There’s an interesting piece here discussing the psychological and theological aspects of horror movies. I’m a big fan of horror movies personally, and see the genre as important for many of the reasons mentioned in the article: rejection of the merely rationalistic worldview, acknowledgement of forces beyond the human ken and control, and perhaps most importantly, the objective existence of evil. Treating the evil that men do as something serious will not prevent it from living after them, but it may allow a little bit of the good we do to avoid being interr’d with our bones.
Archive for May 13th, 2005
Horror Movies
Friday, May 13th, 2005Politics As Usual
Friday, May 13th, 2005The Border Patrol has gone to extremes in playing the political game. Now they’re intentionally not doing their job to try to discredit people who were making them look bad. I don’t really have any say in the issue, but if it were up to me, the person or persons who gave that order would be in the unemployment office, and would never work for another federal agency.