Friday, December 16, 2005

HORROR + FFW
The core of the horror movie is knowing that something bad is about to happen but that there is nothing you can do to change it, you are trapped with your destiny. It's like coming home to find that your house has been broken into, not just that, but the intruders are still there, and worse, they know you have come home.
That's your horror right there. That's your terror. So what do you do? You fast-forward to get through the scary bits. You want to know what happens without the agony of waiting for it. You can't handle your fear and yet there you are watching a "horror" movie.

Horror movies weren't meant to be under that kind of control. Fast forward disarms them, breaks them down to the level of of an episode of Friends. Renders them harmless. That is what has made them more popular than ever, the ease of watching. There are so-called "horror fans" who can't watch a movie like The Excorcist without having the remote control in their hands.

To be a real fan of the genre, you have to need to face and overcome your fears. You have to be willing to look Freddy Krueger in the eye and say "Do your worst, motherfucker." Otherwise you're just faking it, your just another Days of Our Lives watching pussy with no backbone. If you can't watch scary movies without being able to speed things up you shouldn't watch at all.