{"id":20681,"date":"2015-11-22T07:55:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-22T12:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/?p=20681"},"modified":"2015-11-22T07:55:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-22T12:55:38","slug":"the-darkness-visible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2015\/11\/the-darkness-visible.html","title":{"rendered":"The Darkness Visible"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"aliens\"<\/a>My latest article<\/a> for\u00a0The\u00a0Imaginative\u00a0<\/em>Conservative\u00a0<\/i>website analyzes the spiritual value of horror films:<\/p>\n

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In\u00a0The Heart of Darkness<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>Conrad\u2019s madman Kurtz whispers his last words, \u201cThe horror. The horror.\u201d The novella is aptly named for it takes the reader into the heart of darkness and is thus a forerunner of the horror genre in literature and film.<\/p>\n

The horror genre answers the question, \u201cHow can literature and film most successfully deal with spiritual realities?\u201d Motion pictures are pictures that move, but spiritual struggles are invisible. So is it possible therefore to make spiritual conflict visible? This difficulty is the stumbling block for many religious filmmakers who have more enthusiasm than skill. Thus we are encumbered with too many worthy but dull films about saints. To show spiritual joy the director resorts to sentimentality: showing us the saint running in slow motion through fields of wild flowers. To film their inner struggle we watch the saint talk to a crucifix about how bad they\u2019re feeling. It doesn\u2019t work.<\/span><\/p>\n

While biopics of saints may inspire, they too often induce yawns. Spiritual battle is made real for the masses\u00a0through the horror genre.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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My latest article for\u00a0The\u00a0Imaginative\u00a0Conservative\u00a0website analyzes the spiritual value of horror films: In\u00a0The Heart of Darkness\u00a0Conrad\u2019s madman Kurtz whispers his last words, \u201cThe horror. The horror.\u201d The novella is aptly named for it takes the reader into the heart of darkness and is thus a forerunner of the horror genre in literature and film. 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