In interviews they talk about the influence of horror-film scores on their work, but in truth, everything points to club music of the mid- to late-'80s, with their drum-machine slaps tracing a lineage from the "Miami Vice" soundtrack to Latin freestyle to Milli Vanilli.
The essays are conjectural (mentioning the influence of 1970s horror movies and the importance of the London club the Batcave, which opened in 1982) rather than definitive.
Q: The film definitely was a horror film -- or at least definitely has lots of horror influences.
"Ginger Snaps" inevitably reflects the influence of Canada's great horror filmmaker, David Cronenberg, particularly in the way this film considers the human body to be the true source of all terror.
In the earliest horror films, which were influenced by German Expressionist cinema, the effect of horror was usually created by means of a macabre atmosphere and theme; The Student of Prague (1913), an early German film dealing with a dual personality, and The Golem (1915), based on the medieval Jewish legend of a clay figure that comes to life, were the first influential horror films.
We have seen the influence of walking sims in modern horror titles such as Soma and Vanishing of Ethan Carter – both emphasising environment and atmosphere over interaction.
The Encyclopedia of Horror Films noted the Cocteau influence, stating that "Franju invests [the film] with a weird poetry in which the influence of Cocteau is unmistakable".
— Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) June 6 , 2012Darren Shan, Irish author of horror and fantasy books, was also influenced by Bradbury.
His cosmic horror works helped shape the trajectory of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, while influencing everyone from Stephen King to George R. R. Martin.
This chilling tale of betrayal and supernatural revenge (no doubt an indirect influence on the Ring and Grudge movies) was Mikami's first experience of horror.
