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Monsters, monsters everywhere…

By Ron Rollins | Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 12:51 PM

We all love a good scary flick, right?

Or actually, not all of us do … and yet, it seems they keep on coming in a pretty steady stream.

Here’s a pretty thoughtful, interesting essay on why we enjoy monsters, keep making up new ones, and recycle the old ones we enjoyed before…

What do you think? What is about it about being scared that we crave?

And while we’re at it, what’s the scariest movie you’ve ever seen?

October 27, 2009 4:50 PM | Link to this

JAWS. It was believeable because it actually could happen. Al others are make believe.

October 27, 2009 2:43 PM | Link to this

Scariest Movie? The Ring!

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