Horror movies, were my favorite type of film as a kid and now as an adult. I loved the 1950’s black and white movies about UFO’s and little green men, or haunted houses with the possibility of ghosts, vampires and creatures so ugly that even one glimpse would send the nightmare train to your brain, followed by sleepless nights and of a course a night light to keep the monsters away. Horror movies helped my imagination to grow and the questions of what if, or what might always creeped and crawled in my head.
However, as much of a fan as I was and am, there was and is always one common thread in most horror films that nags at my enjoyment. It is a premise that fits well with the genre of horror films; the one character who sees the warning signs of impending doom and is either told to shut up about it or is completely laughed at or ignored. Now I know, that if the character who is aware of the facts of the how and why the creature will continue to attack, is believed there will be no movie, but somehow I am always frustrated that NO ONE seems to listen to the truth until it is too late! If only anyone would have believed that the signs of immediate doom were all like low hanging fruit, the demon would not be able to possess the souls o the innocent!
For me, this 2016 presidential election year started out as a farcical comic book perhaps written by MAD Magazine. Maybe, even some of the writers for the Onion Magazine or even SNL all got together and said lets write a maddening parody for the public. But the mood of the election did turn from the ridiculous to a full fledged horror flick. And like themes of the scary movies, this years election cycle did come with warnings that, if no one takes heed the monster will decimate the village, the demon will possess the bodies of its prey, and the ending will only spell death and destruction. We know everything about Hillary. We know nothing about Trump. Lots of characters are telling us beware of Trump, but instead we perseverate about everything Hillary, ignoring everything regarding Trump. Now that is a scary thing!
