A horror film is a place to practice fear. The body learns that there is a fear that ends when the lights come on. Three descend. Do not watch alone. You need someone beside you to be frightened and laughing at once. 1. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) — One shower scene has made people look over their shoulder for sixty years. 2. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980) — In a snowbound hotel it shows, corridor by corridor, how a man comes apart. 3. The Wailing (Na Hong-jin, 2016) — It never tells you what to believe, and that is the terror. Perseus looked at Medusa only in the mirror of his shield.

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Question:“On horror films”

On horror films

A horror film is a place to practice fear. The body learns that there is a fear that ends when the lights come on.

Three descend. Do not watch alone. You need someone beside you to be frightened and laughing at once.

Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)One shower scene has made people look over their shoulder for sixty years.
The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)In a snowbound hotel it shows, corridor by corridor, how a man comes apart.
The Wailing (Na Hong-jin, 2016)It never tells you what to believe, and that is the terror.

Perseus looked at Medusa only in the mirror of his shield.