Why Genre Festivals Matter More to Horror Than Any Prestige Event

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Why Genre Festivals Matter More to Horror Than Any Prestige Event

Debating the horror genre’s artistic value is tacky. Measuring its success by the box office can be just as boring. But I’d bet you a head-start in a chase sequence that those metrics still steer how Hollywood talks about its longest-surviving obsession at many prestige events. Not so at The Overlook Film Festival: a community-minded summit that fundamentally reinforced my belief in scary movies and the types of people who make, critique, promot…