While pursuing another line of thought I found this line in an interview with Walter Hill. It’s an interesting and succinctly stated idea. But is he right? (bolding is mine)
Somebody once asked me why I never did horror films, just action, and what was the difference? I said horror movies terrorize women, and action movies terrorize guys. For some reason, several people found that definition objectionable. (chuckling) I thought it was brutally accurate…
