Slasher Movies: Who Are the Real Bad Guys?

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In light of Halloween festivities and horror movie marathons, I’d like to comment on horror sagas that just seem to go on and on, and just when you think the subject (or killer) is finally dead, they keep going on. Hey, if nothing else, these flicks can be fun to watch as you sit there, yelling at the next victim not to go in that room, the room you know they will inevitably enter and then…well, you know the rest. But honestly, isn’t there a point at which we can no longer hold the so-called villains responsible for their actions?

Think about it. Mike Myers, Jason Voorhees, these guys are completely unreasonable, heartless, demonic killers; we, the audience know that, and generally, the characters in their movies know that. Shit, in particular, Mike Myers has only risen and killed on Halloween, makes it pretty simple to know when you have to keep your guard up. If you find yourself staring up at this guy just before his knife comes a-swingin’ down at you, who do you have to blame but yourself? You’ve probably heard the horror stories, you know shady things tend to happen on Halloween, if it were me, I would start locking my doors and making Halloween a quiet evening at home after hearing of at least two Halloweens gone awry.

As for parents…I mean, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, the poor kids who are sent out to trick or treat by their parents only to find certain doom at the hands of a notorious killer, that’s an excellent example of terrible parenting. At that point, you really have to assess who the real villain of the movie is. These killings have occurred on four Halloweens, and allowing your children to go trick or treating after dark still sounds like a fun and safe idea?

Go down the line in that particular saga a little further to Halloween: Resurrection, the last movie before the Rob Zombie reboot. A group of kids decide to spend the night in Mike Myer’s old house and host a webcast…on Halloween no less! Isn’t that a little bit like a sheep asking for directions to the slaughter? Mike Myers is going to rise up and kill, that’s an inevitability, but if you decide to crash in his old digs on the particular night he is known for rising up (at least 6 times over now), then basically you’re just pissing into the wind and the only one responsible for your death is, well, you.

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