User blog comment:DarkUnknownWarrior/Pe Proposal: The Woman to Eat the Children/@comment-1705775-20190704022032/@comment-2059440-20190704095953

"But aren't horror games and movies also just for "shock value"? "

only poorly designed ones.. unless it is deliberately meant to be so.. the "jump-scare" and "look at all the gore" trend of horror is not by any means a proper representation of actual horror - watch things like Aliens, Jaws etc and it is more than just being controversial for the sake of controversy.

yes, controversy is part of horror but it is not the end-all of what it is.