Good horror is psychological, as good science-fiction is political. Reply to ref. You can certainly do a one-time sell or option without an agent, but they are part of the corporate network and live almost exclusively by reputation. Shelton, I'm writing an animated series right now, which I hope to submit soon. I understand the Freddy Nightmares series had to cut the violent rate and that why it died eventually.
European markets are very down on gore, especially in Germany.
That's what I'm trying to do. I mean in Psycho, you knew by the way he was acting that there was something unbalanced right away. I loved Psycho, but I've seen evil sitting in the court room where the little old sweet grandmother sat and had killed and buried about 8 to 10 of her tenants over the past years and buried them in her back yard. Rita Ref 146. Mehler Ref 147.