Part one of term paper
Our need for horror and the thrill of fear feeds our unconsciousness. As a society we obsess on murder, death, and destruction. The media sensationalizes these events and those individuals who are the cause. Take for example the long followed lives of Charles Manson or Jeffery Dalhmer, or the intense coverage of the unibomber and the mass ...

Part two of term paper
... public. Even our amusement park rides simulate the destruction of earthquakes, fire, floods, and fear is instilled by roller coasters. Our society takes part in the communion of mass murder and destruction because it seems to protect us from having to deal with the shock of death and recognizing it. In Psycho, Hitchcock revealed out “shock of recognition” by not letting us see the cutting and death in the shower scene. Films made after Psycho usually refer back to this scene, either workin ...