Horror films only cause violence in violent individuals. The sort of person who will kill people because he saw Freddy Krueger do it is the sort of person for whom Speedy Gonzales would be telling him "Arriba! Arriba! Smack the old lady next door with a hammer!" I saw Hellraiser at 8. I had nightmares. Then, I recovered. A properly disturbed adult who watched that movie would take out his eyes with a fork. The only people who shouldn't watch horror films are paranoid schizophrenics and members of the school board. Oh, and Leonard Maltin. He just doesn't get them. It's a big waste of everybody's time.
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Horror and Bizarro novelist and editor
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