The Framing of Horror
Villainizing a Moral Genre Horror gets a bad reputation; we all know it. A genre that trades in the business of fear and the macabre, it's often relegated to the category of cheap fiction - B-movies, hollow gore-fests, and unnecessary jumpscares. As though the genre itself could be done away with. What would a world without horror be like? The truth is, we couldn't do away with the genre any more than we could do away with the human need for society and order. Among all of the gimmicks of horror, there remains one truth at the core of the spooky stories we share with one another, and that is the fact that they mirror our own moral and ethical frameworks, which, at their most basic, are often based on our deepest fears as humans. Horror Reveals Our Transgressions Horror is a mirror you sit in front of. It shows you visions that are difficult to look at, but beyond the scary and oft-times repulsive surface, they ask questions that cut deep into our needs, our desires, and the l...
