Monday, 24 October 2011

Cracked After Hours - 4 Terrifying Psychology Lessons Behind Famous Movie Monsters

http://www.cracked.com/video_18311_4-terrifying-psychology-lessons-behind-famous-movie-monsters.html

This is what I sent in as a question for their live chat.

Is the psychology lessons behind horror movies more related to power, rather than fear or anger?

  • Freddy gets you in your dreams, the place where the normal rules of reality cease to apply.  You falls asleep, you enter his world
  • Jason Voorhees gets people when they're naked, in the woods, vulnerable.
  • The Alien Xenomorph, yes is all about the rape.  But isn't the crime of rape more about the power of one individual over another, and the damage it brings, rather than a sexual act.
  • Zombies/Vampires, yes they can read about the fear of the "other", but Vampires are stronger, sexier and longer-lasting than us.  Zombies entrap you, imprison you.

Isn't the idea of a monster in general, something you can't understand, explain, and more importantly process, something that has an edge over you?

I realise this is not a question, and more of a long-winded talking point.

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