Faith, Film, & Philosophy, ch. 11

I have a friend who is a professor of Film at Baylor. His area of specialty is "Horror". So, I was excited to read this chapter. The central premise is that "Horror requires the notion of a moral good that is able to be violated, overcome and destroyed as well as the notion of an evil that aims to destroy it." Thus, horror can actually serve as a source of existential assurance. Siting that horror movie interest goes up during times of world uncertainty (such as 9/11), the author makes the case that it is for this reason. The author tries to prove the point by demonstrating why 3 particular films failed. He may be right, but I would have liked to have seen at least 1 or 2 positive examples.