“The first thing I ever thought of when I thought of Buffy , the movie, was the little...blonde girl who goes into a dark alley and gets killed, in every horror movie. The idea of Buffy was to subvert that idea, that image, and create someone who was a hero where she had always been a victim. That element of surprise ... genre-busting is very much at the heart of both the movie and the series.” FirstsHeartLittlesIdeasGirlDarkHeroHorrorElementsVictimSeriesSurpriseGenreBlondeAlleysElement Of SurpriseBustingDark AlleysBlonde Girl Author:Joss Whedon
“Along with supernature and science, there is one other major source of horror movies disorder: the human psyche, most commonly homicidal psychosis. Unlike 'mad' scientists, horror-movies madmen are not visionary obsessives, glorifying in scientific reason as they single-mindedly purse their researches. They are, rather, victims of overpowering impulses that well up from within; monsters brought forth by the sleep of reason, not by its attractions.” HumansWellsReasonFilmSleepSourceHorrorMajorsResearchHollywoodScientistVictimMadAttractionMonstersImpulseDisorderVisionariesPursesMadmenPsychosisOverpoweringHuman PsycheHomicidalMad Scientist Author:Andrew Tudor
“Executing a murderer is the only way to adequately express our horror at the taking of an innocent life. Nothing else suffices. To equate the lives of killers with those of victims is the worst kind of moral equivalency. If capital punishment is state murder, then imprisonment is state kidnapping and restitution is state theft.” IfsWayKindStatesMoralWorstHorrorMurderVictimPunishmentInnocentKillersMurdererTheftImprisonmentCapital PunishmentKidnappingExecutingRestitutionInnocent Life Author:Don Feder
“Civilization is based on a clearly defined and widely accepted yet often unarticulated hierarchy. Violence done by those higher on the hierarchy to those lower is nearly always invisible, that is, unnoticed. When it is noticed, it is fully rationalized. Violence done by those lower on the hierarchy to those higher is unthinkable, and when it does occur is regarded with shock, horror, and the fetishization of the victims.” DoeDoneViolenceHigherCivilizationHorrorVictimAcceptedInvisibleDefinedShockHierarchyUnthinkableUnnoticed Author:Derrick Jensen
“Racism oppresses its victims, but also binds the oppressors, who sear their consciences with more and more lies until they become prisoners of those lies. They cannot face the truth of human equality because it reveals the horror of the injustices they commit.” HumansFacesLyingHorrorRacismConscienceVictimInjusticeCommitPrisonerOppressorsFacing The TruthSearsHuman Equality Author:Alveda King
“It was with horror that I learned of the abominable terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington in which so many innocent people have lost their lives. My government staunchly condemns these acts of terrorism. The German people are at the side of the United States of America in this difficult hour. I wish to express my deep-felt condolences and complete solidarity to you and the American people. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families.” PeopleWorldStatesGovernmentAmericaLostWishFeltDifficultSidesHoursPrayerUnitedUnited StatesNew YorkHorrorVictimTradeTerrorismTerroristInnocentSeptemberSolidarityUnited States Of AmericaOur ThoughtsSeptember 11PentagonTerrorist AttacksCondolencesWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterSeptember 11 2001Thoughts And PrayersOur Thoughts And Prayers Author:Gerhard Schroder
“In all the horror films that I have done, all of those women were strong women. I don't feel I ever played the victim, although I was always in jeopardy.” FeelsDoneFilmStrongHorrorVictimStrong WomenHorror FilmJeopardy Author:Adrienne Barbeau
“The horror of the Holocaust is not that it deviated from human norms; the horror is that it didn't. What happened may happen again, to others not necessarily Jews, perpetrated by others, not necessarily Germans. We are all possible victims, possible perpetrators, possible bystanders.” HumansMayHappensHappenedHuman NatureHorrorVictimJewGenocideHolocaustNormWorld War 2PerpetratorsBystandersDeviateCrimes Against Humanity Author:Yehuda Bauer
“Nuclear weapons will not be gotten rid of until the United States confronts the magnitude of the horror, the tragedy, and the long-term suffering of the victims” LongStatesSufferingTermUnitedUnited StatesHorrorWeaponsTragedyVictimNuclearLong TermNuclear WeaponsMagnitude Author:Bernard Lown
“Horror itself is a bit of a bullied genre, the antagonist being literary snobbery and public misconception. And I think good horror tackles our darkest fears, whatever they may be. It takes us into the minds of the victims, explores the threats, disseminates fear, studies how it changes us. It pulls back the curtain on the ugly underbelly of society, tears away the masks the monsters wear out in the world, shows us the potential truth of the human condition. Horror is truth, unflinching and honest. Not everybody wants to see that, but good horror ensures that it's there to be seen.” ThinkingWorldWantMindHumansMayShowsBitsStudyConditionsHonestTearsHorrorVictimThreatUglyMonstersGenreMaskHuman ConditionCurtainsMisconceptionBulliedSnobberyAntagonist Author:Kealan Patrick Burke