Often in horror movies things are not what they seem. The main characters aren’t being preyed upon by some anonymous killer, but their own existential dread. Because if there’s one thing horror does well, it’s metaphor. Ironically it is this fact that gives some the license to dismiss the genre; deeming it too see-through to have any real effect. These Horror humbugs, who scoff rather than hide whenever the axe-wielding madman chases the heroine down the alley, rest assured and … Continue reading ‘Ghost Stories’: Debunking the Sceptics