Walter Jacobs and Ellen Jacobs
Recorded
August 19, 2014
Archived
August 19, 2014
00:00 minutes
Audio not available
Interview ID: SCL000394
Description
Ellen Jacobs (52 years old) interviews Walter Jacobs (13 years old) about his love of horror comics and horror movies and about making his own short movies. He ponders the perennial question posed by the horror genre (who's really the monster?) and explains why slow-moving zombies are better than fast-moving ones.Subject Log / Time Code
Walter (W) talks about his "old-school" love of horror. He loves Frankenstein, Dracula and Wolfman, as well as '70s and '80s slasher movies and The Walking Dead.
When he was 7 or 8, W became a fan of the Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine. This provided an early segue for him to explore the horror genre.
W describes his two favorite Wolfman movies: The Wolfman (2010) with Benicio del Toro and Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman.
W talks about George Romero's Night of the Living Dead and how it changed the zombie genre. Romero invented the modern-day zombie. The lead actor was African American, which W says was significant for the times.
W talks about theoretically being in a zombie apocalypse. He outlines the differences between modern horror movies, which feature "quick jump cuts" and older horror movies, which feature zombies that walk slowly.
W prefers The Walking Dead comic over the TV series, which is more of a guilty pleasure for him.
W talks about one of his favorite horror movies, The Thing (1982), with Kurt Russell. He can't watch it alone because "it's terrifying."
Ellen (E) brought home a book, which sparked W's love for EC comics. W describes EC comics as "very simple stories" with "a twist ending." W says some adults mistakenly think the crime and violence in the comics will influence their kids in negative ways.
W talks about the Halloween movie franchise by John Carpenter. He enjoys the use of masks in horror movies.
W makes a comic called "Breakfast" with his friend Lucas. On his own, and with help from E, he makes a comic called Spook Stories.
Participants
- Walter Jacobs
- Ellen Jacobs