Ooo scary

The NYT has a long piece arguing that horror is not the tripe you think it is, as long as you consider the creatures to be metaphorical. Unstoppable zombies as the unceasing tide of consumerism or vampires as those that prey on the gullible. The article helpfully points out books that rise above the rather dank cesspool of the genre. I for one mostly just want to be scared, that is my adolescent side I suppose.