
The highlight of the lengthy conversation arose when the pair discussed music in film. Examining how the proper score can propel cinema, Corey described music as something of an “uncredited second star. In A Nightmare on Elm Street, that music would come in, and you’d know something was going to happen.”
Craven agreed. “I think it’s enormously powerful. There’s a famous line about John Carpenter. This woman said, ‘I can’t watch your films!’ He walked over… and turned off the sound. He asked, ‘Now, how do you feel?’ She responded, ‘I’m not afraid now.’ He said, ‘Exactly!’ You create a whole new world with sound in a film.”
Read the rest here. Craven’s new film My Soul To Take hits theaters October 8th. Audio Secrecy, Stone Sour’s latest album, is out now.
Is this a paid ad from Artist Direct? I mean, what is this story telling me other than the fact Artist Direct did an article that I should go read on that site?
It’s an interesting meeting of the minds that yielded some interesting perspectives on the blending of the two artists’ respective fields. We identify our paid ads in bright, bold text. This is not one of them. And p.s. – lighten up, bitch. Is it news to you, our most loyal reader, that we post about shit that interests us?
well, we should send artistdirect an invoice, just in case.
touche, fucker, touche.
I think it’s kind of obvious that the music plays tremendous role in horror movies. Since I’m not a fan of the whole horror movies genre, and also happen to fucking despise Slipknot, (which is a shame, ’cause it always struck me that this guy has some talent, yet everything he tries to utilize it for annoys me) I won’t be reading that article.
I don’t mean to be rude, but I have a top tip for you, Antiquiet, next time you try to advertise something as “fascinating & revealing” try to at least make it appear as such.
Make it appear as such? What do you mean by that? Surely the words speak for themselves, they don’t need ‘advertising’. Antiquiet are just reiterating a couple of sections that they found especially interesting. You can write an article about another article without it being an advert.
And I like your use of that old insult segway ‘I don’t mean to be rude’. They should teach it to people learning English, like this:
‘I don’t mean to be rude’ + deadly insult that is somehow made less out-of-line by the preceding words.
Hey Spinnett – we’ve actually got a space for “tips” – click the submit news or music button and follow the prompts.
I was actually going to comment on this, but forgot to fill in the name and email adress while using my PPC, and lost this whole huge fucking thing in the process. So in short: I was quite misunderstood/didn’t mean to offend anyone/since I’m not a native english speaker, you don’t have to be such a bitch about my misuse of english phrases, ZeagleFiend. Also by ‘advertise’ I didn’t mean “recieve financial compensation for shoving something down readers’ throats”. The article (which I decided to read, for the sake of not being so fucking ignorant) proved me right, it’s filled with cliche insights, and was quite painful to read, overall.
I understand they are people who will enjoy that article, I’m simply not one of them, to me the greatest horror is listening to shit music, and I don’t do that, for I’m no masochist.
I’d like to end with this:
“if you’re very successful in one thing, you can get caught in that trap.” – n/c
P.S.
Johnny, next time I will.
Sorry man, didn’t mean offence. I really misinterpreted you’re use of ‘don’t mean to be rude’, as loads of people use it like ‘i don’t mean to be rude, but you’re a fucking idiot’. So sorry, my apologies, I’m a btich.
Note to self, think before posting…
*your
*bitch
I really need to stop.
I can let you borrow a stamp if you want.