i think this question is unique because of the tonal dissonance...bon has genuinely 0 connections to horror both in his probably human lifetime (a period pre-horror, that is to say 'classic horror' begun either too late into his life for him to be interested or they did not cross eras at all) and as The Rabbit. As Bon the Dancing Rabbit, Bon has no concept of horror nor any horror tropes that he is doing unto his victims; it's too warped by his own perception along with his definate lack of an idea of horror; this is reality for him, the process that is bloody and gory in the way only the news sensationalizes at times it's genuinely entirely possible post-mortem bon gains a sort of collective ghost knowledge of things and how the world is working currently (which has always been my like blase default autism question hole-filler) and through that has gained knowledge about infamous horror tropes and things like that through the zeigeist of classic horror and humanity's connection to the concept.
i think bon would appreciate classic literature horror (i.e frankenstein, dracula, carmilla, picture of dorian grey) becuse of the themes they explore and as complex pieces of art IN LIFE <- Bon, as we know him, DEAD, i like to think contains that previous knowledge of a couple classic horror novels and inadvertently mimics the things that happen within them or even siphons talking points and methods out of those books- but would never gain more than what he knew because he would profoundly lack interest: the thing about horror that is compelling to him is the viscera, the sinew, the nerves... he enjoys this exposed nerve of the human psyche that can be played like a fine instrument if done right.
i'm thinking of how bon Loves classical music, an easy, accessible medium to him in all forms; classical literature is much harder to get hands on. quite literally, for his massive robot paws. i almost want to go on a whole tangent about his connection to the mortal coil and if he can really feel, touch, see anything meaningfully or if it's all some kind of raw ego bleeding through but i'm a little rusty on my fileposting so i dont have the thesaurus power to describe that as precisely as i'd like right now.
classic horror movies are a little different to the literature i started with, considering i'm almost certain bon is not young enough to have been around for the moving picture but any film adaptation of an original novel his articulate self would have loved to pick apart is way more easilly accessed so i cant say hes never seen a classic horror. who knows. maybe they have a projector for halloween in k9, who knows. but, unfortunate truth…..i dont think boing has seen any horror movies, but i do think he would be utterly fascinated by them. maybe he would both seek to outdo them in a childish way and seek to win a personal approval by assigning somewhat artifical levels of depth to banal whims he likes to indulge (which he already does, lol) but more aloof. in a scenario where he's familliar with horror films hes kind of concerned with being a good director more than ever. on his own, he's only concerned with his own ameteur vision; he's picky about how he wants his killings to go and exactly how they'll be framed afterwards and how best to convince xyz that this is right. I think would he have been introduced to the world of film he would be even more particular. His vanity is key to his visions methinks.
while chatting about this i had fun listing classic killers bon might like, and i have to be honest i think bon would enjoy more the characters that 'won' their movies like leatherface or norman bates or hannibal lecter. It's a sort of puerile indulgence to like the ones that get away with it but i think it's fitting. bon would like norman bates, almost like non-critically? of his person i mean…i dont think bon cares about norman bates' oedipus complex i think bon cares he killed everyone yay good job norm. he's cheering him on.
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