Perhaps it's an eternal debate, but is it just as scary on screen as it is in writing? Or, to put it another way, what are the differences between audiovisual terror and literary terror, beyond clichés? Do they work with different clichés? Is it easier to scare readers or viewers? In both of them are there differences between fright, terror, horror and disgust? What role does psychological terror play in each medium? As part of a deluxe roundtable, the masters of horror David J. Skal, Mariana Enríquez and Roger Luckhurst will debate the similarities and differences between horror in each format. Enríquez, author of horror masterpieces such as Nuestra parte de noche, will speak from the literary side, while J. Skal and Roger Luckhurst, scholars of audiovisual horror, will approach the subject from the field of cinema. However, given their wealth of knowledge, they may well surprise us and do the opposite...

*With simultaneous translation service