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Just occurred to me that one reason I like the horror genre is that it's a rare space in our society that allows us to explore feelings of fear and vulnerability. (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 months ago by BeamBrain@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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Toxic masculinity is a fuck, the standard of fearlessness and dominance that patriarchy demands you uphold is unattainable, accept and embrace your fear as part of yourself.

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[–] Nacarbac@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You might like the Horror Vanguard podcast. It's a left political look at all kindsa horror films, and it takes an honest joy in analysing them more seriously than most of them were intended to be.

[–] frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

there's a really good book about this (more so movies than video games, but i think the analysis is largely the same) Capitalism Hates You by Joshua Gooch.

basically horror films CAN be a tool to explore how fucked capitalism is, especially the more modern, elevated horror films (get out, hereditary, we're all going to world's faire, etc.)

[–] GnastyGnuts@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Indie horror video-games have a whole sub-genre that is basically just horror about having shitty minimum wage jobs and shitty, unsafe living arrangements due to poverty.

[–] Salmarez@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I agree. Horror as a genre has been progressive most or all of the time.
Even in the 80's, when they butchered promiscuous teens, the point was that the teens were the heroes!

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

I live alone and have to be in a certain mindset for a legit spooky movie, but it's my favorite genre for how it can pull me all the way into a story.

Hereditary is my all time spookiest. it scared the crap outta me so bad I couldn't sleep for 36 hours and I kept the lights on in my room while I was sleeping for like 2 nights after lmao.

shit got in my head. I still have a visceral response to the A24 logo in trailers, like an "oh shit" tense up, all these years later.

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

”Bro I could totally take Jason”