Horror movies.
They are made to
be scary- blood and gore and violence are sure to be in it. At least one scene
will involve screaming, and throughout the entire movie the sound of dramatic
music will suddenly blare through the television's speakers. Many people are
able to laugh at the stupidity of the victim when they call out
"Hello?" into the silence of a house, or how they tend to run
downstairs to the basement as if the darkness can protect them from the killer
waiting at the top of the staircase with a knife in their hand.
The same thing
happens when people venture into a Haunted House for the excitement and the
thrills that come from being scared. Everything becomes quiet, and when you
least expect something to pop out from behind that one closed door, it happens.
You scream and feel your heart beating quickly against your chest, and then let
out a nervous laugh as you realize that behind that distorted mask there's only
another human being instead of a monster.
We all like to
get scared once in a while, especially this time of year when Halloween is just
around the corner. Decorations are put up and Haunted Houses are constructed
and horror movies just happen to suddenly pop up in every theater around the
country. We seem to celebrate it all- the horrors of violence and death, and
yet when something like a school shooting happens we suddenly are in shock.
Why is that?
Because society
has given us a cushion against reality. If something is too violent or scary
for us on TV, we have the power to grab the remote and switch it off. Reality,
however, is a different story. We can't simply remote control every situation,
and unfortunately we cannot switch off the many tragedies and horrors of life
itself.
So if we hate
seeing other humans suffer, why do we celebrate it?
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