Pierre Roustan, Author of THE CAIN LETTERS and SCARY HORROR STUFF!
Bio
I am an author, adventurer, and father, living with my wife, four daughters and one son in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I've trekked through tundras, waded through swamps, wandered through deserts, and swam in the Great Barrier Reef.
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4 Reasons Why the Horror Genre Jams for the Music Industry
When you think about it, it makes perfect sense: music sets the mood. And there's nothing moodier than a good, sultry, sick horror film! Or horror TV series, for that matter. When looking at the thematic displays of how horror plays out in music, the fact is for quite a while we only saw the genre penetrate a certain type of music: rock n' roll.
By Pierre Roustan, Author of THE CAIN LETTERS and SCARY HORROR STUFF!5 years ago in Beat
3 Top Scary Facts About 'The Exorcist' You Didn't Know (Unless the Devil Possessed You)
You won't find a more iconic film—The Exorcist. And that's for good reason. After all, this was a film heralded as an Oscar winner for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound Mixing, and a few Golden Globes to boot. Which of those Globes did the movie win? Try Best Motion Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Director.
By Pierre Roustan, Author of THE CAIN LETTERS and SCARY HORROR STUFF!5 years ago in Horror
5 Shocking Videos on Demonic Possession that Will Make You Believe
When you think about it, out of all sub-genres and tropes in horror media, quite honestly the concept of demonic possession envelopes and chokes the fear into and out of many simply out of enigma. And it's not even limited to Christianity.
By Pierre Roustan, Author of THE CAIN LETTERS and SCARY HORROR STUFF!6 years ago in Horror
3 Terrifying Short Films About the Forests That Frighten Us
Seriously? Don't mean to poke fun at this, but it really is true: somehow, some way, it seems that in the classic trope and style of a horror film from the bowels of B-cheese like Friday the 13th to even the most modern found footage flicks of The Blair Witch Project, the fact is forests freak people out.
By Pierre Roustan, Author of THE CAIN LETTERS and SCARY HORROR STUFF!6 years ago in Horror
The One Movie You Thought Disney Would Never Do: 'The Sixth Sense'
And you thought that it was an M. Night Shyamalan affair, right? Wrong. Believe it or not, but the minds behind the ominous tale about a man trying to solve the mental breakdown of a kid who sees "dead people" everywhere he goes was actually technically funded by the very studio that brought you Bambi (which, let's be fair, is an animated movie with some dark themes as well).
By Pierre Roustan, Author of THE CAIN LETTERS and SCARY HORROR STUFF!6 years ago in Horror
Dealing With the #DeleteFacebook Movement and How Zuckerberg’s Handling the Backlash of the Cambridge Analytica Privacy Scandal
Or not. It's a toss-up really. We've seen bigger companies take massive hits and come back just fine. But you never know. This is, after all, the digital world. The Internet. And it's cutthroat out there within the pixels. Without a doubt, though, we can say that Facebook's sinking in a puddle of their own leakage, and they're facing the downfall of what befell MySpace all of those years. Here's why:
By Pierre Roustan, Author of THE CAIN LETTERS and SCARY HORROR STUFF!6 years ago in 01
Curvy Girl Gives the Perfect Response to a Body-Shamer About How There's No Way She Could Be With Mr. 6-Pack
I mean, look at her. That's paradise. Call me crazy. However, I'd be one to say that any woman, regardless of body type is indeed paradise, but you have to admit: the more of that paradise, the better.
By Pierre Roustan, Author of THE CAIN LETTERS and SCARY HORROR STUFF!6 years ago in Viva
The Top 10 Streaming Scary Movies of Today (According to Netflix)
Maybe too clever? I don't know. Somehow whenever I think of numbers, it doesn't account for those other variables—the kinds we can't really measure. This is especially the case for the entertainment industry— particularly regarding media, such as literature, television, artwork, and of course, film.
By Pierre Roustan, Author of THE CAIN LETTERS and SCARY HORROR STUFF!6 years ago in Horror
4 Reasons Why 'Stranger Things' Has Created a Movement of Kid Horror Films and TV
To be fair, Stranger Things certainly had help from the likes of the Goonies, Monster Squad, and the original IT movie (and book) everyone was always so fond of. It was like horror and thrills literally came from kids! And rightly so: after all, Goosebumps (and so many other kid shows) continue to thrill in this horror genre.
By Pierre Roustan, Author of THE CAIN LETTERS and SCARY HORROR STUFF!6 years ago in Horror
'The Shape of Water' and 'Get Out' Cleaned Up at the Academy Awards 2018, and Here's Why:
Long gone are the days when the horror film is nothing more than a cheesy guilty pleasure, wrought with unbelievable circumstances and lackluster characters featuring one-dimensional brain neurons choosing to do the stupidest stuff just to serve a plot. This year, the Oscars proved otherwise....
By Pierre Roustan, Author of THE CAIN LETTERS and SCARY HORROR STUFF!6 years ago in Horror