Horror Movies: Gateway To Our Dark Side
I stood upon a high place
And saw, below, many devils
Running, leaping,
And carousing in sin.
One looked up, grinning,
And said: "Comrade! Brother!"
- "I Stood Upon a High Place" by Stephen Crane
From the day we are born we begin our training to become a part of the society. Day after day we learn through a process of reward and punishment the dos and don'ts that make up the civilized world. A child that kisses his sibling is praised and stimulated with hugs and smiles, while one that punches his sibling is punished with spanks and frowns. As we grow up, our understanding of what is right and what is wrong broadens. We see the brutality of actions like murder and we see murderers as sick people. To what extent, though, are these people sick? Don't we pay to watch movies where those actions take place in the most gruesome ways? Horror movies are full of images of blood, violence, and murder. People will wait impatiently for movies like "Saw 2" to get to the movie theaters......
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