In more repressive Middle Eastern countries, horror movies are an underground phenomenon. North Korea doesn’t even have a real film industry. Indeed, modern China doesn’t have horror movies, although Hong Kong does. Mother! suffers from screeching (albeit intentional) sound design, plus a preachy, weird and abstract plot. Totalitarian societies don’t allow horror movies because they undermine grand narratives, exposing all-too-human tendencies toward revolution, perversion, abuse, and the terrifying reality of the ever-present force of violence as well as the sheer complexity of being. Perhaps you can judge how free a society is by how many horror movies they’re making. Or, alternatively, it offers a revolutionary new way of looking at the world and thus horrifies audiences. The horror genre is built upon a subversive narrative structuring that mirrors back the worst aspects of human nature. Horror cinema is by default disturbing and shocking.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |