The Consumption of Human Sanity
The Consumption of Human Sanity The full moon is set high but all of its light is shrouded in the blanket of night. Sounds of screams and freight are the only things heard with the deep dark shadows. The suddenly the impossible happens as from dimness emerges something that was thought to have only appeared in the darkest of nightmares. A beast of half man, half wolf, approaches aggressively, then all sudden silence. In many horror movies the use of transformations is commonly used to represent the evils hidden within. This evil may be exposed as what some may describe as a mental Illness, or as an actual physical transformation. A transformation which is required for the evil to seep from within its skeletal prison. That all of us has this in us but not all of chose to accept it. In many horror movies we have learned that a beast lurks within all of us. Only a few of us allow this beast to escape though. For some it is just an immense amount of anger that just builds until it has no where else to go except out. When this happens the consequences are dire. However, others are just born and grew up embracing this beast within. Hiding their insanity while acting normal and never allowing other to even catch a
But readers beware, once you go too far into this transformation, there s no turning back. The fear of the unknown alters human behavior and forces certain adaptation. "The shadow represents the dark side of our nature" (Beast 783). The belief of human transformation has been "one of the most popular horror subgenera and what we call the motif of the beast within. "(Beast 783) and has been around for hundred of centuries. One of the most notable transformations is the Wolfman (1941), when Lawrence Talbott allowed jealousy to devour him forcing his inner beast to be exposed. Hyde) and some can be as basic as the midnight's full moon. Like laws and withdrawing from our most basic addictions. However most of the time this is a positive reinforcement. Hannibal used his wit and very powerful gift of persuasion to lure his victims in to close and trap them in his web of deceit. It is the very symbol of primal needs and our very connection to the darkness. So go ahead and little by little feed this unanswered subconscious, and dive a bit more into this unknown sensation. Movies allow us to feed our deep, dark addictions letting us to plunge into obscurity for a few hours and enjoy this visit just enough to come back for more.
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