I think I’ve told you about my fascination with 50’s black
and white monster movies. It was just what young boys and girls saw in the
movie theatres. Yes, there were actually buildings that you had to buy a ticket
to see in a dark room with a mass of other children eating popcorn and drinking
soda a huge screen full of images of old houses and dark rooms and weird
creatures that made us scream and have bad dreams.
It was pretty spooky, but it was what all of us did and
could associate to each other with. Did it impede the youth with distorted
horror that did or not exist? Perhaps it was a cover for the mass hypnotization
for the terror of the red menace.
So why do we invent monsters to create fear? Look at the
average television program and watch the panic. If it doesn’t explode in front
of you then what is the purpose?
Tonight on the History Channel there is a series about a
book full of monsters and saviors. Who will win?
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