What is a horror film?
Here are some personal points that people may encounter in a horror film. The audiences own identification with fears of terrors of the narrative. Fear of the other evil monster or person in the darkness or behind doors etc. Fear of the body being ripped or mutilated. Our own personal boundaries being transgressed. Emergence of terror at any level being enjoyed from a safe/vicarious distance.
ideological: The implicit or explicit messages embedded within the narrative. Themes of punishment, rejection and or revulsion at subjects which deviate from correct thinking. from simplistic or basic messages.
in our modern understanding of fear we rationalize the supernatural and defeat it with psychology rather than Latin chants.
Modern media creates demons by crusading against sections of society and labeling them.
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