“Much like eros, the hallmark of real horror is subtle, inescapable suggestion. It is covert, brooding, resonant, mysterious, evocative of shadows, and atmospheric. Explicit horror, such as that so often found in modern cinema or literature, is, like nearly all pornography, puerile, bombastic, and overwrought. It isn’t scary. It’s… just egregious.”

— an anonymous fan of understatement in horror stories