Essay : Of Halloween and Psychotic Un-Dead Killers

[Summer Sparrow]

Essay : Of Halloween and Psychotic un-Dead Killers on the Rampage

Leatherface, Jason Voorhees, and Michael Myers; these are just some of the names synonymous with the slash-and-kill-all-the-beautiful-young-nubile-teens-cos-I'm-so-tragically-disfigured genre. (Unless you count that insignificant movie about something some teenagers did last summer, but that's besides the point) What I find particularly interesting is how convenient it is for moviemakers to slap a mental disorder on their products and come up with a money churning legacy that would probably last until someone comes up with a better disorder. Oh wait, that already happened. Identity anyone? Back to the matter at hand, my cousin BeeBee and I, came up with a question. Why do we, in spite of ourselves, watch these movies? Other than providing short lived cheap thrills and total lack of substance, quite similar to all of Kelly Osbourne's songs; they offer little more than predictibility and some ol'skool run for-your-life-but-one-survived-to-tell-the tale routine.

And so, we came up with an answer, quite an easy and obvious one of course, we humans (and maybe some highly intelligent primates), like to be frightened, yes folks, the horrible naked, sometimes dirty truth. Think about it, we would actually part with our hard earned money (unless you're a model, or one of the Douglases) just to be frightened. I am one of these suckers, maybe it's a psychological thing, or maybe we are all just sick of our boring dreary lives that we'd actually want to experience chaos, mayhem, and absolute hell, but of course from the comforts of our very own homes; where it's safe and warm, and no actual chainsaw wielding psycopaths about. So who cares if the movie is as predictable as Michael Jackson's dance moves, or the plot as cheesy as Demi Moore's final attempt on getting back on the A list, we all love a good scare now and then. Trick or treat!

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Agree? Disagree? Any comments?

[tancred]

*thinks long and hard* Hmmm...have I read this somewhere before? *thinks longer and harder* Didn't Agent V write this in her newspaper column? But that would mean...Summer plagurized!!! *shakes finger at Summer* Tsk, tsk! Kidding!

I do like your essay. I do think people like to be scared sometimes, and that's one reason why movies like this are successful. However, I do not like such movies, so that answer doesn't fit with me. Good job and good writing, though, Summer!

[~Kawaii~]

Good essay.

But it doesn't work for me. I don't get scared by scary movies.

..I watch them to forfill my bloodlust. Biting necks doesn't go down to well these days.

[Athena]

Ai~mèe~doll said:

Good essay.

But it doesn't work for me. I don't get scared by scary movies.

..I watch them to forfill my bloodlust. Biting necks doesn't go down to well these days.

Really? Where do you get yours? The best ones are when they are thick and meaty, but lots of juice. And no wrinkles or liver spots please ;D

People like to be scared because they like to see others run for their lives, at least, thats how I am

[Summer Sparrow]

Hey thanks for the comments guys! I appreciate it! I have a few more articles up my sleevs, generally ramblings about movies lol!