There is a lot of modern interest in understanding the human psyche as it relates to hysteria, mania, psychosis, and network frailties.
Maybe urbanization-paranoia themed comic book stories surrounding vigilantism (i.e., Batman) promote such interests.
In "Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood" (1988), the maniacal hockey-mask wearing serial killer Jason Voorhees confronts a young American woman who has unusual telekinetic abilities and she attempts to defeat the psychopath with her powers.
Our world is governed by eTrade, and it seems that computers create a sort of virtual 'telekinesis,' so we can understand the interest in themes such as those presented in "Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood" (1988).
The comic book female avatar Dark Phoenix (Marvel Comics) is a mutant superheroine who can harness extraordinary telekinetic powers to create real havoc.
In "American Psycho" (2000), we see the presentation of various women in offices and nightclubs who evoke thoguths about the emotional power women have in 'promoting' chatter, and theoretically, how meaningless talk can seem maddening like a strange dream or like psychic hysteria.
Maybe that's why the sequel, "American Psycho" (2002), presents modern paranoia about psychosis through the perspective of a young woman, herself a survivor of Patrick Bateman's eccentric killing spree.
The Dark Phoenix Saga
