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Yes definitely.
I wonder if it isn't a bit of both - a continuum if you like. A fight between the id and the superego - primitive drives can be experienced vicariously, whilst simultaneously one can be horrified and disgusted by the effects of these acts. Also, mostly, people can be comfortable in the fact that good will triumph over evil and primitive drives can be vicariously experienced with the relative safety of the knowledge that it will be alright in the end.
Of course, good doesn't triumph in all movies, but for the most part it does. And there is the added comfort that the morally pure are the ones that triumph over evil, and the impure are vanquished (like a Christian judgment day on a smaller scale).
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