There Are More Things, Horatio: "Night of the Demon"
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The best horror movies reach beyond their subject material. They are not allegorical – meaning there's no easy one-to-one correspondence with some larger moral or social theme – and they rarely take clear-cut political positions because to do so would be reassuring to viewers who hold those positions, and the best horror is not reassuring. They're difficult to come to terms with, disturbing because they touch on fears and anxieties we may not even realize we have, raising up shadows from the basement of our minds and asking...
There Are More Things, Horatio: "Night of the Demon"
There Are More Things, Horatio: "Night of the…
There Are More Things, Horatio: "Night of the Demon"
The best horror movies reach beyond their subject material. They are not allegorical – meaning there's no easy one-to-one correspondence with some larger moral or social theme – and they rarely take clear-cut political positions because to do so would be reassuring to viewers who hold those positions, and the best horror is not reassuring. They're difficult to come to terms with, disturbing because they touch on fears and anxieties we may not even realize we have, raising up shadows from the basement of our minds and asking...