I was thinking about the difficulties i've had in finding slasher films of, friday the thirteenth series quality.

not the happy, campy horror that's i find easy to come across appeals to me, and are often times creative in their use of gore...those are just fun. But the dreadful, you know it's not going to be happy scene; that brutal violation of life...what is is that makes that aspect of horror appealing?

This goes beyond film, into literature...the more morbid, the more brutal the villian; the better the sales. What is it about our nature that drives us to crave imaginative uses of aggression; is it a desire by the more passive to see what expressing anger could achieve, an ability to associate with the villian, the hero or the victims...is it just to watch the splatters of blood and body; an action few could really follow through with.

why is it some people fail to keep the fantasy from the reality, taking their admiration for that, presentation of power that they actively go out to recreate it, does it offer an excuse for violent behavior?

A lot of infamous murderers seem to have had an inspiration for it, somewhere...

why is it our society thrives on the taboo fantasies of our culture, on some levels exalting the villian, hinting at our more animal natures that goes beyond popular media...

why are there an equally as many eager to quelch it, to forbid it to those who find it fascinating; no matter how much we try to deny it, it affects everyone on some level?

what makes it such an aspect of humanity?