FOR
1. Nowhere does it feel more alive than in the face of death.
2. the horror film is the 100-minute license to snuggle up on your date’s shoulder – thanks to the FSK age rating, even without permanently giggling, popcorn-nibbling minors all around.
3rd Hitchcock! Jack Nicholson’s psycho grin in “The Shining”! The goosebumps guarantee “A Quiet Place” ! Without the genre, we would be deprived of heaps of cinematic icons, cult moments and masterpieces.
4. protest marches, Occupy actions, all okay – but to stage social criticism as horribly subtle as Jordan Peele in “Get out”, that’s true art!
5. and someone somewhere is guaranteed to be covering their eyes who is even more afraid than you!
AGAINST
1. pretty much all the sequels, most of the remakes and all the bloodless fake blood effects orgies for the multiplex.
2. if someone prefers to watch “Finding Nemo” after a news report full of death tolls, terror and Taliban – understandable.
3. when the shoulder next door is not that of the date, but that of a French-showered Romeo wannabe.
4. palpitations, shortness of breath: the body switches to escape and survival mode, goodbye to holiday relaxation and restful sleep!
5. the expensive wine was a waste, and we’re now on dry land because after “Paranormal Activity” nobody dares to go to the cellar to get more.
