Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Oh, the Horror
Last night I watched a couple of horror movies. The first was a movie called Skeptic about a guy named Brian who inherits a haunted house and is skeptical. It actually had a good plot and there were some scenes that made you think. It was kind of slow in parts though. He went back into his childhood alot and it revolved around that. It was more of a thriller than a horror movie. The second one was "Orphan", another thriller. It reminded me of the movie "The Bad Seed" about a psychopathic girl who acts all nice and then does bad things. Don't mess with the orphan.
So why do I watch horror movies? Well, at some point there is a scary moment and that is thrilling. At other points there are macabre moments which are somehow intriguing, like watching a train wreck. I suppose it is in our human psyche to be interested in some kind of death somehow but I may be wrong. It might be that our lives are boring and are not really filled with the macabre and thrills so we watch it on TV to get a sense of it, knowing full well that if it happened it real life we would be really terrified. There is a presumption in it all - this is not real, so lets see if I can be entertained by it.
Of course like all movies you never know what to expect until you actually watch it. While I do shy away from cussing and R-rated movies I can very easily handle it and always try to look past the bad to the good. Growing up I saw more than my fair share of horror movies. Hopefully there is a good plot, good acting, or a good side story. I think though my senses were probably warped growing up as I became desensitized to most audio visual horrors. I wonder what will happen when I shelter Brennon from such things? I know he will experience them when he is 18, but by then movies will be in 3D and be even more disturbing. I am willing to bet at that point in history there will be recorded cases of post traumatic stress disorder from watching a 3D bloodbath. It will be then when we all realize that violence in movies needs to be limited and the stories need to be told in a way that is enjoyable. I wonder what the future of movies entails. Or should that be entrails?
So why do I watch horror movies? Well, at some point there is a scary moment and that is thrilling. At other points there are macabre moments which are somehow intriguing, like watching a train wreck. I suppose it is in our human psyche to be interested in some kind of death somehow but I may be wrong. It might be that our lives are boring and are not really filled with the macabre and thrills so we watch it on TV to get a sense of it, knowing full well that if it happened it real life we would be really terrified. There is a presumption in it all - this is not real, so lets see if I can be entertained by it.
Of course like all movies you never know what to expect until you actually watch it. While I do shy away from cussing and R-rated movies I can very easily handle it and always try to look past the bad to the good. Growing up I saw more than my fair share of horror movies. Hopefully there is a good plot, good acting, or a good side story. I think though my senses were probably warped growing up as I became desensitized to most audio visual horrors. I wonder what will happen when I shelter Brennon from such things? I know he will experience them when he is 18, but by then movies will be in 3D and be even more disturbing. I am willing to bet at that point in history there will be recorded cases of post traumatic stress disorder from watching a 3D bloodbath. It will be then when we all realize that violence in movies needs to be limited and the stories need to be told in a way that is enjoyable. I wonder what the future of movies entails. Or should that be entrails?
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