The Middle Ages are over...for the most part. But there's one aspect of our culture that remains strictly steeped in the mores and customs of those dark days: the horror genre. Modern Western horror movies are strikingly similar to old-timey conduct books and morality tales, meaning that they're incredibly predictable and formulaic — and, also, awesome. While nowadays we use 'em to get our kicks, the tropes and structure of most horror movies play into the deep-down remnants of some very ...
The Middle Ages are over...for the most part. But there's one aspect of our culture that remains strictly steeped in the mores and customs of those dark days: the horror genre. Modern Western horror movies are strikingly similar to old-timey conduct books and morality tales, meaning that they're incredibly predictable and formulaic — and, also, awesome. While nowadays we use 'em to get our kicks, the tropes and structure of most horror movies play into the deep-down remnants of some very ...
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