I believe horror works by also taking that which we know and that which is normal and exaggerating it by size (jaws - tarantula - them), darkness or malevolence. Norman Bates was a human just like you and me - until he wasn’t - and therein lies the horror. The darkness that is common to us all that must be faced. "Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the Autumn moon is bright.” The killer shark swims the water of our primitive subconscious. Horror films are the fairy tales we tell ourselves that help us face the dark reality within us all.
Alan > On Nov 19, 2023, at 7:36 PM, Christopher Quarles <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I think for me, the difference is the horror movies cited portray monsters > that don’t really exist in real life. Sharks are real. > Chris Quarles > > On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 11:39 PM Alan Adler <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Jaws is definitely a horror film - even a sci-fi/horror film - A big >> monstrous inhuman creature from the unknown comes for us. From The Creature >> to Them - it’s the same paradigm. Jaws took something that was always kind >> of scary but relatively known - they blew it up and made it very scary and >> very unknown. Made us afraid of our shadow. And that’s what monster makers >> do. >> >> Alan >> >>> On Nov 15, 2023, at 6:09 PM, Christopher Quarles <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but my younger friends consider >>> Jaws a horror movie. This came to my attention when a huge horror fan who >>> is my friend expressed dismay that Richard Dreyfuss was not going to be at >>> the horror comic con. When I asked what horror movie, Richard Dreyfuss was >>> in, he looked at me like I was crazy and said Jaws of course. >>> What is your opinion? >>> Chris Quarles >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 6:09 PM Phillip Ayling <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> https://deadline.com/2023/11/roger-kastel-dead-jaws-movie-poster-illustrator-1235613173/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >>>> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >>>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >>> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >>> >> > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
